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Readings from the Franciscan Lectionary

First Reading

Philippians 2:5-11

5Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus,

6who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

7but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

8And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.

9Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name,

10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalms 113:1-8

1Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD!

2Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore!

3From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the LORD is to be praised!

4The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!

5Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high,

6who looks far down upon the heavens and the earth?

7He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap,

8to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.

Gospel

Matthew 1:18-23

18Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit;

19and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to send her away quietly.

20But as he considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit;

21she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

22All this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23“Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanʹu-el” (which means, God with us).