FRIDAY DECEMBER 19, 2025
THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT
Office: December 19;
Psalter Week 3
Mass prop., Preface of Advent II
Vestment: Purple
Today’s Rosary: The Sorrowful Mysteries
FIRST READING
A reading from the Book of Judges 13:2-7. 24-25a
The birth of Samson is announced by an angel.
In those days: There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, Behold, you are barren and have no children; but you shall conceive and bear a son. Therefore beware, and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines. Then the woman came and told her husband, A man of God came to me, and his countenance was like the
countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; I did not ask him where he was from, and he did not tell me his name; but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; so then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death. And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson; and the boy grew, and the Lord blessed him. And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him.
V/The word of the Lord.
R/Thanks be to God.
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