Feast of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Cycle C

Send us Fan MailSunday, 29 December 2024Feast of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Cycle C Antiphons on p. 124 and Readings on p. 129 of the Daily Missal, and p.792 of Sunday MissalFirst Reading: 1 Samuel 1:20-22.24-28Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 84:2-3.5-6.9-10.11 (R. 5a)R/. Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord.How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts. My soul is longing and yearning for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out to the living God.Blessed are they who dwell in your house, forever singing your praise. Blessed the people whose strength is in you, whose heart is set on pilgrim ways.O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Turn your eyes, O God, our shield; look on the face of your anointed.One day within your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. The threshold of the house of God I prefer to the dwellings of the wicked.Second Reading: 1 John 3:1-2.21-24Beloved: See what love the Father has given us,  that we should be called children of God,  and so we are.  The reason why the world does not know us  is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now;  it does not yet appear what we shall be,  but we know that when he appears we shall be like him,  for we shall see him as he is. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us,  we have confidence before God;  and we receive from him whatever we ask  because we keep his commandments  and do what pleases him.  And this is his commandment,  that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ  and love one another, just as he has commanded us.  All who keep his commandments abide in him,  and he in them.  And by this, we know that he abides in us,  by the Spirit which he has given us.Gospel: Luke 2:41-52The parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem every year  at the feast of the Passover.  And when he was twelve years old,  they went up according to custom;  and when the feast was ended,  as they were returning,  the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.  His parents did not know it,  but supposing him to be in the company  they went a day’s journey,  and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances;  and when they did not find him,  they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him.  After three days they found him in the temple,  sitting among the teachers,  listening to them and asking them questions;  and all who heard him were amazed  at his understanding and his answers. And when they saw him they were astonished;  and his mother said to him,  “Son, why have you treated us so?  Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.” And he said to them, “How is it that you sought me?  Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them.  And he went down with them and came to Nazareth,  and was obedient to them,  and his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature,  and in favour with God and mankind.