December 24, 2014 Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
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Reading 1
When King
David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his
enemies on every side, he said to Nathan the prophet, Here I am living in a
house of cedar, while the ark of God dwells in a tent!”
Nathan
answered the king, Go, do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with
you.” But that night the LORD spoke to Nathan and saidand Go, tell my servant
David, ‘Thus says the LORDand Should you build me a house to dwell in?
‘It was I who
took you from the pasture and from the care of the flock to be commander of my
people Israel. I have been with you wherever you went, and I have destroyed all
your enemies before you. And I will make you famous like the great ones of the
earth. I will fix a place for my people Israel I will plant them so that they
may dwell in their place without further disturbance. Neither shall the wicked
continue to afflict them as they did of old, since the time I first appointed
judges over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The
LORD also reveals to you that he will establish a house for you. And when your
time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after
you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his Kingdom firm. I will be a
father to him, and he shall be a son to me. Your house and your Kingdom shall
endure forever before me your throne shall stand firm forever.’”
Responsorial Psalm
R. For ever I
will sing the goodness of the Lord.
The favors of
the LORD I will sing forever through all generations my mouth shall proclaim
your faithfulness. For you have said, My kindness is established forever” in
heaven you have confirmed your faithfulness.
R. For ever I
will sing the goodness of the Lord.
I have made
a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servantand Forever will I
confirm your posterity and establish your throne for all generations.”
R. For ever I
will sing the goodness of the Lord.
He shall say
of me, ‘You are my father, my God, the rock, my savior.’ Forever I will
maintain my kindness toward him, and my covenant with him stands firm.”
R. For ever I
will sing the goodness of the Lord. Gospel Lk 1and67-79
Zechariah his
father, filled with the Holy Spirit, prophesied, sayingand
Blessed be
the Lord, the God of Israel for he has come to his people and set them free. He
has raised up for us a mighty Savior, born of the house of his servant David. Through
his prophets he promised of old that he would save us from our enemies, from
the hands of all who hate us. He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to
remember his holy covenant.
This was the
oath he swore to our father Abrahamand to set us free from the hand of our
enemies, free to worship him without fear, holy and righteous in his sight all
the days of our life. You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most
High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way, to give his people
knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins. In the tender
compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on
those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into
the way of peace.”