December 19, 2025
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Friday of the Third Week of Advent
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☆ Gospel:Luke 1:5-25
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In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
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They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
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And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.
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Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,
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And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.
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And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes.
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And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.
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And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.
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But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.
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And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.
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For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.
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And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.
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And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
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And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.
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And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.
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Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.
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And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.
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And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.
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And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.
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After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,
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The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.
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☆ Judges 13:2-7, 24-25a
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Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.
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And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.
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Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;
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For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.
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Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;
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But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death.
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So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.
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And the spirit of the Lord first came on him
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