Gospel and Saint of the day: 12 December 2019

Book of Isaiah 41,13-20.
I am the Lord your God who hold you by the right and I say to you: "Do not be afraid, I will come to your aid".
Fear not, little worm of Jacob, larva of Israel; I come to your aid - the oracle of the Lord - your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Behold, I make you like a sharp threshing, new, with many points; you will thresh the mountains and crush them, reduce the necks to chaff.
You will screen them and the wind will blow them away, the whirlwind will disperse them. Instead, you will rejoice in the Lord, you will boast of the Holy One of Israel.
The poor and poor look for water but there is none, their language is parched with thirst; I, the Lord, will listen to them; I, God of Israel, will not abandon them.
I will bring forth rivers on barren hills, fountains in the middle of the valleys; I will change the desert into a lake of water, the arid land into springs.
I will plant cedars in the desert, acacias, myrtle and olive trees; I will place cypresses, elms together with fir trees in the steppe;
so that they may see and know, consider and understand at once that this has done the hand of the Lord, the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Salmi 145(144),1.9.10-11.12-13ab.
O God, my king, I want to exalt you
and bless your name forever and ever.
The Lord is good to all,
his tenderness expands on all creatures.

Lord, all your works praise you
and your faithful bless you.
Say the glory of your kingdom
and talk about your power.

Let your wonders be manifested to men
and the splendid glory of your kingdom.
Your kingdom is the kingdom of all ages,
your domain extends to every generation.

From the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Matthew 11,11-15.
At that time Jesus said to the crowd: «Truly I say to you: among the born of woman there was not one greater than John the Baptist; however the smallest in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent seize it.
In fact, the Law and all the Prophets prophesied until John.
And if you want to accept it, he is that Elijah who is to come.
Let those who have ears understand. "

12 December

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY of GUADELOUPE

Blessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe in Mexico, whose maternal help the people of the faithful humbly implores numerous on the Tepeyac hill near Mexico City, where she appeared, greeting her with confidence as the star of the evangelization of peoples and support of the indigenous and the poor. (Roman martyrology)

PRAYER

Immaculate Virgin of Guadalupe, Mother of Jesus and our Mother, winner of sin and enemy of the Devil, You manifested yourself on the Tepeyac hill in Mexico to the humble and generous peasant Giandiego. On his cloak you impressed Your sweet Image as a sign of Your presence among the people and as a guarantee that you would listen to his prayers and soften his sufferings. Mary, most amiable Mother, today we offer ourselves to you and consecrate forever to your Immaculate Heart all that remains of this life, our body with its miseries, our soul with its weaknesses, our heart with its worries and desires, prayers, sufferings, agony. O sweetest Mother, always remember your children. If we, overcome by despair and sadness, by turmoil and anguish, sometimes have to forget about you, then, compassionate Mother, for the love you bring to Jesus, we ask you to protect us as your children and not to abandon us until when we have not reached the safe harbor, to rejoice with you, with all the saints, in the beatific vision of the Father. Amen.

Hello Regina

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