Catholic Daily Readings for December 7 2023: Thursday of the First Week of Advent – Lectionary: 178
| Catholic Daily Readings for December 7 2023, Thursday of the First Week of Advent | |
|---|---|
| 1st Reading | Isaiah 26:1-6 |
| Responsorial Psalm | Psalms 118:1 AND 8-9, 19-21, 25-27A |
| Alleluia | Isaiah 55:6 |
| Gospel | Matthew 7:21, 24-27 |
Daily Mass Readings for December 7 2023, Thursday of the First Week of Advent
1st Reading – Isaiah 26:1-6
1 In that day shall this canticle be sung the land of Judah. Zion, the city of our strength: a Saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.
2 Open ye the gates: and let the just nation, that keeps the truth, enter in.
3 The old error is passed away, you will keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in you.
4 You have hoped in the Lord for evermore: in the Lord God, mighty forever.
5 For he shall bring down them that dwell on high: the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground: he shall pull it down even to the dust.
6 The foot shall tread it down: the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
Responsorial Psalm – Psalms 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27A
R. (26a) Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
1 Give praise to Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.
8 It is good to confide in the Lord,
rather than to have confidence in man.
9 It is good to trust in the Lord,
rather than to trust in princes.
R. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
19 Open ye to me the gates of justice:
I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord.
20 This gate is the LORD’s;
the just shall enter it.
21 I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me
and have been my savior.
R. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
25 O Lord, save me:
O Lord, give good success.
26 Blessed be he that comes in the name Lord.
We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.
27A The Lord is God, and he has shone upon us.
R. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Alleluia – Isaiah 55:6
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call him while he is near.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Matthew 7:21, 24-27
Jesus said to his disciples:
21 Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24 Everyone therefore that hears my words, and does them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,
25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.
26 And everyone that hears my words, and does them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,
27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.
Catholic Daily Readings Homily – December 7 2023, Thursday of the First Week of Advent
Today’s December 7 2023 Daily Mass Readings Homily Theme: Not Everyone Who Says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ Will Enter the Kingdom of Heaven – Matthew 7:21-29
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