SUNDAY MASS ONLINE : DEC. 16, 2012 - GAUDETE - 3RD ADVENT

Dec 16, 2012 - 3rd Sun of Advent

Zephaniah 3: 14 - 18

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14Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!15The LORD has taken away the judgments against you, he has cast out your enemies. The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst; you shall fear evil no more.16On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: "Do not fear, O Zion; let not your hands grow weak.17The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing18as on a day of festival. "I will remove disaster from you, so that you will not bear reproach for it.

Isaiah 12: 2 - 6
2	"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."
3	With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
4	And you will say in that day: "Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name; make known his deeds among the nations, proclaim that his name is exalted.
5	"Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; let this be known in all the earth.
6	Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel." Philippians 4: 4 - 7 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. 6 Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Luke 3: 10 - 18 10And the multitudes asked him, "What then shall we do?"11And he answered them, "He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise."12Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?"13And he said to them, "Collect no more than is appointed you."14Soldiers also asked him, "And we, what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Rob no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your wages."15As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ,16John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.17His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."18So, with many other exhortations, he preached good news to the people.