DAILY GOSPEL: 23 December 2010
«Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.» John 6,68
Book of Malachi 3:1-4.23-24.
Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me; And suddenly there will come to the temple the LORD whom you seek, And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Yes, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.
But who will endure the day of his coming? And who can stand when he appears? For he is like the refiner's fire, or like the fuller's lye.
He will sit refining and purifying (silver), and he will purify the sons of Levi, Refining them like gold or like silver that they may offer due sacrifice to the LORD.
Then the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old, as in years gone by.
Lo, I will send you Elijah, the prophet, Before the day of the LORD comes, the great and terrible day,
To turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the land with doom. Lo, I will send you Elijah, the prophet, Before the day of the LORD comes, the great and terrible day.
Psalms 25(24):4-5.8-9.10.14.
Make known to me your ways, LORD; teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior. For you I wait all the long day, because of your goodness, LORD.
Good and upright is the LORD, who shows sinners the way,
Guides the humble rightly, and teaches the humble the way.
All the paths of the LORD are faithful love toward those who honor the covenant demands.
The counsel of the LORD belongs to the faithful; the covenant instructs them.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 1:57-66.
When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son.
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father,
but his mother said in reply, "No. He will be called John."
But they answered her, "There is no one among your relatives who has this name."
So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called.
He asked for a tablet and wrote, "John is his name," and all were amazed.
Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed, and he spoke blessing God.
Then fear came upon all their neighbors, and all these matters were discussed throughout the hill country of Judea.
All who heard these things took them to heart, saying, "What, then, will this child be?" For surely the hand of the Lord was with him.
Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me; And suddenly there will come to the temple the LORD whom you seek, And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Yes, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.
But who will endure the day of his coming? And who can stand when he appears? For he is like the refiner's fire, or like the fuller's lye.
He will sit refining and purifying (silver), and he will purify the sons of Levi, Refining them like gold or like silver that they may offer due sacrifice to the LORD.
Then the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old, as in years gone by.
Lo, I will send you Elijah, the prophet, Before the day of the LORD comes, the great and terrible day,
To turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the land with doom. Lo, I will send you Elijah, the prophet, Before the day of the LORD comes, the great and terrible day.
Psalms 25(24):4-5.8-9.10.14.
Make known to me your ways, LORD; teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior. For you I wait all the long day, because of your goodness, LORD.
Good and upright is the LORD, who shows sinners the way,
Guides the humble rightly, and teaches the humble the way.
All the paths of the LORD are faithful love toward those who honor the covenant demands.
The counsel of the LORD belongs to the faithful; the covenant instructs them.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 1:57-66.
When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son.
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father,
but his mother said in reply, "No. He will be called John."
But they answered her, "There is no one among your relatives who has this name."
So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called.
He asked for a tablet and wrote, "John is his name," and all were amazed.
Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed, and he spoke blessing God.
Then fear came upon all their neighbors, and all these matters were discussed throughout the hill country of Judea.
All who heard these things took them to heart, saying, "What, then, will this child be?" For surely the hand of the Lord was with him.
Lc 1,57-66
Byzantine Liturgy
Lucenarium of the Great Vespers of the Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist
«He spoke blessing God »
Through his birth Saint John
Ended the silence of Zachariah:
Henceforward he would keep silence no longer,
He who is to father the Voice who cries in the wilderness (Mt 3,3)
And declare beforehand the coming of Christ.
Yet since his doubts concerning him
Had at first bound his father's tongue,
So his manifestation restores his liberty.
Thus was announced, thus brought forth
The Voice of the Word, the Forerunner of the Light,
Who intercedes for our souls.
On this day the Voice of the Word
Loosens his father's tongue, held fast by lack of faith,
And manifests the fruitfulness of the Church
By bringing to an end his mother's barrenness.
The lampstand goes before the lamp:
Behold the reflection of the Sun of justice (Mal 3,20),
The ray proclaiming his arrival
To restore all things
For the salvation of our souls.
Behold him come forth from a barren womb,
The Messenger of that divine Word
Who must himself be born from the womb of a virgin;
The greatest of those born of woman (Mt 11,11),
The Prophet without peer.
For divine things must have a wonderful beginning,
Whether fruitfulness in advanced age (Lk 1,7)
Or conception brought about without seed.
Glory to you, O God, who work wonders for our salvation...
O Apostle to all the world,
Subject of Gabriel's message (Lk 1,36),
Shoot of the Barren One and finest flower of the desert,
Close friend of the Bridegroom (Jn 3,29),
Prophet worthy of our praises:
Pray Christ to take pity on our souls.
Ended the silence of Zachariah:
Henceforward he would keep silence no longer,
He who is to father the Voice who cries in the wilderness (Mt 3,3)
And declare beforehand the coming of Christ.
Yet since his doubts concerning him
Had at first bound his father's tongue,
So his manifestation restores his liberty.
Thus was announced, thus brought forth
The Voice of the Word, the Forerunner of the Light,
Who intercedes for our souls.
On this day the Voice of the Word
Loosens his father's tongue, held fast by lack of faith,
And manifests the fruitfulness of the Church
By bringing to an end his mother's barrenness.
The lampstand goes before the lamp:
Behold the reflection of the Sun of justice (Mal 3,20),
The ray proclaiming his arrival
To restore all things
For the salvation of our souls.
Behold him come forth from a barren womb,
The Messenger of that divine Word
Who must himself be born from the womb of a virgin;
The greatest of those born of woman (Mt 11,11),
The Prophet without peer.
For divine things must have a wonderful beginning,
Whether fruitfulness in advanced age (Lk 1,7)
Or conception brought about without seed.
Glory to you, O God, who work wonders for our salvation...
O Apostle to all the world,
Subject of Gabriel's message (Lk 1,36),
Shoot of the Barren One and finest flower of the desert,
Close friend of the Bridegroom (Jn 3,29),
Prophet worthy of our praises:
Pray Christ to take pity on our souls.
St. John of Kanty, Priest (1390-1473)
SAINT JOHN of Kanty
Priest
(1390-1473)
Priest
(1390-1473)
St. John was born at Kenty in Poland in 1390, and studied at Cracow with great ability, industry, and success, while his modesty and virtue drew all hearts to him.
He was for a short time in charge of a parish; but he shrank from the burden of responsibility, and returned to his life of professor at Cracow. There for many years he lived a life of unobtrusive virtue, self-denial, and charity.
His love for the Holy See led him often in pilgrimage to Rome, on foot and alone, and his devotion to the Passion drew him once to Jerusalem, where he hoped to win a martyr's crown by preaching to the Turks.
He died in 1473, at the age of seventy.
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