OXYGEN

24 Dec – Mass in the Morning
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2 Samuel 7:1-5.8-12.14.16
Once David had settled into his house and the Lord had given him rest from all the enemies surrounding him, the king said to the prophet Nathan, ‘Look, I am living in a house of cedar while the ark of God dwells in a tent.’ Nathan said [...]

23 Dec – Memorial for St. John of Kanty, Priest
John (1390-1473) was a Polish country lad. A brilliant student at the University of Krakow, Poland, he became a priest and professor of theology at the University of Krakow, where he was falsely accused and ousted by university rivals.
At the age of 41, he was assigned [...]

22 Dec
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1 Samuel 1:4-28
When Hannah had weaned Samuel, she took him up with her together with a three-year old bull, an ephah of flour and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the temple of the Lord at Shiloh; and the child was with them. They slaughtered the bull and the child’s mother [...]

21 Dec – Memorial for St. Peter Canisius, Priest and Doctor
Peter (1521–1597) was the son of Jacob Canisius, a wealthy burgomeister, and Ægidia van Houweningen, who died shortly after Peter’s birth. He was educated in Cologne, Germany, where he studied art, civil law, and theology. He received a master’s degree by age 19. His closest [...]

20 Dec – Fourth Sunday of Advent
Mary’s Child: The Prince Of Peace
From the least of the clans of Judah, from Mary his lowly handmaid, God prepared a body for his Christ, who comes to fill the world with his spirit of peace.
- The Sunday Missal
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Micah 5:1-4
The Lord says this:
You, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
the least of the clans [...]

19 Dec
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Judges 13:2-7.24-25
There was a man of Zorah of the tribe of Dan, called Manoah. His wife was barren, she had borne no children. The angel of the Lord appeared to this woman and said to her, ‘You are barren and have had no child. But now on take great care. Take no wine or [...]

18 Dec
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Jeremiah 23:5-8
‘See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks -
when I will raised a virtuous Branch for David,
who will reign as true king and be wise,
practising honesty and integrity in the land.
In his days Judah will be saved
and Israel dwell in confidence.
And this is the name he will be called:
The [...]

17 Dec
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Genesis 49:2.8-10
Jacob called his sons and said,
‘Gather round, sons of Jacob and listen;
listen to Israel your father.
Judah, your brothers shall praise you:
you grip your enemies by the neck,
your father’s sons shall do you homage,
Judah is a lion cub,
you climb back, my son, from your kill;
like a lion he crouches and lies down,
or a lioness: [...]

16 Dec
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Isaiah 45:6-8.18.21-26
Apart from me, all is nothing.
I am the Lord, unrivalled,
I form the light and create the dark.
I make good fortune and create calamity,
it is I, the Lord, who do all this.
Send victory like a dew, youheavens,
and let the clouds rain it down.
Let the earth open
for salvation to spring up.
Let deliverance, too, bud forth
which [...]

15 Dec
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Zephaniah 3:1-2.9-13
Trouble is coming to the rebellious, the defiled
the tyrannical city!
She would never listen to the call,
would never learn the lesson;
she has never trusted in the Lord,
never draw near to her God.
Yes, I will then give the peoples
lips that are clean,
so that all may invoke the name of the Lord
and serve him under the [...]