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Catholic lectionary for 12 December 2017

New American Standard Bible (en)

Isaiah, Chapter 40,  verses 2-11

2 “Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.
“Speaka Lit to the heart ofkindly to Jerusalem;
And call out to her, that herb Or hard servicewarfare has ended,
That herc Or penalty of iniquity accepted as paid offiniquity has been removed,
That she has received of the LORD’S hand
Double for all her sins.”
3 A voiced Or of one calling outis calling,
“Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.
4 “Let every valley be lifted up,
And every mountain and hill be made low;
And let the rough ground become a plain,
And the rugged terrain a broad valley;
5 e Or In order that theThen the glory of the LORD will be revealed,
And all flesh will see it together;
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
6 A voice says, “Call out.”
Thenf Another reading is I saidhe answered, “What shall I call out?”
All flesh is grass, and all itsg Or constancyloveliness is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades,
h Or BecauseWhen the breath of the LORD blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.
9 Get yourself up on a high mountain,
O Zion, bearer of good news,
Lift up your voice mightily,
O Jerusalem, bearer of good news;
Lift it up, do not fear.
Say to the cities of Judah,
“Here is your God!”
10 Behold, the Lordi Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD will come with might,
With His arm ruling for Him.
Behold, His reward is with Him
And His recompense before Him.
11 Like a shepherd He will tend His flock,
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

Matthew, Chapter 18,  verses 12-14

12 “What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying? 13 If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. 14 So it is not the willj Lit beforeof your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

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