Third Sunday of Advent
Zep 3:14-18a/Phil 4:4-7/Lk 3:10-18
“ Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near.”
Philippians 4:4-5, NABRE
Monday
Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a/Mt 21:23-27
“How pleasant are your tents, Jacob;
your encampments, Israel!
Like palm trees spread out,
like gardens beside a river,
Like aloes the Lord planted,
like cedars beside water;”
Numbers 24:5-6, NABRE
Tuesday
Gn 49:2, 8-10/Mt 1:1-17
“Thus the total number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen generations; from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah, fourteen generations.”
Matthew 1:17, NABRE
Wednesday
Jer 23:5-8/Mt 1:18-25
“See, days are coming—oracle of the Lord—
when I will raise up a righteous branch for David;
As king he shall reign and govern wisely,
he shall do what is just and right in the land.”
Jeremiah 23:5, NABRE
Thursday
Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Lk 1:5-25
“After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she remained in seclusion. She said, “This is what the Lord has done for me when he looked favorably on me and took away the disgrace I have endured among my people.””
Luke 1:24-25, NRSVCE
Friday
Is 7:10-14/Lk 1:26-38
“Then Isaiah said: “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary mortals, that you weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.”
Isaiah 7:13-14, NRSVCE
Saturday
Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a/Lk 1:39-45
“And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”
Luke 1:45, NRSVCE
