Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, December 16 2016

Friday of the Third week of Advent

Friday of the Third week of Advent

1. Reading

Book of Isaiah

56,1-3a.6-8.

]Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed.
]Happy is the man who does this, the son of man who holds to it; Who keeps the sabbath free from profanation, and his hand from any evildoing.
]Let not the foreigner say, when he would join himself to the LORD, "The LORD will surely exclude me from his people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "See, I am a dry tree."
]And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, ministering to him, Loving the name of the LORD, and becoming his servants-- All who keep the sabbath free from profanation and hold to my covenant,
]Them I will bring to my holy mountain and make joyful in my house of prayer; Their holocausts and sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
]Thus says the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: Others will I gather to him besides those already gathered.

Psalm

Psalms

67(66),2-3.5.7-8.

]May God have pity on us and bless us;
may he let his face shine upon us.
]So may your way be known upon earth;
among all nations, your salvation.
]May the nations be glad and exult
because you rule the peoples in equity;
the nations on the earth you guide.
]The earth has yielded its fruits;
God, our God, has blessed us.
]May God bless us,
and may all the ends of the earth fear him!

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

5,33-36.

]Jesus said to the Jews: "You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth.
]I do not accept testimony from a human being, but I say this so that you may be saved.
]He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light.
]But I have testimony greater than John's. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me."

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St. Eusebius(Bishop († c. 371))

SAINT EUSEBIUS Bishop ( c. 371) St. Eusebius was born to a noble family on the island of Sardinia where his father is said to have died in prison for the faith. Afterward, his mother brought him and his infant sister to Rome. He was ordained, served the Church of Vercelli and was consecrated bishop. St. Eusebius ordained and led the clergy: those acting in the person and character of Christ. He carefully instructed parishioners, administered the sacraments and promoted the liturgy. His prayers before preaching effected many conversions. St. Eusebius strove to illuminate the mood and fallacies of heretics. In retaliation, they banished him to Scythopolis and afterward to Upper Thebais in Egypt. He suffered so grievously that he is called a martyr in some of the panegyrics.

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St. Adelaide()

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