Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, December 7 2018

Friday of the First week of Advent

Friday of the First week of Advent

1. Reading

Book of Isaiah

29,17-24.

]Thus says the Lord GOD: But a very little while, and Lebanon shall be changed into an orchard, and the orchard be regarded as a forest!
]On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book; And out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see.
]The lowly will ever find joy in the LORD, and the poor rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
]For the tyrant will be no more and the arrogant will have gone; All who are alert to do evil will be cut off,
]those whose mere word condemns a man, Who ensnare his defender at the gate, and leave the just man with an empty claim.
]Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of the house of Jacob, who redeemed Abraham: Now Jacob shall have nothing to be ashamed of, nor shall his face grow pale.
]When his children see the work of my hands in his midst, They shall keep my name holy; they shall reverence the Holy One of Jacob, and be in awe of the God of Israel.
]Those who err in spirit shall acquire understanding, and those who find fault shall receive instruction.

Psalm

Psalms

27(26),1.4.13-14.

]The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The LORD is my life's refuge;
of whom should I be afraid?
]One thing I ask of the LORD
this I seek:
to dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
that I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD
and contemplate his temple.  
]I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD
in the land of the living.
]Wait for the LORD with courage;
be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

9,27-31.

]As Jesus passed by, two blind men followed him, crying out, “Son of David, have pity on us!”  
]When he entered the house, the blind men approached him and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I can do this?" "Yes, Lord," they said to him.
]Then he touched their eyes and said, "Let it be done for you according to your faith."
]And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one knows about this."
]But they went out and spread word of him through all that land.

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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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