Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, December 7 2016

Wednesday of the Second week of Advent

Wednesday of the Second week of Advent

1. Reading

Book of Isaiah

40,25-31.

]To whom can you liken me as an equal? says the Holy One.
]Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these: He leads out their army and numbers them, calling them all by name. By his great might and the strength of his power not one of them is missing!
]Why, O Jacob, do you say, and declare, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD, and my right is disregarded by my God"?
]Do you not know or have you not heard? The LORD is the eternal God, creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint nor grow weary, and his knowledge is beyond scrutiny.
]He gives strength to the fainting; for the weak he makes vigor abound.
]Though young men faint and grow weary, and youths stagger and fall,
]They that hope in the LORD will renew their strength, they will soar as with eagles' wings; They will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint.

Psalm

Psalms

103(102),1-2.3-4.8.10.

]Bless the LORD, O my soul;
and all my being, bless his holy name.
]Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits.
]He pardons all your iniquities,
he heals all your ills.
]He redeems your life from destruction,
he crowns you with kindness and compassion.
]Merciful and gracious is the LORD,
slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
]Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according to our crimes.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

11,28-30.

]Jesus said to the crowds: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
]Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves.
]For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."

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St. Ambrose(Bishop and Doctor of the Church)

SAINT AMBROSEBishop and Doctor of the Church(c. 339 - 397) St. Ambrose was a nobleman who served as Milan's governor until 374. When the bishopric became vacant, he was unanimously elected by Arians and Catholics. He preserved the deposit of faith amidst heretical attacks. St. Ambrose was an apologist. He rejected Empress Justina's attempt to give one of Milan's churches to the Arians. He also wrote about St. Peter's primacy and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. Never one to remain silent in the face of injustice, he rebuked Emperor Theodosius for massacring Thessalonica's inhabitants. St. Ambrose was the friend and consoler of St. Monica in all her trials. In 387, he admitted her son St. Augustine to the Church. He passed away in 397. In 1298, he was declared a doctor of the church. He is one of the four Great Latin Doctors of the Church.

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