Gospel and Saint of the day: 8 December 2019
Book of Genesis 3,9-15.20.
After Adam ate the tree, the Lord God called the man and said to him, "Where are you?".
He replied: "I heard your step in the garden: I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid myself."
He went on: “Who let you know you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat? "
The man replied: "The woman you placed beside me gave me the tree and I ate it."
The Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?". The woman replied: "The snake has deceived me and I have eaten."
Then the Lord God said to the serpent: “Since you have done this, be you cursed more than all the cattle and more than all the wild beasts; on your belly you will walk and dust you will eat for all the days of your life.
I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your lineage and her lineage: this will crush your head and you will undermine her heel ".
The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living things.
Salmi 98(97),1.2-3ab.3bc-4.
Sing a new song to the Lord,
because he has performed wonders.
His right hand gave him victory
and his holy arm.
The Lord has manifested his salvation,
in the eyes of peoples he has revealed his justice.
He remembered his love,
of his loyalty to the house of Israel.
of his loyalty to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
Acclaim the whole earth to the Lord,
shout, rejoice with songs of joy.
Letter of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians 1,3-6.11-12.
Brothers, blessed be God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heaven, in Christ.
In him he chose us before the creation of the world, to be holy and immaculate before him in charity,
predestining us to be his adopted children through the work of Jesus Christ,
according to the approval of his will. And this in praise and glory of his grace, which he gave us in his beloved Son;
In him we have also been made heirs, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works effectively in accordance with his will,
because we were in praise of his glory, we who first hoped for Christ.
From the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Luke 1,26-38.
At that time, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,
to a virgin, betrothed to a man from the house of David, called Joseph. The virgin was called Maria.
Entering her, she said: "I salute you, full of grace, the Lord is with you."
At these words she was disturbed and wondered what was the meaning of such a greeting.
The angel said to her: «Do not be afraid, Mary, because you have found grace with God.
Behold, you will conceive a son, give birth to him and call him Jesus.
He will be great and called the Son of the Most High; the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David
and he will reign forever over the house of Jacob and his reign will have no end. "
Then Mary said to the angel, "How is this possible? I don't know man ».
The angel replied: "The Holy Spirit will descend on you, the power of the Most High will cast his shadow over you. He who is born will therefore be holy and called the Son of God.
See: Elizabeth, your relative, in her old age, also conceived a son and this is the sixth month for her, which everyone said sterile:
nothing is impossible for God ».
Then Mary said, "Here I am, I am the handmaid of the Lord, let what you have said be done to me."
And the angel left her.
08 December
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
PRAYERS to MARY IMMACULATE
(by John Paul II)
Queen of Peace, pray for us!
On the feast of your Immaculate Conception, I return to venerate you, O Mary, at the foot of this effigy, which from the Spanish Steps allows your maternal gaze to wander over this ancient, and so dear to me, city of Rome. I came here tonight to pay you homage to my sincere devotion. It is a gesture in which countless Romans join me in this square, whose affection has always accompanied me throughout the years of my service at the See of Peter. I am here with them to begin the journey towards the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the dogma that we celebrate today with filial joy.
Queen of Peace, pray for us!
Our eyes turn to you with stronger trepidation, we turn to you with more insistent trust in these times marked by many uncertainties and fears for the present and future fate of our Planet.
To you, the first fruits of humanity redeemed by Christ, finally freed from the slavery of evil and sin, we raise together a heartfelt and trusting plea: Listen to the cry of pain of the victims of wars and of many forms of violence, which blood the Earth. The darkness of sadness and loneliness, hatred and revenge will thunder away. Open everyone's mind and heart to trust and forgiveness!
Queen of Peace, pray for us!
Mother of mercy and hope, obtain for men and women of the third millennium the precious gift of peace: peace in hearts and in families, in communities and among peoples; peace especially for those countries where people continue to fight and die every day.
Let every human being, of all races and cultures, meet and welcome Jesus, who came to Earth in the mystery of Christmas to give us "his" peace. Mary, Queen of Peace, give us Christ, true peace of the world!