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| "The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes" -- by James Tissot |
Wednesday
of the First Week of Advent
FIRST
READING: Isaiah 25:6-10
6
And the Lord of hosts shall make unto all people in this mountain, a
feast of fat things, a feast of wine, of fat things full of marrow,
of wine purified from the lees.
7
And he shall destroy in this mountain the face of the bond with which
all people were tied, and the web that he began over all nations.
8
He shall cast death down headlong for ever: and the Lord God shall
wipe away tears from every face, and the reproach of his people he
shall take away from off the whole earth: for the Lord hath spoken
it.
9
And they shall say in that day: Lo, this is our God, we have waited
for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord, we have patiently
waited for him, we shall rejoice and be joyfull in his salvation.
10
For the hand of the Lord shall rest in this mountain: and Moab shall
be trodden down under him, as straw is broken in pieces with the
wain.
PSALM:
Psalms 23:1-6
1
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still
waters,
3
he restores my soul. He guides me through the right paths for his
name's sake.
4
Although I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no
evil, for you are beside me: your rod and your staff comfort me.
5
You spread a table before me in the presence of my foes. You anoint
my head with oil; my cup is overflowing.
6
Goodness and kindness will follow me all the days of my life, I shall
dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
GOSPEL:
Matthew
15:29-37
29
And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of
Galilee. And going up into a mountain, he sat there.
30
And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb,
the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others: and they cast them
down at his feet, and he healed them:
31
So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak, the lame
walk, and the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
32
And Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have compassion
on the multitudes, because they continue with me now three days, and
have not what to eat, and I will not send them away fasting, lest
they faint in the way.
33
And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many
loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?
34
And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? But they said:
Seven, and a few little fishes.
35
And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.
36
And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he
brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the people.
37
And they did all eat, and had their fill. And they took up seven
baskets full, of what remained of the fragments.
