Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, January 1 2017

Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity

Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity

1. Reading

Book of Numbers

6,22-27.

]The LORD said to Moses :
]"Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them:
]The LORD bless you and keep you!
]The LORD let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you!
]The LORD look upon you kindly and give you peace!
]So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites, and I will bless them."

Psalm

Psalms

67(66),2-3.5.6.8.

]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.
]May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you!
]May God bless us,
and may all the ends of the earth fear him!

2. Reading

Letter to the Galatians

4,4-7.

]Brothers and sisters: When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
]to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption.
]As proof that you are children, God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"
]So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

2,16-21.

]The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.
]When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child.
]All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds.
]And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.
]Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.
]When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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