{"id":3855,"date":"2017-12-25T08:08:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T13:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3855"},"modified":"2017-12-22T13:10:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T18:10:54","slug":"mass-readings-december-25th-2017-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/mass-readings-december-25th-2017-christmas","title":{"rendered":"Mass Readings for December 25th, 2017 (Christmas)"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Reading –\u00a0Is 52<\/span><\/h4>\n

How beautiful upon the mountains
\nare the feet of him who brings glad tidings,
\nannouncing peace, bearing good news,
\nannouncing salvation, and saying to Zion,
\n“Your God is King!”<\/p>\n

Hark! Your sentinels raise a cry,
\ntogether they shout for joy,
\nfor they see directly, before their eyes,
\nthe LORD restoring Zion.
\nBreak out together in song,
\nO ruins of Jerusalem!
\nFor the LORD comforts his people,
\nhe redeems Jerusalem.
\nThe LORD has bared his holy arm
\nin the sight of all the nations;
\nall the ends of the earth will behold
\nthe salvation of our God.<\/p>\n

Second\u00a0Reading –\u00a0Heb 1<\/span><\/h4>\n

Brothers and sisters:
\nIn times past, God spoke in partial and various ways
\nto our ancestors through the prophets;
\nin these last days, he has spoken to us through the Son,
\nwhom he made heir of all things
\nand through whom he created the universe,
\nwho is the refulgence of his glory,
\nthe very imprint of his being,
\nand who sustains all things by his mighty word.
\nWhen he had accomplished purification from sins,
\nhe took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
\nas far superior to the angels
\nas the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.<\/p>\n

For to which of the angels did God ever say:
\nYou are my son; this day I have begotten you<\/em>?
\nOr again:
\nI will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me<\/em>?
\nAnd again, when he leads the firstborn into the world, he says:
\nLet all the angels of God worship him.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gospel –\u00a0John 1<\/span><\/h4>\n

In the beginning was the Word,
\nand the Word was with God,
\nand the Word was God.
\nHe was in the beginning with God.
\nAll things came to be through him,
\nand without him nothing came to be.
\nWhat came to be through him was life,
\nand this life was the light of the human race;
\nthe light shines in the darkness,
\nand the darkness has not overcome it.
\nA man named John was sent from God.
\nHe came for testimony, to testify to the light,
\nso that all might believe through him.
\nHe was not the light,
\nbut came to testify to the light.
\nThe true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
\nHe was in the world,
\nand the world came to be through him,
\nbut the world did not know him.
\nHe came to what was his own,
\nbut his own people did not accept him.<\/p>\n

But to those who did accept him
\nhe gave power to become children of God,
\nto those who believe in his name,
\nwho were born not by natural generation
\nnor by human choice nor by a man’s decision
\nbut of God.
\nAnd the Word became flesh
\nand made his dwelling among us,
\nand we saw his glory,
\nthe glory as of the Father’s only Son,
\nfull of grace and truth.
\nJohn testified to him and cried out, saying,
\n“This was he of whom I said,
\n‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me
\nbecause he existed before me.'”
\nFrom his fullness we have all received,
\ngrace in place of grace,
\nbecause while the law was given through Moses,
\ngrace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
\nNo one has ever seen God.
\nThe only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side,
\nhas revealed him.<\/p>\n

This is the\u00a0Word of the Lord.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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