Tuesday 3 December 2024 (other days)
Saint Francis Xavier, Priest
on Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent
on Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent
Using calendar: England - Birmingham. You can change this.
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Liturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).
The new Lectionary is here
Details at the end of this page.
These are the readings for the feria
| First reading | Isaiah 11:1-10 |
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‘With righteousness he shall judge the poor.’
On that day:
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by what his ears hear,
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;
and a little child shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,
and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.
They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain;
for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples — of him shall the nations enquire, and his resting-place shall be glorious.
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Ps 72(71):1-2. 7-8. 12-13. 17. ℟ cf. 7 |
In his days shall justice flourish, and great peace for ever.
O God, give your judgement to the king,
to a king’s son your justice,
that he may judge your people in justice,
and your poor in right judgement.
In his days shall justice flourish, and great peace for ever.
In his days justice shall flourish,
and great peace till the moon is no more.
He shall rule from sea to sea,
from the River to the bounds of the earth.
In his days shall justice flourish, and great peace for ever.
For he shall rescue the needy when they cry,
the poor who have no one to help.
He will have pity on the weak and the needy,
and save the lives of the needy.
In his days shall justice flourish, and great peace for ever.
May his name endure for ever,
his name continue like the sun.
Every tribe shall be blest in him,
all nations shall call him blessed.
In his days shall justice flourish, and great peace for ever.
| Gospel Acclamation | Ps84:8 |
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Alleluia, alleluia.
Behold, our Lord will come with power
and will enlighten the eyes of his servants.
Alleluia.
| Gospel | Luke 10:21-24 |
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Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit.
In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.’
Then turning to the disciples he said privately, ‘Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.’
These are the readings for the memorial
| First reading |
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| 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 |
‘Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!’
Brothers and Sisters: If I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship. What then is my reward? That in my preaching I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
For, though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Ps 117(116):1. 2. ℟ Mark 16:15 |
Go into all the world and proclaim the good news.
O praise the Lord, all you nations;
acclaim him, all you peoples!
Go into all the world and proclaim the good news.
For his mercy has prevailed over us;
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever.
Go into all the world and proclaim the good news.
| Gospel Acclamation | Mt28:19,20 |
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Alleluia, alleluia!
Go, make disciples of all the nations.
I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.
Alleluia!
| Gospel | Mark 16:15-20 |
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‘He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.’
At that time: Jesus appeared to the Eleven and he said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.’
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.
The new Lectionary is here
Since 1 December 2024 the Readings at Mass and Mass Today pages have been showing you the English Standard Version (ESV) translations of the readings. The bishops of England, Wales and Scotland decreed this change, and you are seeing it because your current calendar setting is “England - Birmingham”.
(The Liturgy of the Hours has not changed).
This message will disappear at the end of December.
Christian Art
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The readings on this page are from the Jerusalem Bible, which is used at Mass in most of the English-speaking world. The New American Bible readings, which are used at Mass in the United States, are available in the Universalis apps, programs and downloads.
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