Daily Reading for Monday, December 23rd, 2024

Reading 1, Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24

¹ 'Look, I shall send my messenger to clear a way before me. And suddenly the Lord whom you seek will come to his Temple; yes, the angel of the covenant, for whom you long, is on his way, says Yahweh Sabaoth.

² Who will be able to resist the day of his coming? Who will remain standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like fullers' alkali.

³ He will take his seat as refiner and purifier; he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they can make the offering to Yahweh with uprightness.

⁴ The offering of Judah and Jerusalem will then be acceptable to Yahweh as in former days, as in the years of old.

²³ 'Look, I shall send you the prophet Elijah before the great and awesome Day of Yahweh comes.

²⁴ He will reconcile parents to their children and children to their parents, to forestall my putting the country under the curse of destruction.'

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14

⁴ DIRECT me in your ways, Yahweh, and teach me your paths.

⁵ ENCOURAGE me to walk in your truth and teach me since you are the God who saves me. FOR my hope is in you all day long -- such is your generosity, Yahweh.

⁸ INTEGRITY and generosity are marks of Yahweh for he brings sinners back to the path.

⁹ JUDICIOUSLY he guides the humble, instructing the poor in his way.

¹⁰ KINDNESS unfailing and constancy mark all Yahweh's paths, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.

¹⁴ ONLY those who fear Yahweh have his secret and his covenant, for their understanding.