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First Reading
Letter to the Hebrews 5: 1-10
Although he as a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.
Brothers and sisters:
Every high priest is taken from among men
and made their representative before God,
to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring,
for he himself is beset by weakness
and so, for this reason, must make sin offerings for himself
as well as for the people.
No one takes this honor upon himself
but only when called by God,
just as Aaron was.
In the same way,
it was not Christ who glorified himself in becoming high priest,
but rather the one who said to him:
You are my Son:
this day I have begotten you;
just as he says in another place,
You are a priest forever
according to the order of Melchizedek.
In the days when he was in the Flesh,
he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears
to the one who was able to save him from death,
and he was heard because of his reverence.
Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered;
and when he was made perfect,
he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.
— The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 110: 1, 2, 3, 4
You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.
The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
till I make your enemies your footstool.”
The scepter of your power the LORD will stretch forth from Zion:
“Rule in the midst of your enemies.”
“Yours is princely power in the day of your birth, in holy splendor;
before the daystar, like the dew, I have begotten you.”
The LORD has sworn, and he will not repent:
“You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Gospel
Alleluia. Alleluia.
The word of God is living and effective,
able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.
Alleluia.
Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 2: 18-22
The bridegroom is with them.
The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were accustomed to fast.
People came to Jesus and objected,
“Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast,
but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus answered them,
“Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
and then they will fast on that day.
No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak.
If he does, its fullness pulls away,
the new from the old, and the tear gets worse.
Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins.
Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins,
and both the wine and the skins are ruined.
Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.”
— The Gospel of the Lord.
- Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline
- Category: Saint of the day
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22 December - Saint Flavien, prefect of Rome at the time of Emperor Julian, lived in the fourth century. The Christian emperors appreciated the wisdom of this saint and entrusted him with great responsibilities in the city.
- Presented by Rakotoarisoa Sedera Joseph
- Category: Gospel
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Thursday, 22nd December 2022 — Advent Weekday — O King of all nations and keystone of the Church: come and save man, whom you formed from the dust — Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 1: 46-56
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First Reading
Book of Isaiah 49: 3, 5-6
I will give you as light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.
The LORD said to me:
You are my servant,
Israel, through whom I show my glory.
Now the LORD has spoken
who formed me as his servant from the womb,
that Jacob may be brought back to him
and Israel gathered to him;
and I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD,
and my God is now my strength!
It is too little, the LORD says, for you to be my servant,
to raise up the tribes of Jacob,
and restore the survivors of Israel;
I will make you a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.
— The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 40: 2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10
Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
I have waited, waited for the LORD,
and he stooped toward me and heard my cry.
And he put a new song into my mouth,
a hymn to our God.
Sacrifice or offering you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Holocausts or sin-offerings you sought not;
then said I, “Behold I come.”
“In the written scroll it is prescribed for me,
to do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!”
I announced your justice in the vast assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.
Second Reading
The beginning of the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 1: 1-3
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
and Sosthenes our brother,
to the church of God that is in Corinth,
to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy,
with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
— The word of the Lord.
Gospel
Alleluia. Alleluia.
The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us.
To those who accepted him,
he gave power to become children of God.
Alleluia.
Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 1: 29-34
Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
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 heaven
and remain upon him.
I did not know him,
but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me,‘On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain,
he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God.”
— The Gospel of the Lord.
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