January 4, 2015

Primera Lectura

Sirach 24: 1-4, 8-12

24:1	Wisdom will praise her own mind, and she will be honored by God, and she will be glorified in the midst of her people.
24:2	And she will open her mouth in the churches of the Most High, and she will be glorified in the sight of his virtue.
24:3	And in the midst of her own people, she will be exalted. And she will be admired by the holy assembly.
24:4	And she will have praise within the multitude of the elect. And she will be blessed among the blessed. And she will say:

24:8 I alone have encompassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated to the depths of the abyss, and have walked upon the waves of the sea,

24:9 and have stood upon the whole earth. And among every people,

24:10 and in every nation, I have held primacy.

24:11 And by virtue, I have tread upon the hearts of all, the great and the lowly. And I have sought my rest in all of them. And I will continue, as the inheritance of the Lord.

24:12 Then the Creator of all things instructed and spoke with me. And the One who created me rested in my tabernacle.

Segona Lectura

Efesis 1: 3-6, 15-18

1:3 Beneït sigui el Déu i Pare de nostre Senyor Jesucrist, qui ens ha beneït amb totes les benediccions espirituals al cel, en Crist,

1:4 tal com ens va escollir en ell abans de la fundació del món, perquè fossim sants i immaculats als seus ulls, en caritat.

1:5 Ell ens ha predestinat a l'adopció com a fills, a través de Jesucrist, en ell mateix, segons la finalitat de la seva voluntat,

1:6 per la lloança de la glòria de la seva gràcia, amb la qual ens ha donat en el seu Fill estimat.

1:15 A causa d'això, i escoltant la vostra fe que hi ha en el Senyor Jesús, i del teu amor cap a tots els sants,

1:16 No he deixat de donar gràcies per tu, recordant-te en les meves oracions,

1:17 perquè el Déu de nostre Senyor Jesucrist, el Pare de la glòria, et pot donar un esperit de saviesa i de revelació, en el coneixement d'ell.

1:18 Que els ulls del teu cor estiguin il·luminats, perquè sapigueu quina és l'esperança de la seva crida, i la riquesa de la glòria de la seva herència amb els sants,

Evangeli

Joan 1: 1- 18

1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.

1:2 He was with God in the beginning.

1:3 All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him.

1:4 Life was in Him, and Life was the light of men.

1:5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

1:6 There was a man sent by God, whose name was John.

1:7 He arrived as a witness to offer testimony about the Light, so that all would believe through him.

1:8 He was not the Light, but he was to offer testimony about the Light.

1:9 The true Light, which illuminates every man, was coming into this world.

1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not recognize him.

1:11 He went to his own, and his own did not accept him.

1:12 Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.

1:13 These are born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

1:14 And the Word became flesh, and he lived among us, and we saw his glory, glory like that of an only-begotten son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

1:15 John offers testimony about him, and he cries out, dient: “This is the one about whom I said: ‘He who is to come after me, has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ”

1:16 And from his fullness, we all have received, even grace for grace.

1:17 For the law was given though Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

1:18 No one ever saw God; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he himself has described him.