Monday, 1 December 2025 Monday of the First Week of Advent.

Send us Fan MailMonday, 1 December 2025Monday of the First Week of Advent.Antiphons and Readings on p. 34 of the Daily Missal.Entrance Antiphon.Hear the word of the Lord, O nations; declare it to the distant lands: Behold, our Saviour will come; and you no longer need to fear.First Reading: Isaiah 4:2-6A reading from the Book of Isaiah.In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel. And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem, when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning. Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy and a pavilion. It will be for a shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 122:1-9 (R. see1)R/. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.I rejoiced when they said to me,“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”And now our feet are standingwithin your gates, O Jerusalem.Jerusalem is built as a citybonded as one together.It is there that the tribes go up,the tribes of the Lord.For Israel’s witness it isto praise the name of the Lord.There were set the thrones for judgment,the thrones of the house of David.For the peace of Jerusalem pray,“May they prosper, those who love you.”May peace abide in your walls,and security be in your towers.For the sake of my family and friends,let me say, “Peace upon you.”For the sake of the house of the Lord, our God,I will seek good things for you.R/. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.Please stand for the Gospel.Alleluia, Alleluia.Come to save us, Lord our God; let your face shine on us, and we shall be saved.Alleluia.Gospel: Matthew 8:5-11A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.At that time: As Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, begging him and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress.” And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion answered him, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard him, he marvelled, and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.”The Gospel of the Lord.Communion Antiphon.Come, O Lord, visit us in peace, that we may rejoice before you with a blameless heart.