Gospel of December 2 2018

Book of Jeremiah 33,14-16.
Behold, days will come - the Lord's oracle - in which I will fulfill the promises of good I have made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
In those days and at that time I will sprout a sprout of righteousness for David; he will exercise judgment and justice on earth.
In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live quietly. Thus it will be called: Lord-our-justice.

Salmi 25(24),4bc-5ab.8-9.10.14.
Lord, make your ways known;
teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
because you are the God of my salvation.

The Lord is good and upright,
the right way points to sinners;
guide the humble according to justice,
teaches the poor its ways.

All the paths of the Lord are truth and grace
for those who observe his covenant and precepts.
The Lord reveals himself to those who fear him,
he makes known his covenant.

First letter of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians 3,12-13.4,1-2.
The Lord then make you grow and abound in mutual love and towards everyone, as we are also towards you,
to make your hearts firm and irreproachable in holiness, before God our Father, at the moment of the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
For the rest, brothers, we pray and beg you in the Lord Jesus: you learned from us how to behave in a way that pleases God, and in this way you already behave; always try to do this to stand out even more.
You know what standards we have given you from the Lord Jesus.

From the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Luke 21,25-28.34-36.
There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars, and on the earth anguish of peoples anxious about the roar of the sea and the waves,
while men will die of fear and waiting for what will happen on earth. In fact, the powers of the heavens will be upset.
Then they will see the Son of man coming on a cloud with great power and glory.
When these things begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your liberation is near. "
Be careful that your hearts are not weighed down by the dissipations, drunkenness and worries of life and that on that day they do not come upon you suddenly;
like a snare it will fall upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth.
Watch and pray at all times, so that you may have the strength to escape everything that has to happen, and to appear before the Son of man ».