Archive for December 2025

First Reading Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 (Year A) (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah Here is my servant, my chosen one in whom I am well pleased. Thus says the Lord: Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul delights. I have endowed him with my spirit that he…

First Reading Isaiah 60:1-6 (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah The glory of the Lord shines upon you. Arise, shine out Jerusalem, for your light has come, the glory of the Lord is rising on you, though night still covers the earth and darkness the peoples. Above you the Lord now rises and above…

First Reading Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 (Year A) (JB) A reading from the Book of Ecclesiasticus Whoever fears the Lord honours his parents. The Lord honours the father in his children, and upholds the rights of a mother over her sons. Whoever respects his father is atoning for his sins, he who honours his mother is…

First Reading Isaiah 7:10-14 (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah The virgin will conceive. The Lord spoke to Ahaz and said, ‘Ask the Lord your God for a sign for yourself coming either from the depths of Sheol or from the heights above.’ ‘No,’ Ahaz answered ‘I will not put the Lord to the…

First Reading Isaiah 35:1-6, 10 (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah God himself will come and save us. Let the wilderness and the dry-lands exult, let the wasteland rejoice and bloom, let it bring forth flowers like the jonquil, let it rejoice and sing for joy. The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it,…