Readings at Mass Thursday 9 December 2021

 Readings at Mass

Thursday 9 December 2021

2nd Week of Advent

or Saint Juan Diego 

Liturgical Colour: Violet.

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First reading

Isaiah 41:13-20

I, the Lord, your God,

I am holding you by the right hand;

I tell you, ‘Do not be afraid,

I will help you.’

Do not be afraid, Jacob, poor worm,

Israel, puny mite.’

I will help you – it is the Lord who speaks –

the Holy One of Israel is your redeemer.

See, I turn you into a threshing-sled,

new, with doubled teeth;

you shall thresh and crush the mountains,

and turn the hills to chaff.

You shall winnow them and the wind will blow them away,

the gale will scatter them.

But you yourself will rejoice in the Lord,

and glory in the Holy One of Israel.

The poor and needy ask for water, and there is none,

their tongue is parched with thirst.

I, the Lord, will answer them,

I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

I will make rivers well up on barren heights,

and fountains in the midst of valleys;

turn the wilderness into a lake,

and dry ground into water spring.

In the wilderness I will put cedar trees,

acacias, myrtles, olives.

In the desert I will plant juniper,

plane tree and cypress side by side;

so that men may see and know,

may all observe and understand

that the hand of the Lord has done this,

that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

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Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 145:1,9-13

Response: The Lord is kind and full of compassion, slow to anger, abounding in love.

I will give you glory, O God my king,

    I will bless your name for ever.

How good is the Lord to all,

    compassionate to all his creatures.

All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,

    and your friends shall repeat their blessing.

They shall speak of the glory of your reign

    and declare your might, O God,

to make known to men your mighty deeds

    and the glorious splendour of your reign.

Yours is an everlasting kingdom;

    your rule lasts from age to age.

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Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, alleluia!

Come, Lord, with your peace

that we may rejoice in your presence with sincerity of heart.

Alleluia!

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Gospel

Matthew 11:11-15

Jesus spoke to the crowds: ‘I tell you solemnly, of all the children born of women, a greater than John the Baptist has never been seen; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is. Since John the Baptist came, up to this present time, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence and the violent are taking it by storm. Because it was towards John that all the prophecies of the prophets and of the Law were leading; and he, if you will believe me, is the Elijah who was to return. If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen!’

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Scripture readings from the Jerusalem Bible, Text of the Psalms from The Grail