24 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2024
Tuesday of the fourth week of Advent
Liturgical colour: Violet
Today’s Rosary: The Sorrowful Mysteries
FIRST READING
2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16
The kingdom of David shall be made sure for ever before the Lord.
A reading from the second Book of Samuel
Now when King David dwelt in his house, and the LORD has given him rest from all his enemies round about, the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.” And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you.” But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in? “ ‘Thus say the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel; and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell In their own place, and be disturbed no more; and violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly, from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house. When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. “ ‘I will be his Father and he shall be my son. “ ‘And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.’ “
V/ The word of the Lord.
R/ Thanks be to God.
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