Reading 1 Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24 Thus says the Lord GOD: Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way...

Reading 1 1 Samuel 1:24-28 In those days, Hannah brought Samuel with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah...

Reading 1 Isaiah 7:10-14 The LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying: Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God; let...

Reading 1 Isaiah 7:10-14 The LORD spoke to Ahaz: Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God; let it...

Reading 1 Judges 13:2-7, 24-25a There was a certain man from Zorah, of the clan of the Danites, whose name...

Reading 1 Jeremiah 23:5-8 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up a righteous shoot...

Reading 1 Genesis 49:2, 8-10 Jacob called his sons and said to them: “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob, listen...

Reading I Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13 Thus says the LORD: Woe to the city, rebellious and polluted,     to the tyrannical...

Reading 1 Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17a When Balaam raised his eyes and saw Israel encamped, tribe by tribe, the spirit of...

Reading 1 Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10 The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They...

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr Reading 1 Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11 In those days, like a...

Reading 1 Zechariah 2:14-17 Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion!  See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the...

Reading I Isaiah 41:13-20 I am the LORD, your God,     who grasp your right hand; It is I who...

Reading 1 Isaiah 40:25-31 To whom can you liken me as an equal? says the Holy One. Lift up your...

Reading 1 Isaiah 40:1-11 Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to...

Reading 1 Genesis 3:9-15, 20 After the man, Adam, had eaten of the tree, the LORD God called to the...

Reading 1 Isaiah 11:1-10 On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots...