Ps 8:6 2566, 2809
Lk 2:21 527; Lk 2:22-39 529,583
Readings may be taken from the Votive Mass of the Holy Name of Jesus (#983-988) or:
FIRST READING
Brothers and sisters:
If there is any encouragement in Christ,
any solace in love,
any participation in the Spirit,
any compassion and mercy,
complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love,
united in heart, thinking one thing.
Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vain glory;
rather, humbly regard others as more important than
yourselves,
each looking out not for his own interests,
but also for those of others.
Have in you the same attitude
that is also in Christ Jesus,
Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
coming in human likeness;
and found human in appearance,
he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm
8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
R. (2ab) O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the
earth!
When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars which you set in place—
What is man that you should be mindful of him,
or the son of man that you should care for him?
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
You have made him little less than the angels,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him rule over the works of your hands,
putting all things under his feet.
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
All sheep and oxen,
yes, and the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air, the fishes of the sea,
and whatever swims the paths of the seas.
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
GOSPEL
When eight days were completed for his circumcision,
he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel
before he was conceived in the womb.
When the days were completed for their purification
according to the law of Moses,
Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem
to present him to the Lord,
just as it is written in the law of the Lord,
Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,
and to offer the sacrifice of
a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,
in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
READINGS FROM THE JERUSALEM BIBLE
First Reading Philippians 2:1 – 11
If our life in Christ means anything to you, if love can persuade at all, or the Spirit that we have in common, or any tenderness and sympathy, then be united in your convictions and united in your love, with a common purpose and a common mind. That is the one thing which would make me completely happy. There must be no competition among you, no conceit; but everybody is to be self-effacing. Always consider the other person to be better than yourself, So that nobody thinks of his own interests first but everybody thinks of other people’s interests instead. In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus:
His state was divine,
yet he did not cling
to his equality with
God
but emptied himself
to assume the
condition of a slave,
and became as men
are;
and being as all men
are,
he was humbler yet,
even to accepting
death,
death on a cross.
But God raised him
high
and gave him the name
which is above all
other names
so that all beings in
the heavens,
on earth and in the
underworld,
should bend the knee
at the name of Jesus
and that every tongue
should acclaim
Jesus Christ as Lord,
to the glory of God
the Father.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 8:4-9
How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!
When I see the
heavens, the work of your hands,
the moon and the stars which you arranged,
what is man that you
should keep him in mind,
mortal man that you care for him?
How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!
Yet you have made him
little less than a god;
with glory and honour you crowned him,
gave him power over
the works of your hand,
put all things under his feet.
How great is your
name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!
All of them, sheep
and cattle,
yes, even the savage beasts,
birds of the air, and
fish
that make their way through the waters.
How great is your
name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!
Gospel: Luke 21-24
When the eighth day came and the child was to be circumcised, they gave him the name Jesus, the name the angel had given him before his conception.
When the day came for
them to be purified as laid down by the Law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took
him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, – observing what stands written
in the Law of the Lord: Every first-born male must be consecrated to the Lord –
and also to offer in sacrifice, in accordance with what is said in the Law of
the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.
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