Monday, 21 December 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman...
View ArticleMonday, 21 December 2015 : Letter to the Hebrews 11,1-6.
Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God,...
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‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.’ Then the Pharisees said to him, ‘You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is...
View ArticleTuesday, 22 December 2015 : Letter to the Hebrews 11,7-10.
By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir to the righteousness that is in...
View ArticleWednesday, 23 December 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
Again he said to them, ‘I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.’ Then the Jews said, ‘Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he...
View ArticleWednesday, 23 December 2015 : Letter to the Hebrews 11,11-16.
By faith he received power of procreation, even though he was too old and Sarah herself was barren because he considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one person, and this one as good...
View ArticleThursday, 24 December 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
They said to him, ‘Who are you?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Why do I speak to you at all? I have much to say about you and much to condemn; but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I...
View ArticleThursday, 24 December 2015 : Letter to the Hebrews 11,17-22.
By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son, of whom he had been told, ‘It is through Isaac that descendants shall be...
View ArticleFriday, 25 December 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own...
View ArticleFriday, 25 December 2015 : Letter to the Hebrews 1,1-12.
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the...
View ArticleSaturday, 26 December 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me...
View ArticleSaturday, 26 December 2015 : Letter to the Ephesians 1,3-14.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the...
View ArticleSunday, 27 December 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous, and you say, "If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would...
View ArticleSunday, 27 December 2015 : Second Letter to the Corinthians 11,1-9.
I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But...
View ArticleMonday, 28 December 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star...
View ArticleMonday, 28 December 2015 : Book of Revelation 21,9-10.21-27.
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.’ And in the spirit he carried me away to...
View ArticleTuesday, 29 December 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to...
View ArticleTuesday, 29 December 2015 : Letter to the Hebrews 11,23-31.
By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after his birth, because they saw that the child was beautiful; and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. By faith Moses, when he was grown...
View ArticleWednesday, 30 December 2015 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the...
View ArticleWednesday, 30 December 2015 : Acts of the Apostles 7,2.30-37.
Stephen replied: ‘Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, ‘Now when forty years had passed, an angel...
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