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TUESDAY 2ND WEEK OF ADVENT Reading Isaiah 7:10-14  The maiden is with child Universalis   The Lord spoke to Ahaz and said, ‘Ask the Lord your God for a sign for yourself coming either from the depths of Sheol or from the heights above.’ ‘No,’ Ahaz answered ‘I will not put the Lord to the test.’ Then Isaiah said:  ‘Listen now, House of David:  are you not satisfied with trying the patience of men  without trying the patience of my God, too?  The Lord himself, therefore,  will give you a sign.  It is this: the maiden is with child  and will soon give birth to a son  whom she will call Immanuel,  a name which means “God-is-with-us.”’   Gospel Luke :26-38  'I am the handmaid of the Lord' CDR The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, so highly favoured...

MONDAY WEEK 4 OF ADVENT Reading  Judges 13:2-7,24-25  'You will conceive and bear a son'  Universalis There was a man of Zorah of the tribe of Dan, called Manoah. His wife was barren, she had borne no children. The angel of the Lord appeared to this woman and said to her, ‘You are barren and have had no child. But from now on take great care. Take no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean. For you will conceive and bear a son. No razor is to touch his head, for the boy shall be God’s nazirite from his mother’s womb. It is he who will begin to rescue Israel from the power of the Philistines.’ Then the woman went and told her husband, ‘A man of God has just come to me; his presence was like the presence of the angel of God, he was so majestic. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not reveal his name to me. But he said to me, “You will conceive and bear a son. From now on, take no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean. For the boy shall be God’s na...

4E DIMANCE DE L'AVENT Livre du prophète Isaïe 7, 10-16  « Voici que la vierge est enceinte » En ces jours-là, le Seigneur parla ainsi au roi Acaz : « Demande pour toi un signe de la part du Seigneur ton Dieu, au fond du séjour des morts ou sur les sommets, là-haut. » Acaz répondit : « Non, je n’en demanderai pas, je ne mettrai pas le Seigneur à l’épreuve. » Isaïe dit alors : « Écoutez, maison de David ! Il ne vous suffit donc pas de fatiguer les hommes : il faut encore que vous fatiguiez mon Dieu ! C’est pourquoi le Seigneur lui-même vous donnera un signe : Voici que la vierge est enceinte, elle enfantera un fils, qu’elle appellera Emmanuel (c’est-à-dire : Dieu-avec-nous). De crème et de miel il se nourrira, jusqu’à ce qu’il sache rejeter le mal et choisir le bien. Avant que cet enfant sache rejeter le mal et choisir le bien, la terre dont les deux rois te font trembler sera laissée à l’abandon. » PEE Seconde Lecture de la lettre de saint Paul apôtre aux Romains (1, 1-7) Jésu...

4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT  First Reading Isaiah 7:10-14  The maiden is with child The Lord spoke to Ahaz and said, ‘Ask the Lord your God for a sign for yourself coming either from the depths of Sheol or from the heights above.’ ‘No,’ Ahaz answered ‘I will not put the Lord to the test.’ Then Isaiah said:  ‘Listen now, House of David: are you not satisfied with trying the patience of men without trying the patience of my God, too? The Lord himself, therefore, will give you a sign. It is this: the maiden is with child and will soon give birth to a son whom she will call Immanuel,  a name which means “God-is-with-us.”’ Universalis Second Reading Romans 1:1-7 Our apostolic mission is to preach the obedience of faith to all pagan nations From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus who has been called to be an apostle, and specially chosen to preach the Good News that God promised long ago through his prophets in the scriptures.   This news is about the Son of God who...

SATURDAY 3RD WEEK OF ADVENT Reading Genesis 49:2,8-10 Until he comes, the sceptre will not pass from Judah Jacob called his sons and said: ‘Gather round, sons of Jacob, and listen; listen to Israel your father.  Judah, your brothers shall praise you: you grip your enemies by the neck, your father’s sons shall do you homage, Judah is a lion cub, you climb back, my son, from your kill; like a lion he crouches and lies down, or a lioness: who dare rouse him? Universalis The sceptre shall not pass from Judah, nor the mace from between his feet, until he come to whom it belongs, to whom the peoples shall render obedience.’   Gospel Matthew 1:1-17 The ancestry of Jesus Christ, the son of David   A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:   Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah, Tamar being their mother, Perez was the father of Hezro...

FRIDAY 3RD WEEK OF ADVENT Reading Isaiah 56:1-3,6-8  My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples   Thus says the Lord: Have a care for justice, act with integrity, for soon my salvation will come and my integrity be manifest. Universalis   Blessed is the man who does this and the son of man who clings to it: observing the sabbath, not profaning it, and keeping his hand from every evil deed.   Let no foreigner who has attached himself to the Lord say, ‘The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.’ Let no eunuch say, ‘And I, I am a dried-up tree.’   Foreigners who have attached themselves to the Lord to serve him and to love his name and be his servants – all who observe the sabbath, not profaning it, and cling to my covenant – these I will bring to my holy mountain. I will make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their holocausts and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house will be called a house o...

JEUDI 3E SEMAINE DE L'AVENT Lecture du livre du prophète Isaïe 54, 1-10   « Comme une femme abandonnée, le Seigneur te rappelle » Crie de joie, femme stérile, toi qui n’as pas enfanté ; jubile, éclate en cris de joie, toi qui n’as pas connu les douleurs ! Car les fils de la délaissée seront plus nombreux que les fils de l’épouse, – dit le Seigneur. Élargis l’espace de ta tente, déploie sans hésiter la toile de ta demeure, allonge tes cordages, renforce tes piquets ! Car tu vas te répandre au nord et au midi. PEE Ta descendance dépossédera les nations, elle peuplera des villes désertées. Ne crains pas, tu ne connaîtras plus la honte ; ne tiens pas compte des outrages, tu n’auras plus à rougir, tu oublieras la honte de ta jeunesse, tu ne te rappelleras plus le déshonneur de ton veuvage. Car ton époux, c’est Celui qui t’a faite, son nom est « Le Seigneur de l’univers ». Ton rédempteur, c’est le Saint d’Israël, il s’appelle « Dieu de toute la terre ». Oui, comme une femme abandon...