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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Daily Bible Readings - December 27,2012

1ST READING
 
The Gospel we proclaim is, in a sense, inherent in the fact that we are human persons. The dignity of human life makes demands on us that we cannot ignore and this has been so since the beginning. One may think that this is really a religious question but it is not. It is a question of how we understand humanity and to what degree we are willing to protect our understanding.
 
1 John 1:1-4
1 Beloved: What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and touched with our hands concerns the Word of life — 2 for the life was made visible; we have seen it and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was made visible to us — 3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim now to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; for our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We are writing this so that our joy may be complete.
 
P S A L M
 
Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12
R: Rejoice in the Lord, you just!
1 The Lord is king; let the earth rejoice; let the many isles be glad. 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him, justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne. (R) 5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth. 6 The heavens proclaim his justice, and all peoples see his glory. (R) 11 Light dawns for the just; and gladness, for the upright of heart. 12 Be glad in the Lord, you just, and give thanks to his holy name. (R)
 
GOSPEL
 
John believes in the resurrection from the evidence of the empty tomb. We have two millennia of Church life as additional evidence to the resurrection. It may be secondary evidence, but the oldest institution in the world and all that it has done for society over the years is something that we cannot ignore easily. The more one studies the history of the Church, the more one will be inclined to see the divine at work through and in it.
 
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as Lord; the glorious company of Apostles praise you.
 
John 20:1, 2-8
1 On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdalene 2 ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” 3 So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. 4 They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the Itomb first; 5 he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. 6 When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, 7 and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. 8 Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.
 
think: The more one studies the history of the Church, the more one will be inclined to see the divine at work through and in it.
Zechariah 1-4
T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST
Thank You Lord for: ___________________________
 
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God’s special verse/thought for me today_________
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Zechariah 1-4

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