First Reading Isaiah 7:10-14
Ahaz proclaims the sign that the Lord will give: a virgin shall give birth to a son, Emmanuel.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 24:1-2,3-4,5-6
The Lord is the King of Glory who established the earth.
Second Reading Romans 1:1-7
Paul greets the community at Rome and declares himself a servant of Christ Jesus.
Gospel Reading
Matthew 1:18-24
Today is the fourth Sunday in Advent. Christmas will dawn in few days. Matthew’s story of the birth of Jesus centres on the person of Joseph. The mystery is so great that Joseph cannot understand what is happening. In his puzzlement, the Lord calls Joseph to a remarkable act of faith and obedience. Joseph, in wordless response to the word of God communicated by an angel, rose and ‘took his wife to his home’. A total and unquestioning acceptance of the word of God is Joseph’s first action in Matthew’s infancy story. St. Joseph shows us the value of grace under pressure. He always found himself in emergency situations during the brief period of his life on earth: having to accept a young wife who is pregnant before they are married, having to travel to faraway Bethlehem, having to flee as refugees into Egypt etc. He had to face a lot of pressure, a lot of crisis and a lot of emergency situations but God’s grace was sufficient for him. St. Bernard comments that God never gives us a challenge or a call or a duty without the sufficient grace to accomplish it. Joseph leads the way and shows us the quality of trust and commitment to the coming of God, which should mark the lives of each and every one of us this Christmas.
September 22: Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time -The parable of the Unjust Steward
September 11 – Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time : Joyful Finding
September 8 - Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time : Hating our own life
September 01 - Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time : Take the Lower Place
August 25 – Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C : Enter through the narrow Gate
August 18 : The Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven – Crown of Glory
August 11 - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Being Faithful & Being Prepared
August 4 - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Fool’s Vanity
July 28 - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Asked and Answered
July 21 - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Serving God and Serving Neighbour
July 14 – Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: What We Must Do
July 7 - Fourteenth Sunday in the Ordinary Time: I have a mission
June 30 - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time : Free to Follow
June 23 - The Feast of Corpus Christi: the Living bread
June 16 - Holy Trinity Sunday: One God in Three persons
June 9 - PENTECOST SUNDAY
June 2 - SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Mat 26 - SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
May 19 - FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
May 12 - Fourth Sunday of Easter: The Good Shepherd Sunday
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