Daily Reading for Sunday, December 4th, 2022

Daily Reading for Sunday December 4, 2022

Reading 1, Isaiah 11:1-10
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17
Gospel, Matthew 3:1-12
Reading 2, Romans 15:4-9
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Reading 1, Isaiah 11:1-10

¹ A shoot will spring from the stock of Jesse, a new shoot will grow from his roots.

² On him will rest the spirit of Yahweh, the spirit of wisdom and insight, the spirit of counsel and power, the spirit of knowledge and fear of Yahweh:

³ his inspiration will lie in fearing Yahweh. His judgement will not be by appearances. his verdict not given on hearsay.

⁴ He will judge the weak with integrity and give fair sentence for the humblest in the land. He will strike the country with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips bring death to the wicked.

⁵ Uprightness will be the belt around his waist, and constancy the belt about his hips.

⁶ The wolf will live with the lamb, the panther lie down with the kid, calf, lion and fat-stock beast together, with a little boy to lead them.

⁷ The cow and the bear will graze, their young will lie down together. The lion will eat hay like the ox.

⁸ The infant will play over the den of the adder; the baby will put his hand into the viper's lair.

⁹ No hurt, no harm will be done on all my holy mountain, for the country will be full of knowledge of Yahweh as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁰ That day, the root of Jesse, standing as a signal for the peoples, will be sought out by the nations and its home will be glorious.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17

¹ [Of Solomon] God, endow the king with your own fair judgement, the son of the king with your own saving justice,

² that he may rule your people with justice, and your poor with fair judgement.

⁷ In his days uprightness shall flourish, and peace in plenty till the moon is no more.

⁸ His empire shall stretch from sea to sea, from the river to the limits of the earth.

¹² For he rescues the needy who calls to him, and the poor who has no one to help.

¹³ He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the needy from death.

¹⁷ May his name be blessed for ever, and endure in the sight of the sun. In him shall be blessed every race in the world, and all nations call him blessed.

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Gospel, Matthew 3:1-12

¹ In due course John the Baptist appeared; he proclaimed this message in the desert of Judaea,

² 'Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.'

³ This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said: A voice of one that cries in the desert, 'Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'

⁴ This man John wore a garment made of camel-hair with a leather loin-cloth round his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

⁵ Then Jerusalem and all Judaea and the whole Jordan district made their way to him,

⁶ and as they were baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins.

⁷ But when he saw a number of Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism he said to them, 'Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming retribution?

⁸ Produce fruit in keeping with repentance,

⁹ and do not presume to tell yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father," because, I tell you, God can raise children for Abraham from these stones.

¹⁰ Even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees, so that any tree failing to produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown on the fire.

¹¹ I baptise you in water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit to carry his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

¹² His winnowing-fan is in his hand; he will clear his threshing-floor and gather his wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.'

Reading 2, Romans 15:4-9

⁴ And all these things which were written so long ago were written so that we, learning perseverance and the encouragement which the scriptures give, should have hope.

⁵ Now the God of perseverance and encouragement give you all the same purpose, following the example of Christ Jesus,

⁶ so that you may together give glory to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with one heart.

⁷ Accept one another, then, for the sake of God's glory, as Christ accepted you.

⁸ I tell you that Christ's work was to serve the circumcised, fulfilling the truthfulness of God by carrying out the promises made to the fathers,

⁹ and his work was also for the gentiles, so that they should give glory to God for his faithful love; as scripture says: For this I shall praise you among the nations and sing praise to your name.

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