FIRST READING: Numbers 6: 22 - 27
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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Say to Aaron and his sons: Thus shall you bless the children of
Israel, and you shall say to them:
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The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.
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The Lord shew his face to thee, and have mercy on thee.
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The Lord turn his countenance to thee, and give thee peace.
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And they shall invoke my name upon the children of Israel, and I will
bless them.
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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.
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That we may know thy way upon earth: thy salvation in all nations.
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Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people with
justice, and directest the nations upon earth.
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Let the people, O God, confess to thee: let all the people give
praise to thee:
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May God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear him.
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But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of
a woman, made under the law:
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That he might redeem them who were under the law: that we might
receive the adoption of sons.
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And because you are sons, God hath sent the Spirit of his Son into
your hearts, crying: Abba, Father.
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Therefore now he is not a servant, but a son. And if a son, an heir
also through God.
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And they came with haste; and they found Mary and Joseph, and the
infant lying in the manger.
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And seeing, they understood of the word that had been spoken to them
concerning this child.
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And all that heard, wondered; and at those things that were told them
by the shepherds.
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But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart.
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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God, for all the
things they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
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And after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be
circumcised, his name was called Jesus, which was called by the
angel, before he was conceived in the womb.
