Daily Reading for Sunday, December 18th, 2022

Daily Reading for Sunday December 18, 2022

Reading 1, Isaiah 7:10-14
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Gospel, Matthew 1:18-24
Reading 2, Romans 1:1-7
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Reading 1, Isaiah 7:10-14

¹⁰ Yahweh spoke to Ahaz again and said:

¹¹ Ask Yahweh your God for a sign, either in the depths of Sheol or in the heights above.

¹² But Ahaz said, 'I will not ask. I will not put Yahweh to the test.'

¹³ He then said: Listen now, House of David: are you not satisfied with trying human patience that you should try my God's patience too?

¹⁴ The Lord will give you a sign in any case: It is this: the young woman is with child and will give birth to a son whom she will call Immanuel.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6

¹ [Psalm Of David] To Yahweh belong the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live there;

² it is he who laid its foundations on the seas, on the flowing waters fixed it firm.

³ Who shall go up to the mountain of Yahweh? Who shall take a stand in his holy place?

⁴ The clean of hands and pure of heart, whose heart is not set on vanities, who does not swear an oath in order to deceive.

⁵ Such a one will receive blessing from Yahweh, saving justice from the God of his salvation.

⁶ Such is the people that seeks him, that seeks your presence, God of Jacob.

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Gospel, Matthew 1:18-24

¹⁸ This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.

²⁰ He had made up his mind to do this when suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit.

²¹ She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.'

²² Now all this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:

²³ Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means 'God-is-with-us'.

²⁴ When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home;

Reading 2, Romans 1:1-7

¹ From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle,

² set apart for the service of the gospel that God promised long ago through his prophets in the holy scriptures.

³ This is the gospel concerning his Son who, in terms of human nature

⁴ was born a descendant of David and who, in terms of the Spirit and of holiness, was designated Son of God in power by resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ, our Lord,

⁵ through whom we have received grace and our apostolic mission of winning the obedience of faith among all the nations for the honour of his name.

⁶ You are among these, and by his call you belong to Jesus Christ.

⁷ To you all, God's beloved in Rome, called to be his holy people. Grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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