FIRST
READING: Numbers
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."
PSALM:
Psalms 67:
2 - 3, 5 - 6, 8
2
May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his
countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.
3
That we may know thy way upon earth: thy salvation in all nations.
5
Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people with
justice, and directest the nations upon earth.
6
Let the people, O God, confess to thee: let all the people give
praise to thee:
8
May God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear him.
SECOND
READING: Galatians
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.
GOSPEL:
Luke 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.
