Wednesday, December 17
Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent – Year A
First Reading – Genesis 49:2, 8-10
Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel your father. Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you. Judah is a lion’s whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he lurked as a lion, and as a lioness; who dares rouse him up? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 72:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 17
℟ Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!
May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!
℟ Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!
May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor!
℟ Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
In his days may righteousness flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
℟ Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
May his name endure for ever, his fame continue as long as the sun!
May men bless themselves by him, all nations call him blessed!
℟ Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
Alleluia
℟ Alleluia!
O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love; come to teach us the path of knowledge!
℟ Alleluia!
Gospel – Matthew 1:1-17
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Per′ez and Ze′rah by Ta′mar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram a the father of Ammin′adab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Sal mon the father of Boaz by Ra′hab, and Boaz the father of O′bed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uri′ah, and Solomon the father of Rehobo′am, and Rehobo’am the father of Abi′jah, and Abijah the father of Asa, and Asa the father of Jehosh′aphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Jo′ram, and Joram the father of Uzzi′ah, and Uzzi′ah the father of Jo′tham, and Jo’tham the father of A′haz, and Ahaz the father of Heze ki′ah, and Hezeki′ah the father of Manas′seh, and Manas’seh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josi′ah, and Josi′ah the father of Jecho ni′ah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. And after the deportation to Babylon Jechoni′ah was the father of She al′ti el, and Shealtiel the father of Zerub′babel, and Zerub′babel the father of Abi′ud, and Abiud the father of Eli′akim, and Eli’akim the father of A′zor, and A′zor the father of Za′dok, and Zadok the father of A′chim, and Achim the father of Eli′ud, and Eli′ud the father of Elea′zar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition, Ignatius Press, Copyright ⓒ 2006.
