The First Sunday of Advent
Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7/1 Cor 1:3-9/Mk 13:33-37
“For you are our father.
Were Abraham not to know us,
nor Israel to acknowledge us,
You, Lord, are our father,
our redeemer you are named from of old.
17 Why do you make us wander, Lord, from your ways,
and harden our hearts so that we do not fear you?[a]
Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your heritage.”
Isaiah 63:16-17, NABRE
Monday
Is 2:1-5/Mt 8:5-11
“I say to you, many will come from the east and the west, and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet in the kingdom of heaven”
Matthew 8:11, NABRE
Tuesday
Is 11:1-10/Lk 10:21-24
“But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse,
and from his roots a bud shall blossom.”
Isaiah 11:1, NABRE
Wednesday
Is 25:6-10a/Mt 15:29-37
“After Jesus had left that place, he passed along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up the mountain, where he sat down. Great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others. They put them at his feet, and he cured them,”
Matthew 15:29-30, NRSVCE
Thursday
Is 26:1-6/Mt 7:21, 24-27
“On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city;
he sets up victory
like walls and bulwarks.”
Isaiah 26:1, NRSVCE
Friday
Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38
“I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
Genesis 3:15, NRSVCE
Saturday
Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Mt 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8
“Truly, O people in Zion, inhabitants of Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you.”
Isaiah 30:19, NRSVCE
