Tuesday, 24 December 2024
24 December in Advent – The Morning Mass.
Readings and Antiphons on p. 109 of the Daily Missal.
First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-5.8b-12.14a.16
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 89:2-3.4-5.27 & 29 (R. see 2a)
R/. I will sing forever of your mercies, O Lord.
I will sing forever of your mercies, O Lord;
through all ages my mouth will proclaim your fidelity.
I have declared your mercy is established forever;
your fidelity stands firm as the heavens.
“With my chosen one I have made a covenant;
I have sworn to David my servant:
I will establish your descendants forever,
and set up your throne through all ages.”
“He will call out to me, ‘You are my father,
my God, the rock of my salvation.’
I will keep my faithful love for him always;
with him my covenant shall last.”
Gospel: Luke 1:67-79
At that time:
Zechariah, the father of John, was filled with the Holy Spirit,
and prophesied, saying,
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has visited and redeemed his people,
and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David,
as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
that we should be saved from our enemies,
and from the hand of all who hate us;
to perform the mercy promised to our ancestors,
and to remember his holy covenant,
the oath which he swore to our father Abraham,
to grant us
that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,
in holiness and righteousness before him
all the days of our life.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
to give knowledge of salvation to his people
in the forgiveness of their sins,
through the tender mercy of our God,
when the day shall dawn upon us from on high
to give light to those who sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
