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Thursday, December 13, 2018
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First Reading
Isaiah 41:13-20
13For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, "Fear not, I will help you."
14Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15Behold, I will make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff;
16You shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the LORD; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.
17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the LORD will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together;
20that men may see and know, may consider and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 145:1, 9-13
1I will extol thee, my God and King, and bless thy name for ever and ever.
9The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.
10All thy works shall give thanks to thee, O LORD, and all thy saints shall bless thee!
11They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and tell of thy power,
12to make known to the sons of men thy mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of thy kingdom.
13Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endures throughout all generations. The LORD is faithful in all his words, and gracious in all his deeds.
Gospel
Matthew 11:11-15
11Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by force.
13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John;
14and if you are willing to accept it, he is Eli'jah who is to come.
15He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
First Reading
2 Corinthians 10:17--11:2
10
17"Let him who boasts, boast of the Lord."
18For it is not the man who commends himself that is accepted, but the man whom the Lord commends.
11
1I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!
2I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I betrothed you to Christ to present you as a pure bride to her one husband.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 31:3-4, 6, 8, 16-17
2Incline thy ear to me, rescue me speedily! Be thou a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!
3Yea, thou art my rock and my fortress; for thy name's sake lead me and guide me,
5Into thy hand I commit my spirit; thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.
7I will rejoice and be glad for thy steadfast love, because thou hast seen my affliction, thou hast taken heed of my adversities,
15My times are in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors!
16Let thy face shine on thy servant; save me in thy steadfast love!
Gospel
Matthew 25:1-13
1"Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
2Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
3For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them;
4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.
5As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
6But at midnight there was a cry, `Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'
7Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps.
8And the foolish said to the wise, `Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
9But the wise replied, `Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.'
10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut.
11Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, `Lord, lord, open to us.'
12But he replied, `Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.'
13Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
