• The Holy Name of Jesus

  Saint John 1:29-34 

  John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’ I did not know him, but the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made known to Israel.”

  John testified further, saying, “I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from the sky and remain upon him…

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• Saint John 1:19-28  This is the testimony of John. When the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to him to ask him, “Who are you?” he admitted and did not deny it, but admitted, “I am not the Messiah.” So they asked him, “What are you then? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.” So they said to him, “Who are you, so we can give an answer to those who sent us? …

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John 1,1-18

In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning.  Through him all things came into being, not one thing came into being except through him.  What has come into being in him was life, life that was the light of men;  and light shines in darkness, and darkness could not overpower it.   … Read more »

Luke 2,36-40

There was a prophetess, too, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over, she had been married for seven years before becoming a widow. She was now eighty-four years old and never left the Temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayer. She came up just at that moment and began to praise God; and she spoke of the child to all who looked forward to the deliverance of Jerusalem… Read more »

Luke 2,22-35

And when the day came for them to be purified in keeping with the Law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord-  observing what is written in the Law of the Lord: Every first-born male must be consecrated to the Lord-  and also to offer in sacrifice, in accordance with what is prescribed in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons… Read more »

Octave of Christmas:

Matthew 2,13-18

After they had left, suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and do away with him.’  So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, left that night for Egypt,  where he stayed until Herod was dead… Read more »

John 20,2-8

Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb  and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,’ she said, ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’  So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb.   … Read more »

Feast of the Holy Family

Matthew 2,13-15.19-23

After they had left, suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and do away with him.’  So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, left that night for Egypt,  where he stayed until Herod was dead… Read more »

THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD

Luke 2,1-14

Now it happened that at this time Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be made of the whole inhabited world.  This census the first  took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria,  and everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.  So Joseph set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee for Judaea, to David’s town called Bethlehem, since he was of David’s House and line,  in order to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.   … Read more »