Today is Friday, January 1st, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

========================================A reading from the Book of Numbers [Nm 6: 22-27]========================================

[22] The LORD said to Moses, [23] “Say to Aaron and his sons, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, [24] The LORD bless you and keep you: [25] The LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you: [26] The LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. [27] “So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.”

The Word of the Lord

==============================From Psalm 67 [Ps 67: 2-3. 5. 6. 8 (2a)]==============================R. May God be gracious to us and bless usMay God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving power among all nations.R. May God be gracious to us and bless usLet the nations be glad and sing for joy, for thou dost judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.R. May God be gracious to us and bless usLet the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee! God has blessed us; let all the ends of the earth fear him!R. May God be gracious to us and bless us===================================================A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Galatians [Gal 4: 4-7]===================================================

[4] But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, [5] to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. [6] And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” [7] So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir.

The Word of the Lord

=====================================================A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke [Lk 2: 16-21]=====================================================

[16] And they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. [17] And when they saw it they made known the saying which had been told them concerning this child; [18] and all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. [19] But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart. [20] And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. [21] And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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