December 20, 2014 Saturday of the Third Week of Advent
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Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”
R eading 1
The LORD
spoke to Ahazand Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God let it be deep as the
nether world, or high as the sky! But Ahaz answered, I will not ask! I will
not tempt the LORD!”
Then Isaiah
saidand Listen, O house of David! Is it not enough for you to weary men, must you
also weary my God? Therefore the Lord himself will give you this signand the
virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel.
Responsorial Psalm
R. Let the
Lord enter he is the king of glory.
The LORD’s are
the earth and its fullness the world and those who dwell in it. For he founded
it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
R. Let the
Lord enter he is the king of glory.
Who can
ascend the mountain of the LORD? or who may stand in his holy place? He whose hands
are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain.
R. Let the
Lord enter he is the king of glory.
He shall
receive a blessing from the LORD, a reward from God his savior. Such is the
race that seeks for him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.
R. Let the
Lord enter he is the king of glory.
Gospel Lk 1:26-38
In the sixth
month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called
Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and
the virgin’s name was Mary.
And coming to
her, he said, Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly
troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.
Then the
angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold,
you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He
will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will
give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of
Jacob forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no end.”
But Mary said
to the angel, How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the
angel said to her in reply, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power
of the Most High will overshadow you.
Therefore the
child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth,
your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth
month for her who was called barren for nothing will be impossible for God.”
Mary said,
Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done
to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.