Second Sunday of Advent
Bar 5:1-9/Phil 1:4-6, 8-11/Lk 3:1-6
“Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem,
and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God.”
Baruch 5:1, NRSVCE
Monday: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38
“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.”
Luke 1: 26-27, NRSVCE
Tuesday
Is 40:1-11/Mt 18:12-14
“Comfort, O comfort my people,
says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that she has served her term,
that her penalty is paid,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.”
Isaiah 40:1-2, NRSVCE
Wednesday
Is 40:25-31/Mt 11:28-30
“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28, NRSVCE
Thursday
Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47 or any readings from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
“Sing and rejoice, daughter Zion! Now, I am coming to dwell in your midst—oracle of the Lord. Many nations will bind themselves to the Lord on that day. They will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. Then you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. “
Zechariah 2:14-15, NABRE
Friday
Is 48:17-19/Mt 11:16-19
“The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is vindicated by her works.””
Matthew 11:19, NABRE
Saturday
Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Mt 17:9a, 10-13
“Do not envy the wicked
for you do not know when their day will come.
12 Do not delight in the pleasures of the ungodly;
remember, they will not die unpunished.”
Ben Sira 9:11-12, NABRE
