January 1, 2015 The Octave Day of Christmas Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
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First Reading
The LORD said to
Mosesand Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell themand This is how you shall bless
the Israelites. Say to themand The LORD bless you and keep you! The LORD let his
face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The LORD look upon you kindly and give
you peace! So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites, and I will bless
them.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. May God bless
us in his mercy.
May God have
pity on us and bless us may he let his face shine upon us. So may your way be
known upon earth among all nations, your salvation.
R. May God bless
us in his mercy.
May the nations
be glad and exult because you rule the peoples in equity the nations on the
earth you guide.
R. May God bless
us in his mercy.
May the peoples
praise you, O God may all the peoples praise you! May God bless us, and may
all the ends of the earth fear him!
R. May God bless
us in his mercy.
Reading 2 Brothers and
sistersand When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman,
born under the law, to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive
adoption as sons. As proof that you are sons,
God sent the
Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, Abba, Father!” So you are no
longer a slave but a son, and if a son then also an heir, through God.
Gospel LK 2:16-21
The shepherds
went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in
the manger.
When they saw
this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child.
All who heard it
were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. And Mary kept all
these things, reflecting on them in her heart. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying
and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to
them.
When eight days
were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given him by
the angel before he was conceived in the womb.