Catholic Daily Readings for December 28 2023: Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs – Lectionary: 698
| Catholic Daily Readings for December 28 2023, Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs | |
|---|---|
| 1st Reading | 1 John 1:5-2:2 |
| Responsorial Psalm | Psalms 124:2-3, 4-5, 7CD-8 |
| Gospel | Matthew 2:13-18 |
Daily Mass Readings for December 28 2023, Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs
1st Reading – 1 John 1:5-2:2
Beloved:
5 This is the declaration which we have heard from Jesus Christ and declare unto you: That God is light, and in him there is no darkness.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.
7 But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all iniquity.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
Responsorial Psalm – Psalms 124:2-3, 4-5, 7CD-8
R. (7) Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler’s snare.
2 Had not the LORD been with us
When men rose up against us,
3 then would they have swallowed us alive,
When their fury was inflamed against us.
R. Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler’s snare.
4 Then would the waters have overwhelmed us;
The torrent would have swept over us;
5 over us then would have swept the raging waters.
R. Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler’s snare.
7CD Broken was the snare,
and we were freed.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
R. Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler’s snare.
Alleluia – See Te Deum
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
We praise you, O God,
we acclaim you as Lord;
the white robed army of martyrs praise you.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Matthew 2:13-18
13 When the magi had departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell you. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.
14 Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:
15 That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet:
18 A voice in Ramah was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be consoled, since they were no more.
Catholic Daily Readings Homily for December 28 2023, Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs
Today’s December 28 2023 Daily Mass Readings Homily Theme: Herod Massacred Boys in Bethlehem – Matthew 2:13-18
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