Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, December 9 2018
Second Sunday of Advent
Second Sunday of Advent
1. ReadingBook of Baruch
5,1-9.]Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God forever:
]Wrapped in the cloak of justice from God, bear on your head the mitre that displays the glory of the eternal name.
]For God will show all the earth your splendor:
]you will be named by God forever the peace of justice, the glory of God's worship.
]Up, Jerusalem! stand upon the heights; look to the east and see your children Gathered from the east and the west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that they are remembered by God.
]Led away on foot by their enemies they left you: but God will bring them back to you borne aloft in glory as on royal thrones.
]For God has commanded that every lofty mountain be made low, And that the age-old depths and gorges be filled to level ground, that Israel may advance secure in the glory of God.
]The forests and every fragrant kind of tree have overshadowed Israel at God's command;
]For God is leading Israel in joy by the light of his glory, with his mercy and justice for company.
Psalms
126(125),1-2ab.2cd-3.4-5.6.]When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion,
we were like men dreaming.
]Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
]and our tongue with rejoicing.
]Then they said among the nations,
]"the LORD has done great things for them."
]The LORD has done great things for us;
we are glad indeed.
]Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
like the torrents in the southern desert.
]Those that sow in tears
shall reap rejoicing.
]Although they go forth weeping,
carrying the seed to be sown,
they shall come back rejoicing,
carrying their sheaves.
Letter to the Philippians
1,4-6.8-11.]Brothers and sisters: I pray always with joy in my every prayer for all of you,
]because of your partnership for the gospel from the first day until now.
]I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.
]For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
]And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception,
]to discern what is of value, so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
]filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
3,1-6.]In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
]during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert.
]He went throughout (the) whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
]as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: "A voice of one crying out in the desert: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.
]Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth,
]and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"
St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin(Marian Visionary (1474-1548))
Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474-1548) Juan Diego was chosen by the Holy Virgin Mary to announce salvation in the Americas. Her appearance resulted in tens of thousands converting and in the abolishment of cannibalism. Our Lady's image appeared on the mantle she touched, which remains uncorrupted centuries later - a proof of God's eternal love. Juan Diego's life before the vision is undocumented except in "El Nican Mopohua." It was written in Náhuatl with Latin characters in 1556 by the Indigenous writer Antonio Valeriano. Juan Diego was born in Cuautlitlán, now a part of Mexico City. He was a gifted member of the Chichimeca, the most culturally-advanced group in the Anáhuac Valley. He was named "Cuauhtlatoatzin" ("the talking eagle"). At 50 years old, Juan Diego was baptized by a Franciscan priest, Fr. Peter da Gand. On December 9, 1531, on his way to morning Mass, the Blessed Mother appeared to him on Tepeyac Hill, on the outskirts of what is now Mexico City. She asked him to tell the bishop to build a shrine there in her name and promised to pour out her grace upon those who invoked her. The bishop did not believe Juan Diego and asked for a sign. On December 12, Juan Diego returned to Tepeyac. There, the Blessed Mother told him to climb the hill and pick the flowers in bloom. He obeyed and found roses blooming in the winter. He gathered the roses and took them to Our Lady, who carefully placed them in his mantle and told him to take them to the bishop. When Juan Diego opened his mantle, the roses fell to the ground, and there remained impressed an image of the Blessed Mother. With the bishop's permission, Juan Diego lived near the chapel where the miraculous image was placed for veneration. He cared for the church and the first pilgrims who came to pray to the Mother of God. Much deeper than the exterior grace of having been chosen as Our Lady's messenger, Juan Diego received the grace of interior enlightenment. From that moment, he began a life dedicated to prayer, virtue and love of God and neighbor. He passed away in 1548 and was buried in the first chapel dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe. He was beatified on May 6, 1990, by Pope John Paul II in the Basilica of Santa Maria di Guadalupe, Mexico City, and canonized on July 31, 2002. The miraculous image, which is preserved in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, shows a woman of mixed native and European heritage. She is supported by an angel whose wings are reminiscent of one of the major gods of the traditional religion of that area. The black girdle around her waist signifies that she is pregnant. Thus, the image depicts that Christ is to be born again among the people of the New World. Laser scanning and scientific instruments determined that the Virgin's eyes rested upon those present at the Cloak's first unveiling. The representation of native traditions in colors and symbols, and the image's miraculous preservation, confirms that the Blessed Virgin is alive and is the Mediatrix of the human race.
St. Leocadia(Virgin and Martyr († c. 304))
SAINT LEOCADIAVirgin and Martyr( c. 304) St. Leocadia was a native of Toledo, Spain. In 304, Governor Dacian had her arrested. Her contemporary, St. Eulalia, had been tortured to death a year earlier. Undeterred, St. Leocadia accepted her fate and was martyred in prison. Three famous churches in Toledo are named after St. Leocadia. Most of the Councils of Toledo took place at one of her churches. She is honored as the city's principal patroness. St. Leocadia's relics were kept in the Toledo Church until the Moorish invasion. Her relics were transferred to Oviedo and later to the abbey of St. Guislain near Mons in Hainault. On April 26, 1589, her relics were returned to the Toledo Cathedral.
St. Peter Fourier()
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