{"id":3757,"date":"2017-12-20T01:37:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T06:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2017-12-08T17:38:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T22:38:57","slug":"mass-readings-december-20th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/mass-readings-december-20th-2017","title":{"rendered":"Mass Readings for December 20th, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Reading –\u00a0Is 7<\/span><\/h4>\n

The LORD spoke to Ahaz:
\nAsk for a sign from the LORD, your God;
\nlet it be deep as the nether world, or high as the sky!
\nBut Ahaz answered,
\n“I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!”
\nThen Isaiah said:
\nListen, O house of David!
\nIs it not enough for you to weary men,
\nmust you also weary my God?
\nTherefore the Lord himself will give you this sign:
\nthe virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
\nand shall name him Emmanuel.<\/p>\n

Gospel – Luke 1<\/span><\/h4>\n

In the sixth month,
\nthe angel Gabriel was sent from God
\nto a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
\nto a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph,
\nof the house of David,
\nand the virgin’s name was Mary.
\nAnd coming to her, he said,
\n“Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”
\nBut she was greatly troubled at what was said
\nand pondered what sort of greeting this might be.
\nThen the angel said to her,
\n“Do not be afraid, Mary,
\nfor you have found favor with God.
\nBehold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son,
\nand you shall name him Jesus.
\nHe will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,
\nand the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
\nand he will rule over the house of Jacob forever,
\nand of his Kingdom there will be no end.”<\/p>\n

But Mary said to the angel,
\n“How can this be,
\nsince I have no relations with a man?”
\nAnd the angel said to her in reply,
\n“The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
\nand the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
\nTherefore the child to be born
\nwill be called holy, the Son of God.
\nAnd behold, Elizabeth, your relative,
\nhas also conceived a son in her old age,
\nand this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;
\nfor nothing will be impossible for God.”<\/p>\n

Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
\nMay it be done to me according to your word.”
\nThen the angel departed from her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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