Download PDF Is 40:1-11 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare […]
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Download PDF Isa 35:1-10 ”Let the desert and the dry lands be glad, let the wasteland rejoice and bloom; like the asphodel, let it burst into flower, let it rejoice and sing for joy. The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it, the splendour of Carmel and Sharon; then they will see the glory of
Download PDF Rom 15:4-9 And all these things which were written so long ago were written so that we, learning perseverance and the encouragement which the scriptures give, should have hope. Now the God of perseverance and encouragement give you all the same purpose, following the example of Christ Jesus, so that you may together
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Download PDF 1 Cor 9:16-19.22-23 Reading corresponding to the memorial of St Francis Xavier ”In fact, preaching the gospel gives me nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion and I should be in trouble if I failed to do it. If I did it on my own initiative I would deserve a reward;
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Download PDF Ps 26:1,4,13-14 The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom should I fear? The Lord is the fortress of my life, whom should I dread? One thing I ask of the Lord, one thing I seek: to dwell in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, to enjoy the sweetness
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Download PDF Mt 7:21,24-27 Jesus said to his disciples, “It is not anyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” who will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven. Therefore, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a
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Download PDF NOTE: We will listen today to the reading and meditation corresponding to Wednesday of the I Week of Advent, instead of taking the one for the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle. If anyone would like to listen to a meditation of this Feast celebrated today, you can find it in the following
Download PDF Is 11:1-10 A shoot will spring from the stock of Jesse, a new shoot will grow from his roots. On him will rest the spirit of the Lord, the spirit of wisdom and insight, the spirit of counsel and power, the spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord: his inspiration will lie
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Download PDF Ps 121,1-2.4-5.6-7.8-9 I rejoiced that they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’ At last our feet are standing at your gates, Jerusalem! Jerusalem, built as a city, in one united whole, there the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, A sign for Israel to give
Download PDF Rom 13:11-14a Besides, you know the time has come; the moment is here for you to stop sleeping and wake up, because by now our salvation is nearer than when we first began to believe. The night is nearly over, daylight is on the way; so let us throw off everything that belongs to
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