So let's talk about today's readings 12/5/09

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Reading 1
Is 30:19-21, 23-26

Thus says the Lord GOD,
the Holy One of Israel:
O people of Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem,
no more will you weep;
He will be gracious to you when you cry out,
as soon as he hears he will answer you.
The Lord will give you the bread you need
and the water for which you thirst.
No longer will your Teacher hide himself,
but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher,
While from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears:
“This is the way; walk in it,”
when you would turn to the right or to the left.
He will give rain for the seed
that you sow in the ground,
And the wheat that the soil produces
will be rich and abundant.
On that day your flock will be given pasture
and the lamb will graze in spacious meadows;
The oxen and the asses that till the ground
will eat silage tossed to them
with shovel and pitchfork.
Upon every high mountain and lofty hill
there will be streams of running water.
On the day of the great slaughter,
when the towers fall,
The light of the moon will be like that of the sun
and the light of the sun will be seven times greater
like the light of seven days.
On the day the LORD binds up the wounds of his people,
he will heal the bruises left by his blows.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6

R. (see Isaiah 30:18d) ** Blessed are all who wait for the Lord.**
Praise the LORD, for he is good;
sing praise to our God, for he is gracious;
it is fitting to praise him.
The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem;
the dispersed of Israel he gathers.
R. Blessed are all who wait for the Lord.
He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
He tells the number of the stars;
he calls each by name.
R. Blessed are all who wait for the Lord.
Great is our LORD and mighty in power:
to his wisdom there is no limit.
The LORD sustains the lowly;
the wicked he casts to the ground.
R. Blessed are all who wait for the Lord.

Gospel
Mt 9:35–10:1, 5a, 6-8

Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.” Then he summoned his Twelve disciples
and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out
and to cure every disease and every illness.
Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus,
“Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Cure the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse lepers, drive out demons.
Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”
 
“On that day…”
– Every day, this is what Isaiah says. It makes me think of things that could
be one day. Things that seem impossible now.

"Blessed are all who wait for the Lord."
– It is Advent, and we are waiting on the Lord. What will He do?

“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest."
– It is funny, first Jesus says this to the disciples, but then He sends Them out.

So it’s like if we pray:
Lord, comfort him/her in their time of loss. He says: You comfort them
Lord, give food to the hungry He says: You feed them
Lord, save the innocent unborn He says: You save them
Lord, increase vocations He says: You answer the call

And even when the apostles would have had to spend a years wages to
feed the crowd, Jesus insisted they give what they had, even though it wasn’t
enough.

What is He saying to us? Is Jesus prepared to make a miracle out of what
little we have this Advent?

So what struck you about today’s readings? :bible1::twocents:
 
The readings for 2009, The Second Sun. of Advent, are the following: Isaiah 40: 1-5, 9-11; II Peter 3: 8-14; Mark 13: 33-37. The readings you have listed: I neither am finding for Year A, nor Year C. I do not know the Missal you are using, but I am using the list of Sunday readings from my St. Joseph Edition, New American Bible.
 
The readings for 2009, The Second Sun. of Advent, are the following: Isaiah 40: 1-5, 9-11; II Peter 3: 8-14; Mark 13: 33-37. The readings you have listed: I neither am finding for Year A, nor Year C. I do not know the Missal you are using, but I am using the list of Sunday readings from my St. Joseph Edition, New American Bible.
Thank you, I’m glad there is someone reading this after all!
These readings are the daily mass readings from Saturday, Dec. 5. They are not
the Sunday mass readings. I get the readings from the USCCB website, which
would be the version they would read in mass if you went to Saturday morning
mass. But keep an eye out, I plan on posting the Sunday readings too, unless
someone else does it first! 🙂
 
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