Christmas Mass During the Day
Readings
First: Isaiah 52: 7-10 - How lovely on the mountains are the feet of one who brings good news ... all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of God.
Psalm: Psalm 97 - All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God / Sing a new song to the Lord / The Lord has made known his salvation / Sing psalms to the Lord with the harp
Second: Hebrews 1: 1-6 - previously God spoke to our ancestors through the prophet - now eh speaks to us through his Son ... the radiant light of God's glory.
Gospel: John: 1: 1-18 - In the beginning was the Word .. A man came, sent by God as a witness - John. The Word was the true light ...
Themes
Jesus: the Word made flesh
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Copyright information
Picture: "John 1:1 from the Ostromir Gospel, with John's Evangelist portrait," (1056 or 1057), in the National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was created by deacon Gregory for his patron, Posadnik Ostromir of Novgorod. Public Domain.
