Decembris 7, 2014

Lectio prima

Liber Isaiae Prophetae 40:1-5, 9-11

40:1	“Be consoled, be consoled, o populus meus!” says your God.
40:2	Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call out to her! For her malice has reached its end. Her iniquity has been forgiven. She has received double for all her sins from the hand of the Lord.
40:3	The voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.
40:4	Every valley will be exalted, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked will be straightened, and the uneven will become level ways.
40:5	And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh together will see that the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
40:9	You who evangelize Zion, climb a high mountain! You who evangelize Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Noli timere! Say to the cities of Judah: "Ecce", Deus tuus!"
40:10	Ecce, the Lord God will arrive in strength, and his arm will rule. Ecce, his reward is with him, and his work is before him.
40:11	He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.

Lectio secunda

The Second Letter of Saint Peter 3: 18-14

3:8	Sed vere, hoc unum non lateat, dilectissimi, ut apud Dominum dies unus sit sicut mille anni, et mille anni sicut dies unus.
3:9	Dominus promissionem suam non tardat, ut quidam putant, sed patienter agit propter vos, ne quis desit perire, sed omnes ad poenitentiam converti volentes.
3:10	tunc adueniet dies Domini sicut fur. Eo die, transibunt coeli magna vi, elementa vero calore solventur; tunc terra, et opera quae in eo sunt, penitus exusta.
3:11	Ergo, quoniam haec omnia dissolventur, quales esse debetis? In moribus et pietate, sanctum est,
3:12	expectans, et properans ad, adveniente die dominice, qua dissolventur caeli ardentia, elementa vero ex calore ignis liquefient.
3:13	Sed vere, secundum promissa, novos caelos et novam terram expectamus, in quo iustitia vivit.
3:14	Ergo, dilectissimi, dum haec, sollicite, ut inveniaris immaculatus et inexpugnabilis coram eo, in pace.

Evangelium'

Lectio sancti Evangelii secundum Marcum 1: 1-8

1:1	The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, dei Filius.
1:2	As it has been written by the prophet Isaiah: "Ecce", I send my Angel before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.
1:3	The voice of one crying out in the desert: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.”
1:4	John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching a baptism of repentance, as a remission of sins.
1:5	And there went out to him all the region of Judea and all those of Jerusalem, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
1:6	And John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist. And he ate locusts and wild honey.
1:7	And he preached, dicens: “One stronger than me comes after me. I am not worthy to reach down and loosen the laces of his shoes.
1:8	I have baptized you with water. Sed vere, he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”