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Advent Weekday of Thursday December 21, 2023

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December 21, 2023

(Cf. Isaiah 7:14; 8:10)
The Lord and Ruler will be coming soon, and his name will be called Emmanuel, because he will be God-with-us.

Texts of the day

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First reading

Reading (Song of Songs 2:8-14) OR (Zephaniah 3:14-18a)

Reading (Song of Songs 2:8-14) Hark! my lover–here he comes springing across the mountains, leaping across the hills. My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Here he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through...

Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21)

Give thanks to the LORD on the harp; with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises. Sing to him a new song; pluck the strings skillfully, with shouts of gladness. R. But the plan of the LORD...

Gospel (Luke 1:39-45)

Mary set out in those days and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb,...