Tuesday of the First Week of Advent, Feast of St Francis Xavier

Send us Fan MailTuesday, 3 December 2024St Francis Xavier, PriestTuesday in the First Week of Advent.Antiphons on p. 1830 and Readings on p. 37 of the Daily Missal. First Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 72:1-2.7-8.12-13.17 (R. 7)Let us now pray the Responsorial PsalmR/. In his days shall justice flourish, and great peace forever.O God, give your judgment to the king,to a king’s son your justice,that he may judge your people in justice,and your poor in right judgment.In his days shall justice flourish,and great peace till the moon is no more.He shall rule from sea to sea,from the River to the bounds of the earth.For he shall save the needy when they cry,the poor, and those who are helpless.He will have pity on the weak and the needy,and save the lives of the needy.May his name endure forever,his name continue like the sun.Every tribe shall be blest in him,all nations shall call him blessed.R/. In his days shall justice flourish, and great peace forever. Alleluia. Alleluia. Behold, our Lord will come with power, and enlighten the eyes of his servants.Alleluia. Gospel: Luke 10:21-24A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.At that hour: Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” Then turning to the disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”The Gospel of the Lord.