Dec
26

The Holy Family

Psalm text (Ps 128:1-2,3,4-5)

Happy are those who fear the Lord.
or
Happy are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways.

Happy is the one who fears the Lord,
who walks in his ways.
You shall eat the fruit of the labour of your hands;
you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like olive shoots
around your table.

Thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord.
The Lord bless you from Zion.
May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.

Gospel Verse (Col 3:15a,16a)

May the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, and the fullness of his message live within you.

Year C Optional

Psalm text (Ps 84:1-2,4-5,8-9,10)

Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord.

How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!
My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Happy are those who live in your house,
ever singing your praise.
Happy are those whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob!
Behold our shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed.

For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than live in the tents of wickedness.

Gospel Verse (Acts 16:14b)

Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son.

Psalm text (Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5)

Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in His ways.

Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in His ways.
For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork.
Blessed shall you be and favored.

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
in the recesses of your home;
your children like olive plants
around your table.

Behold, this is the man blest who fears the Lord.
The Lord bless Your from Zion.
May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.

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Gospel Verse (Col 3:15a+16a)

May the peace of Christ rule in your hearts; and the fullness of his message live within you.

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Year C optional

Psalm text (Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10)

Blessed are they who dwell in Your house, O Lord.

How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
My soul yearns and pines for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Happy they who dwell in Your house!
Continually they praise You.
Happy the men whose strength You are!
Their hearts are set upon the pilgrimage.

O Lord of hosts, hear our prayer;
hearken, O God of Jacob!
O God, behold our shield,
and look upon the face of your anointed.

Gospel Verse (cf Acts 16:14b)

Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of Your Son.

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The English translation of the Psalm Response(s) and Gospel verse(s) from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.