Gospel and Saint of the day: 10 December 2019

Book of Isaiah 40,1-11.
“Console, console my people, says your God.
Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and shout to her that her slavery is over, her iniquity has been taken for granted, because she has received double punishment from the hand of the Lord for all her sins ”.
A voice cries out: “In the desert prepare the way for the Lord, smooth out the road for our God in the steppe.
Every valley is filled, every mountain and hill are lowered; the rough terrain turns flat and the steep terrain flat.
Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed and every man will see it, since the mouth of the Lord has spoken. "
A voice says, "Shout" and I say, "What am I going to shout?" Every man is like grass and all his glory is like a flower of the field.
When the grass is dry, the flower withers when the breath of the Lord blows on them.
The grass dries up, the flower withers, but the word of our God always lasts. Truly the people are like grass.
Climb a high mountain, you who bring good news to Zion; raise your voice with strength, you who bring good news to Jerusalem. Raise your voice, don't be afraid; announces to the cities of Judah: “Behold your God!
Behold, the Lord God comes with power, with his arm he holds dominion. Here, he has the prize with him and his trophies precede it.
Like a shepherd he grazes the flock and gathers it with his arm; she carries the lambs on her breast and slowly leads the mother sheep ”.

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Sing a new song to the Lord,
sing to the Lord from all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, bless his name,
proclaim his salvation day by day.

In the midst of peoples tell your glory,
to all nations tell your wonders.
Say among the peoples: "The Lord reigns!",
judge nations righteously.

Let the heavens rejoice, the earth rejoice,
the sea and what it encloses tremble;
rejoice the fields and what they contain,
let the trees of the forest rejoice.

Rejoice before the Lord who comes,
because he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with justice
and truthfully all peoples.

From the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Matthew 18,12-14.
At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: «What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and loses one, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the mountains to go in search of the lost one?
If he can find it, in truth I tell you, he will rejoice in that more than in the ninety-nine that had not gone astray.
Thus your heavenly Father does not want to lose even one of these little ones ».

December 10: Madonna of Loreto
Virgin of Loreto bless the sick

In this sacred place we ask you, O Mother of mercy, to invoke Jesus for the sick brothers: "Behold, he whom you love is sick".

Lauretan Virgin, make your maternal love known to so many afflicted by suffering. Turn your gaze to the sick who pray to you with faith: get them comfort of the spirit and healing of the body.

May they glorify the holy name of God and attend to the works of sanctification and charity.

Health of the sick, pray for us.

Prayer to the Madonna of Loreto

Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of the House: enter my home and keep in my family the precious good of the Faith and the joy and peace of our hearts.

(Angelo Comastri - Archbishop)

Daily prayer in the Holy House of Loreto

Light, O Mary, the lamp of faith in every home in Italy and the world. Give every mother and father your limpid heart, so that they fill the house with the light and love of God. Help us, oh Mother of yes, to transmit to the new generations the Good News that God saves us in Jesus, give us the His Spirit of Love. May the song of the Magnificat never go out in Italy and in the world, but continue from generation to generation through the small and the humble, the meek, the merciful and the pure in heart who confidently await the return of Jesus, the blessed fruit of the your breast. O lenient, or pious, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen.