Calendarium Romanum Forma Ordinaria
Monday, December 23 : Saint John-Paul II
Today we celebrate the birth of Saint John the Baptist. The words of the Prophet Isaiah are well-suited to describe this great biblical figure who stands between the Old and the New Testaments. In the long line of Israel’s prophets and just men and women, John “the Baptizer” was placed by God’s providence immediately before […]
Monday, December 23 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 1,57-66.
When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after […]
Monday, December 23 : Psalms 25(24),4-5ab.8-9.10.14.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me; teach me your paths, guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior. Good and upright is the LORD; thus he shows sinners the way. He guides the humble to justice, he teaches the humble his way. All the paths of the […]
Monday, December 23 : Book of Malachi 3,1-4.23-24.
Thus says the Lord God: Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me; and suddenly there will come to the temple the Lord whom you seek, and the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Yes, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who will endure the day of […]
Sunday, December 22 : Blessed Guerric of Igny
“Behold the King is coming, let us hasten to meet our Savior” (Advent liturgy) Solomon put it very well when he said: “As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country” (Prv 25,25). He certainly brings good news who announces the coming of the Savior, the reconciliation of the […]
Sunday, December 22 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 1,39-45.
Mary set out in those days and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, […]
Sunday, December 22 : Letter to the Hebrews 10,5-10.
For this reason, when he came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; holocausts and sin offerings you took no delight in. Then I said, ‘As is written of me in the scroll, Behold, I come to do your will, O God.’” First […]
Sunday, December 22 : Psalms 80(79),2ac.3b.15-16.18-19.
O shepherd of Israel, hearken. from your throne upon the cherubim, shine forth. Rouse your power. Once again, O LORD of hosts, look down from heaven, and see: take care of this vine, and protect what your right hand has planted the son of man whom you yourself made strong. May your help be with […]
Sunday, December 22 : Book of Micah 5,1-4a.
The LORD says : You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah, too small to be among the clans of Judah, From you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel ; Whose origin is from of old, from ancient times. (Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time when she who is to […]
Saturday, December 21 : Saint John Damascene
“Most blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb (…)” For all ages will call you blessed, as you said (Lk 1:48). The daughters of Jerusalem, that is to say, the Church, saw you and proclaimed your happiness (…) For you are the royal throne near which the angels stood […]
Saturday, December 21 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 1,39-45.
Mary set out in those days and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, […]
