Tuesday 9 December 2025 (other days)
Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent
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Liturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).
| First reading | Isaiah 40:1-11 |
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God comforts his people.
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her
that her warfare is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
A voice cries:
‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.’
A voice says, ‘Cry!’
And I said, ‘What shall I cry?’
All flesh is grass,
and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades
when the breath of the Lord blows on it;
surely the people are grass.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand for ever.
Go on up to a high mountain,
O Sion, herald of good news;
lift up your voice with strength,
O Jerusalem, herald of good news;
lift it up, fear not;
say to the cities of Judah,
‘Behold your God!’
Behold, the Lord God comes with might,
and his arm rules for him;
behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.
He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms;
he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Ps 96(95):1-2. 3, 10ac. 11-12a. 12b-13. ℟cf. Isaiah 40:9-10 |
Behold our God comes in strength.
O sing a new song to the Lord;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
O sing to the Lord; bless his name.
Proclaim his salvation day by day.
Behold our God comes in strength.
Tell among the nations his glory,
and his wonders among all the peoples.
Say to the nations, ‘The Lord is king.’
he will judge the peoples in fairness
Behold our God comes in strength.
Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad;
let the sea and all within it thunder praise.
Let the field and all it bears exult.
Behold our God comes in strength.
Then will all the trees of the wood shout for joy
at the presence of the Lord, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with justice,
and the peoples with faithfulness.
Behold our God comes in strength.
| Gospel Acclamation |
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Alleluia, alleluia.
The day of the Lord is near;
behold, he comes to save us.
Alleluia.
| Gospel |
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| Matthew 18:12-14 |
God does not will that one of these little ones should perish.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: ‘What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.’
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Dates
Today
(Automatic)Sun 7 December
2nd Sunday of AdventMon 8 December
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin MaryWed 10 December
Wednesday of the 2nd week of Adventor Our Lady of Loreto
Thu 11 December
Thursday of the 2nd week of Adventor Saint Damasus I, Pope
Fri 12 December
Friday of the 2nd week of Adventor Our Lady of Guadalupe