A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom.
Brothers and sisters: It was not through the law that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants that he would inherit the world, but through the righteousness that comes from faith.
The Lord spoke to Nathan and said: “Go, tell my servant David, ‘When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his kingdom firm.
Thus says the Lord:/ In a time of favor I answer you,/ on the day of salvation I help you;/ and I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people,/ To restore the land/ and allot the desolate heritages,/ Saying to the prisoners: Come out!/ To those in darkness: Show yourselves!/ Along the ways they shall find pasture,/ on every bare height shall their pastures be./ They shall not hunger or thirst,/ nor shall the scorching wind or the sun strike them;/ For he who pities them leads them/ and guides them beside springs of water./ I will cut a road through all my mountains,/ and make my highways level./ See, some shall come from afar,/ others from the north and the west,/ and some from the land of Syene./ Sing out, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth,/ break forth into song, you mountains./ For the Lord comforts his people/ and shows mercy to his afflicted.
Jesus answered the Jews: “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” For this reason they tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God.
Thus says the Lord:/ In a time of favor I answer you,/ on the day of salvation I help you;/ and I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people,/ To restore the land/ and allot the desolate heritages,/ Saying to the prisoners: Come out!/ To those in darkness: Show yourselves!/ Along the ways they shall find pasture,/ on every bare height shall their pastures be./ They shall not hunger or thirst,/ nor shall the scorching wind or the sun strike them;/ For he who pities them leads them/ and guides them beside springs of water./ I will cut a road through all my mountains,/ and make my highways level./ See, some shall come from afar,/ others from the north and the west,/ and some from the land of Syene./ Sing out, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth,/ break forth into song, you mountains./ For the Lord comforts his people/ and shows mercy to his afflicted.
There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
