FIRST
READING: Daniel
7: 9-10, 13-14
9
I beheld till thrones were placed, and the Ancient of days sat: his
garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like clean wool:
his throne like flames of fire: the wheels of it like a burning fire.
10
A swift stream of fire issued forth from before him: thousands of
thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times a hundred
thousand stood before him: the judgment sat, and the books were
opened.
13
I beheld therefore in the vision of the night, and lo, one like the
son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came even to the
Ancient of days: and they presented him before him.
14
And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples,
tribes and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power
that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be
destroyed.
OR
Revelation
12: 7-12
7
And there was a great battle in heaven, Michael and his angels fought
with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels:
8
And they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in
heaven.
9
And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called
the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world; and he was cast
unto the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
10
And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: Now is come salvation,
and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his
Christ: because the accuser of our brethren is cast forth, who
accused them before our God day and night.
11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of
the testimony, and they loved not their lives unto death.
12
Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you that dwell therein. Woe to the
earth, and to the sea, because the devil is come down unto you,
having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.
PSALM:
Psalms 138:
1-5
1
I will praise thee, O lord, with my whole heart: for thou hast heard
the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to thee in the sight of his
angels:
2
I will worship towards thy holy temple, and I will give glory to thy
name. For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy
holy name above all.
3
In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shall
multiply strength in my soul.
4
May all the kings of the earth give glory to thee: for they have
heard all the words of thy mouth.
5
And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of
the Lord.
GOSPEL:
John 1: 47-51
47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him: and he saith of him: Behold an
Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile.
48
Nathanael saith to him: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered, and
said to him: Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the
fig tree, I saw thee.
49
Nathanael answered him, and said: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God,
thou art the King of Israel.
50
Jesus answered, and said to him: Because I said unto thee, I saw thee
under the fig tree, thou believest: greater things than these shalt
thou see.
51
And he saith to him: Amen, amen I say to you, you shall see the
heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon
the Son of man.
