MASS READINGS 3 DEC 2022 ISAIAH 39 PSALM 146 GOSPEL of MATTHEW 9 SATURDAY of 1st WEEK of ADVENT

SATURDAY 1st WEEK of ADVENT 3rd DECEMBER 22 MEMORIAL FEAST of ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, JESUIT PRIEST, FRANCIS WORKED in INDIA, GOLA and JAPAN in the 16th CENTURY. A PATRON of the MISSIONS GENERAL ADVENT THEME GOD OUR FATHER HEARS the CRIES of the NEEDY PEOPLE and FEELS COMPASSION for THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR WAY FIRST READING A Reading from the PROPHET ISAIAH 30: 19-21: 23-26 THEME:: HE WILL be GRACIOUS to YOU when HE HEARS YOUR CRY. A Reading from the BOOK of PSALMS PSALM 146 RESPONSE: HAPPY ARE ALL WHO HOPE in the LORD GOSPEL Acclamation ISAIAH 55: 6 SEEK the LORD while HE is STILL to be FOUND CALL to HIM while HE is still NEAR Or Alleluia, Alleluia, LOOK the LORD is OUR JUDGE, the LORD our LAWGIVER, the LORD our KING and OUR SAVIOUR. A Reading from the HOLY GOSPEL according to MATTHEW 9: 35-10: 1. 6-8 THEME::: When HE saw the CROWDS HE felt SORRY for THEM