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SUMMARY:Skema
DESCRIPTION:Biblical Readings for Office and Mass\n4th Sunday/Christmas Octave\n\n\nMass Readings: Sunday (B)\, Weekdays (II)\nDecember 24 – 30\, 2023\n\n\n\nSun\n24\nMon\n25\nTue\n26\nWed\n27\nThu\n28\nFri\n29\nSat\n30\n\n\nOffice\n4th Sunday of Advent\nNativity of the Lord\nSt Stephen\nSt John\nHoly Innocents\n5th Day in Christmas Octave\n6th Day in Christmas Octave\n\n\nVigils\nIsa 44:1-8\, 21-23\n*vigil and midnight Mass\nActs 6:1-15\nWis 7:21-8:1\nExod 1:6-22\nSong 1:1-11\nSong 1:12-2:7\n\n\nLauds\nIsa 63:15-19\nBaruch 3:36-4:4\n2 Chron 24:17-22\nProv 8:22-30\nBaruch 4:21-29\nIsa 51:1-8\nIsa 52:8-12\n\n\nMass\n11\n16\n696\n697\n698\n202\n203\n\n\n1st\n2 Sam 7:1-5\, 8b-12\, 14a\, 16\nIsa 52:7-10\nActs 6:8-10; 7:54-59\n1 John 1:1-4\n1 John 1:5-2:2\n1 John 2:3-11\n1 John 2:12-17\n\n\n2nd\nRom 16:25-27\nHeb 1:1-6\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGospel\nLuke 1:26-38\nJohn 1:1-18\nMatt 10:17-22\nJohn 20:1a\, 2-8\nMatt 2:13-18\nLuke 2:22-35\nLuke 2:36-40\n\n\nVespers\n2 Pet 3:8-14\n1 John 4:7-16\nActs 7:51-8:2\nActs 4:13-20\n1 Pet 4:12-19\nCol 1:1-8\nPhil 2:1-11\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Midnight Mass: 1) Isa 9:1-6 2) Titus 2:11-14 Gospel) Luke 2:1-14
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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - 4th Sunday Advent
DESCRIPTION:YOU SHALL CONCEIVE AND BEAR A SON \nFrom a commentary by St Bede the Venerable \n◊◊◊ \nToday’s reading of the gospel calls to mind the beginning of our \nredemption\, for the passage tells us how God sent an angel from heaven to a \nvirgin. He was to proclaim the new birth\, the incarnation of God’s Son\, who \nwould take away our age-old guilt; through him it would be possible for us to be \nmade new and numbered among the children of God. And so\, if we are to \ndeserve the gifts of the promised salvation\, we must listen attentively to the \naccount of its beginning. \nThe angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named \nNazareth\, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph of the house \nof David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. What is said of the house of David \napplies not only to Joseph but also to Mary. It was a precept of the law that \neach man should marry a wife from his own tribe and kindred. Saint Paul also \nbears testimony to this when he writes to Timothy: Remember Jesus Christ\, \nrisen from the dead\, descended from David\, as preached in my gospel. Our \nLord is truly descended from David\, since his spotless mother took her ancestry \nfrom David’s line. \nThe angel came to her and said\, “Do not be afraid\, Mary\, for you have \nfound favor with God. And behold\, you will conceive in your womb and bear \na son\, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great\, and will be called \nthe Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his \nfather David.” The angel refers to the kingdom of the Israelite nation as the \nthrone of David because in his time\, by the Lord’s command and assistance\, \nDavid governed it with a spirit of faithful service. The Lord God gave to our \nRedeemer the throne of his father David\, when he decreed that he should \ntake flesh from the lineage of David. As David had once ruled the people with \ntemporal authority\, so Christ would now lead them to the eternal kingdom by \nhis spiritual grace. Of this kingdom the Apostle said: He has delivered us from \nthe dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved \nSon. \nHe will reign over the house of Jacob for ever. The house of Jacob here \nrefers to the universal Church which\, through its faith in and witness to Christ\, \nshares the heritage of the patriarchs. This may apply either to those who are \nphysical descendants of the patriarchal families\, or to those who come from \ngentile nations and are reborn in Christ by the waters of baptism. In this house \nChrist shall reign for ever\, and of his kingdom there will be no end. During this \npresent life\, Christ rules in the Church. By faith and love he dwells in the hearts \nof his elect\, and guides them by his unceasing care toward their heavenly \nreward. In the life to come\, when their period of exile on earth is ended\, he will \nexercise his kingship by leading the faithful to their heavenly country. There\, \nfor ever inspired by the vision of his presence\, their one delight will be to praise \nand glorify him \n  \n1 Journey with the Fathers – Year B – New City Press – NY -1993 – pg 16-17.3 \n  \n 
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