Christmas Weekday (January 3rd)

First Letter of John

If you consider that God is righteous, you also know that everyone who acts in righteousness is begotten by him.
See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure.
Everyone who commits sin commits lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness.
You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
No one who remains in him sins; no one who sins has seen him or known him.

Psalms

Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
His right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise.
Sing praise to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and melodious song.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
He is the one of whom I said, 'A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.'
I did not know him, but the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made known to Israel."
John testified further, saying, "I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from the sky and remain upon him.
I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with the holy Spirit.'
Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God."

St. Genevieve(Virgin (c. 422 - 512))

SAINT GENEVIEVEVirgin(c. 422-512) St. Genevieve was born in Nanterre, near Paris. St. Germanus predicted her future sanctity. At 7 years old, she made a vow of perpetual chastity. When Genevieve's parents passed away, she moved to Paris. Her gifts of prophecy and miracles raised up the Church. When her enemies tried to drown her, the attack ceased because she was carrying the Eucharist, given to her by St. Germanus. During Childeric's siege of Paris, St. Genevieve went out with a few followers and procured corn for the starving citizens. Childeric was a warlord and a pagan, but he spared the lives of many prisoners at St. Genevieve's request. When Clovis converted from paganism thanks his wife Clotilda, he made St. Genevieve his constant adviser. Despite his violent character, Clovis became a benevolent king. St. Genevieve passed away within a few weeks of that monarch in 512. In 1129, a pestilence killed fourteen thousand people in Paris. At length, on November 26, the shrine of St. Genevieve was carried in solemn procession through the city. Only three persons died that day, the rest recovered and no others fell ill. This was the first of a series of miraculous favors that the city of Paris obtained through the relics of its patron saint.

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