Today’s
Readings

First Reading

Zephaniah 3:14-18a

1. 14

   Give praise, O daughter of Sion: shout, O Israel: be glad, and rejoice with all thy heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

2. 15

   The Lord hath taken away thy judgment, he hath turned away thy enemies: the king of Israel the Lord is in the midst of thee, thou shalt fear evil no more.

3. 16

   In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Fear not: to Sion: Let not thy hands be weakened.

4. 17

   The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty, he will save: he will rejoice over thee with gladness, he will be silent in his love, he will be joyful over thee in praise.

5. 18

   The triflers that were departed from the law, I will gather together, because they were of thee: that thou mayest no more suffer reproach for them.

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Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.

Responsorial Psalm

Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6.

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Second Reading

Philippians 4:4-7

1. 4

   Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, rejoice.

2. 5

   Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is nigh.

3. 6

   Be nothing solicitous; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.

4. 7

   And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.

Gospel

Luke 3:10-18

1. 10

   And the people asked him, saying: What then shall we do?

2. 11

   And he answering, said to them: He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do in like manner.

3. 12

   And the publicans also came to be baptized, and said to him: Master, what shall we do?

4. 13

   But he said to them: Do nothing more than that which is appointed you.

5. 14

   And the soldiers also asked him, saying: And what shall we do? And he said to them: Do violence to no man; neither calumniate any man; and be content with your pay.

6. 15

   And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ;

7. 16

   John answered, saying unto all: I indeed baptize you with water; but there shall come one mightier that I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

8. 17

   Whose fan is in his hand, and he will purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

9. 18

   And many other things exhorting, did he preach to the people.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.