December 16, 2016
We hope it will be a good day today !
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Advent Weekday
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Gospel: John 5:33-36
33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
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Isaiah 56:1-3a, 6-8
1 the LORD says,
"Maintain justice,
and do what is right;
for my salvation is near,
and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man who does this,
and the son of man who holds it fast;
who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it,
and keeps his hand from doing any evil."
3a Let no foreigner, who has joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying,
"The LORD will surely separate me from his people."
6 Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD,
to serve him,
and to love the LORD's name,
to be his servants,
everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it,
and holds fast my covenant;
7 I will bring these to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples."
8 The Lord GOD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says,
"I will yet gather others to him,
besides his own who are gathered."
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ December 16, 2016 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/16_12_16.mp3
◇ Daily Readings December 16, 2016
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/121616.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2016-12-16
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Luke.10
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Luke&chapter=10&verse=
◇ The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/index.cfm
◇ Douay-Rheims Bible
http://www.drbo.org/
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