Catholic church Reading for Tuesday, August 15th, 2017
Catholic church Reading for Tuesday, August 15th, 2017
First Reading, Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6,
10
19 Then
the Sanctuaryof God in heaven opened, and theark of
the convenant could be seen inside it. Then came flashes of lightning,
peals of thunder and an earthquake and violent hail.
1 Now
a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the
moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
2 She
was pregnant, and in labour, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth.
3 Then
a second sign appeared in the sky: there was a huge red dragon with seven heads
and ten horns, and each of the seven heads crowned with a coronet.
4 Its
tail swept a third of the stars from the sky and hurled them to the ground, and
the dragon stopped in front of the women as she was at the point of
giving birth, so that it could eat the child as soon as it was born.
5 The woman was
delivered of a boy, the son who was to rule all the nations with an iron
sceptre, and the child was taken straight up to God and to his
throne,
6 while
the woman escaped into the desert, where God had prepared a
place for her to be looked after for twelve hundred and sixty days.
10 Then
I heard a voice shout from heaven, 'Salvation and power and empire for ever
have been won by our God, and all authority for his Christ, now that the
accuser, who accused our brothers day and night before our God, has been
brought down.
Responsorial
Psalm, Psalms 45:10, 11, 12, 16
10 Listen,
my daughter, attend to my words and hear; forget your own nation and your
ancestral home,
11 then
the king will fall in love with your beauty; he is your lord, bow
down before him.
12 The
daughter of Tyre will court
your favour with gifts, and the richest of peoples
16 Instead
of your ancestors you will have sons; you will make them
rulers over the whole world.
Gospel, Luke 1:39-56
39 Mary
set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill
country to a town in Judah.
40 She
went into Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth.
41 Now
it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child
leapt in her womb and was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 She
gave a loud cry and said, 'Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed
is the fruit of your womb.
43 Why
should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord?
44 Look,
the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy.
45 Yes,
blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the LORD would be
fulfilled.'
46 And Mary said:
My Soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord
47 and
my Spirit rejoices in God my Saviour;
48 because
he has looked upon the humiliation of his servant. Yes, from now onwards all
generations will call me blessed,
49 for
the Almighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name,
50 and
his faithful love extends age after age to those who fear him.
51 He
has used the power of his arm, he has routed the arrogant of heart.
52 He
has pulled down princes from their thrones and raised high the lowly.
53 He
has filled the starving with good things, sent the rich away empty.
54 He
has come to the help of Israel his servant, mindful of his faithful love
55 -according
to the promise he made to our ancestors -- of his mercy to Abraham and
to his descendants for ever .
56 Mary
stayed with her some three months and then went home.
2nd Reading, First Corinthians
15:20-26
20 In
fact, however, Christ has been raised from the dead, as the First
fruit of all who have fallen asleep.
21 As
it was by one man that death came, so through one man has
come the resurrection of the dead.
22 Just
as all die in Adam, so in Christ all will be brought to
life;
23 but
all of them in their proper order: christ the first-fruits, and next,
at his coming, those who belong to him.
24 After
that will come the end, when he will hand over the kingdom
to God the Father, having abolished every principality, every ruling
force and power.
25 For
he is to be king until he has made his enemies his footstool,
26 and
the last of the enemies to be done away with is death, for he has put all
things under his feet.
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