December 24, 2011, Christmas Vigil Mass, Second Reading

13:16	Then Paul, rising up and motioning for silence with his hand, said: “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen closely.
13:17	The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people, when they were settlers in the land of Egypt. And with an exalted arm, he led them away from there.

13:22	And having removed him, he raised up for them king David. And offering testimony about him, he said, ‘I have found David, the son of Jesse, to be a man according to my own heart, who will accomplish all that I will.’
13:23	From his offspring, according to the Promise, God has brought Jesus the Savior to Israel.
13:24	John was preaching, before the face of his advent, a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
13:25	Then, when John completed his course, he was saying: ‘I am not the one you consider me to be. For behold, one arrives after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to loosen.’

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