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Readings for the Vigil MassReadings for the Mass at DawnReadings for the Mass during the DayReadings for the The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Reading I Is 9:1-6     The people who walked in darkness         have seen a great light;     upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom         a […]

Readings for the Vigil MassReadings for the Mass at DawnReadings for the Mass during the NightReadings for the The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Reading I Is 52:7-10     How beautiful upon the mountains         are the feet of him who brings glad tidings,     announcing peace, bearing good news,         announcing salvation,

Readings for the Vigil MassReadings for the Mass during the NightReadings for the Mass during the DayReadings for the The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Reading I Is 62:11-12     See, the LORD proclaims         to the ends of the earth:     say to daughter Zion,         your savior comes!     Here is

Reading I 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwells in a tent!”  Nathan answered

Reading I Mal 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

Reading I 1 Sm 1:24-28 In those days, Hannah brought Samuel with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and presented him at the temple of the LORD in Shiloh.  After the boy’s father had sacrificed the young bull, Hannah, his mother, approached Eli and said: “Pardon,

Reading I Sg 2:8-14     Hark! my lover–here he comes         springing across the mountains,         leaping across the hills.     My lover is like a gazelle         or a young stag.     Here he stands behind our wall,         gazing through the windows,         peering through the lattices.   

Reading I Is 7:10-14 The LORD spoke to Ahaz: Ask for a sign from the Lord, your God;     let it be deep as the nether world, or high as the sky! But Ahaz answered,     “I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!”  Then Isaiah said:     Listen, O house of David! 

Reading I Mi 5:1-4a     Thus says the LORD:     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

Reading I Jer 23:5-8     Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD,         when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David;     As king he shall reign and govern wisely,         he shall do what is just and right in the land.     In his days Judah shall be