WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17, 2025
THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT
Office: December 17; Psalter Week 3
Mass prop., Preface of Advent II
Vestment: Purple
Today’s Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries
FIRST READING
A reading from the Book of Genesis 49:2.8-10
“The sceptre shall not depart from Judah.”
In those days: Jacob called his sons, and said, “Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel your father. “Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you. Judah is a lion’s whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he lurked as a lion, and as a lioness; who dares rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.”
V/The word of the Lord.
R/Thanks be to God.
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