Friday of the First Week of Advent

Send us Fan MailFriday, 6 December 2024Friday of the First Week of Advent Readings and Antiphons on p. 43 of the Daily Missal.Entrance Antiphon.Behold the Lord will come descending with splendour to visit his people with peace, and he will bestow on them eternal life.First Reading: Isaiah 29:17-24A reading from the Book of Isaiah.Thus says the Lord God: Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest? In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see. The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord, and the poor among people shall exult in the Holy One of Israel. For the ruthless shall come to nought and the scoffer cease, and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off, who by a word make a person out to be an offender, and lay a snare for the one who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside the one, who is in the right.Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob shall no more be ashamed, no more shall his face grow pale. For when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will sanctify my name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and will stand in awe of the God of Israel. And those who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who murmur will accept instruction.”The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 27:1.4.13-14 (R. 1a)Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:R/. The Lord is my light and my salvation.The Lord is my light and my salvation;whom shall I fear?The Lord is the stronghold of my life;whom should I dread?There is one thing I ask of the Lord,only this do I seek:to live in the house of the Lordall the days of my life,to gaze on the beauty of the Lord,to inquire at his temple.I believe I shall see the Lord’s goodnessin the land of the living.Wait for the Lord; be strong;be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord!R/. The Lord is my light and my salvation.Please stand for the Gospel.Alleluia, Alleluia.Behold, our Lord shall come with power, and enlighten the eyes of his servants.Alleluia. Gospel: Matthew 9:27-31A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.At that time: As Jesus passed on, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.” And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, “See that no one knows it.” But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.The Gospel of the Lord.Communion Antiphon.We await a saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will change our mortal bodies, to conform with his glorified body.2