Responsorial Psalm
Sing to the Lord a new song,
sing to the Lord, all the earth!
Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
proclaim his salvation day after day.
Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
proclaim his salvation day after day.
Recall his glory among the nations,
tell all the peoples his wonderful deeds.
Let the heavens be glad, the earth rejoice;
let the sea and all that fills it resound;
let the fields exult and everything in them;
let the forest, all the trees, sing for joy.
Let them sing before the Lord
who comes to judge the earth.
He will rule the world with justice
and the peoples with fairness.
NATIVIDAD DEL SEÑOR
2nd. READING (Tit 2,11-14)
For God Saviour has revealed his loving plan to all, teaching us to reject an irreligious
way of life and worldly greed, and to live in this world as responsible persons, upright
and serving God, while we await our blessed hope - the glorious manifestation of our
great God and Saviour Christ Jesus. He gave himself for us, to redeem us from every
evil and to purify a people he wanted to be his own and dedicated to what is good.
Gospel
At that time the emperor issued a decree for a census of the whole empire to be taken.
This first census was taken while Quirinus was governor of Syria. Everyone had to be
registered in his own town. So everyone set out for his own city; Joseph too set out
from Nazareth of Galilee. As he belonged to the family of David, being a descendant
of his, he went to Judea to David's town of Bethlehem to be registered with Mary, his
wife, who was with child. They were in Bethlehem when the time came for her to
have her child, and she gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in
swaddling clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no place for them in
the living room. There were shepherds camping in the countryside, taking turns to
watch over their flocks by night. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared to them, with
the Glory of the Lord shining around them. As they were terrified, the angel said to
them, "Don't be afraid; I am here to give you good news, great joy for all the people.
Today a Saviour has been born to you in David's town; he is the Messiah and the Lord.
Let this be a sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying
in a manger." Suddenly the angel was surrounded by many more heavenly spirits,
praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest; peace on earth for God is
blessing humankind."
