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The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Memorial)

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First Reading

1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59

36Then said Judas and his brothers, “Behold, our enemies are crushed; let us go up to cleanse the sanctuary and dedicate it.”
37So all the army assembled and they went up to Mount Zion.
52Early in the morning on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, which is the month of Chislev, in the one hundred and forty-eighth year,
53they rose and offered sacrifice, as the law directs, on the new altar of burnt offering which they had built.
54At the very season and on the very day that the Gentiles had profaned it, it was dedicated with songs and harps and lutes and cymbals.
55All the people fell on their faces and worshiped and blessed Heaven, who had prospered them.
56So they celebrated the dedication of the altar for eight days, and offered burnt offerings with gladness; they offered a sacrifice of deliverance and praise.
57They decorated the front of the temple with golden crowns and small shields; they restored the gates and the chambers for the priests, and furnished them with doors.
58There was very great gladness among the people, and the reproach of the Gentiles was removed.
59Then Judas and his brothers and all the assembly of Israel determined that every year at that season the days of the dedication of the altar should be observed with gladness and joy for eight days, beginning with the twenty-fifth day of the month of Chislev.

Responsorial Psalm

1 Chronicles 29:10-12

10Therefore David blessed the LORD in the presence of all the assembly; and David said: “Blessed art thou, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
11Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
12Both riches and honor come from thee, and thou rulest over all. In thy hand are power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.

Gospel

Luke 19:45-48

45And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold,
46saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”
47And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him;
48but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people hung upon his words.

First Reading

Zechariah 2:14-17

10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the LORD.
11And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
12And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.”
13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

Responsorial Psalm

Luke 1:46-55

46And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord,
47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed;
49for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
50And his mercy is on those who fear him from generation to generation.
51He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts,
52he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree;
53he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.
54He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,
55as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity for ever.”

Gospel

Matthew 12:46-50

46While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood outside, asking to speak to him.
48But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?”
49And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brethren!
50For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.”