Sunday Mass Readings for December 17 2023: Third Sunday of Advent, Year B – Lectionary: 8
| Sunday Mass Readings for December 17 2023, Third Sunday of Advent, Year B | |
|---|---|
| 1st Reading | Isaiah 61:1-2A, 10-11 |
| Responsorial Psalm | Luke 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54 |
| 2nd Reading | 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 |
| Alleluia | Isaiah 61:1 (Cited in Luke 4:18) |
| Gospel | John 1:6-8, 19-28 |
Catholic Sunday Readings for December 17 2023, Third Sunday of Advent, Year B
1st Reading – Isaiah 61:1-2A, 10-11
1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives and deliverance to them that are shut up:
2A To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God.
10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God. For he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and with the robe of justice he has covered me: as a bridegroom decked with a crown and as a bride adorned with her jewels.
11 For as the earth brings forth her bud and as the garden causes her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth and praise before all the nations.
Responsorial Psalm – Luke 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54
R. (Isaiah 61:10b) My soul rejoices in my God.
46 My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
47 my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has looked upon his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
R. My soul rejoices in my God.
49 the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
50 He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
R. My soul rejoices in my God.
53 He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
54 He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
R. My soul rejoices in my God.
2nd Reading – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
Brothers and sisters:
16 Always rejoice.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In all things give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all.
19 Extinguish not the spirit.
20 Despise not prophecies.
21 But prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
22 From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves.
23 And may the God of peace himself sanctify you in all things; that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be preserved blameless in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 He is faithful who has called you, who also will do it.
Alleluia – Isaiah 61:1 (CITED IN Luke 4:18)
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
1 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – John 1:6-8, 19-28
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him.
8 He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light.
19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who are you?
20 And he confessed, and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him: What then? Are you Elijah? And he said: I am not. Are you the prophet? And he answered: No.
22 They said therefore unto him: Who are you, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? What do you have to say for yourself?”
23 He said: I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.
24 Some Pharisees were also sent.
25 And they asked him, and said to him: Why then do you baptize, if you are not Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
26 John answered them, saying: I baptize with water; but there has stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not.
27 The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose.
28 These things were done in Bethania, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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