Catholic Sunday Mass – December 22nd, 2024

The Sunday Catholic Mass, recorded weekly at the Cathedral Basilica in Denver, brings the word of God to the homebound. Now in its 57th year on television in Denver, the Sunday Mass is recorded weekly at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, sponsored by the Catholic Foundation of Northern Colorado. Information about The Catholic Foundation and about supporting TV Mass is available on their website at https://thecatholicfoundation.com or by phoning 303-468-9885. If you wish to make an online donation to the Archdiocese of Denver, click here: https://bit.ly/3drw8cX Fourth Sunday of Advent 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 Mi 5:1-4a Thus says the LORD: You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah too small to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel; whose origin is from of old, from ancient times. Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time when she who is to give birth has borne, and the rest of his kindred shall return to the children of Israel. He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock by the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD, his God; and they shall remain, for now his greatness shall reach to the ends of the earth; he shall be peace. 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰𝑰 Heb 10:5-10 Brothers and sisters: When Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; in holocausts and sin offerings you took no delight. Then I said, ‘As is written of me in the scroll, behold, I come to do your will, O God.’“ First he says, “Sacrifices and offerings, holocausts and sin offerings, you neither desired nor delighted in.” These are offered according to the law. Then he says, :Behold, I come to do your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second. By this “will,” we have been consecrated through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 𝑮𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒍 Lk 1:39-45 Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” #CatholicMass #CatholicChurch #ArchdioceseofDenver Permission to stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-717647. All rights reserved.