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On Today’s Gospel

Posted: December 13, 2023 by CatholicJules in Personal Thoughts & Reflections
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Lord who is man or woman that you love us so?

Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. Ps 63:7

Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Ps 51:10

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 2 Cor 4:16

You saved us Lord, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to Your mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit. Titus 3:5

So restore us to You, O Lord, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old.

Lamentations 5:21

“So let us know, let us press on to know the Lord.

His going forth is as certain as the dawn;

And He will come to us like the rain,

Like the spring rain watering the earth.” Hosea 6:3

Amen

Saint Lucy, Virgin, pray for us…

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First reading

Isaiah 40:25-31 ·

The Lord strengthens the powerless

‘To whom could you liken me and who could be my equal?’ says the Holy One. Lift your eyes and look. Who made these stars

if not he who drills them like an army, calling each one by name?

So mighty is his power, so great his strength, that not one fails to answer.

How can you say, Jacob, how can you insist, Israel, ‘My destiny is hidden from the Lord, my rights are ignored by my God’? Did you not know? Had you not heard?

The Lord is an everlasting God, he created the boundaries of the earth. He does not grow tired or weary, his understanding is beyond fathoming. He gives strength to the wearied, he strengthens the powerless. Young men may grow tired and weary, youths may stumble, but those who hope in the Lord renew their strength, they put out wings like eagles. They run and do not grow weary, walk and never tire.

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Gospel

Matthew 11:28-30

My yoke is easy and my burden light

Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.’