2024-12-25 The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Mass during the Day

Episode 932

Reading I

   How beautiful upon the mountains
       are the feet of him who brings glad tidings,
   announcing peace, bearing good news,
       announcing salvation, and saying to Zion,
       “Your God is King!”

   Hark! Your sentinels raise a cry,
       together they shout for joy,
   for they see directly, before their eyes,
       the LORD restoring Zion.
   Break out together in song,
       O ruins of Jerusalem!
   For the LORD comforts his people,
       he redeems Jerusalem.
   The LORD has bared his holy arm
       in the sight of all the nations;
   all the ends of the earth will behold
       the salvation of our God.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6.

R. (3c) All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing to the LORD a new song,
   for he has done wondrous deeds;
his right hand has won victory for him,
   his holy arm.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
   in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
   toward the house of Israel.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
All the ends of the earth have seen
   the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
   break into song; sing praise.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing praise to the LORD with the harp,
   with the harp and melodious song.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
   sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.

Reading II

Heb 1:1-6

Brothers and sisters:
In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways
   to our ancestors through the prophets;
   in these last days, he has spoken to us through the Son,
   whom he made heir of all things
   and through whom he created the universe,
       who is the refulgence of his glory,
           the very imprint of his being,
       and who sustains all things by his mighty word.
       When he had accomplished purification from sins,
       he took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
       as far superior to the angels
       as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

For to which of the angels did God ever say:
   You are my son; this day I have begotten you?
Or again:
   I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me?
And again, when he leads the firstborn into the world, he says:
    Let all the angels of God worship him.

Alleluia

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
A holy day has dawned upon us.
Come, you nations, and adore the Lord.
For today a great light has come upon the earth.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

Jn 1:1-5, 9-14

   In the beginning was the Word,
       and the Word was with God,
       and the Word was God.
   He was in the beginning with God.
   All things came to be through him,
       and without him nothing came to be.
   What came to be through him was life,
       and this life was the light of the human race;
   the light shines in the darkness,
       and the darkness has not over