LITURGY OF THE WORD

1st Reading: Isaiah 60:1-6

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13

Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

O God, with your judgment endow the king, and with your justice, the king’s son;

He shall govern your people with justice and your afflicted ones 

with judgment.

R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

Justice shall flower in his days, and profound peace, till the moon be no more.

May he rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

The kings of Tarshish and the Isles shall offer gifts; the kings of Arabia and Seba shall bring tribute.

All kings shall pay him homage, all nations shall serve him.

R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

For he shall rescue the poor when he cries out, and the afflicted when he has no one to help him.

He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor; the lives of the poor he shall save.

R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

2nd Reading: Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6

Gospel Acclamation: ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA

Alleluia…Alleluia…

We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.

Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

Faith Sharing: Mrs. Jo Soublet