27/12/2025
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25TH 2025.*
*SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD.*
*FIRST READING*
“All the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.”
*A reading from the Book of Isaiah (ISAIAH 52: 7 - 10)*
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” Listen, your watchmen lift up their voice, together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
*The Word of the Lord.*
*RESPONSORIAL PSALM*
Taken from Psalm 98: 1, 2 - 3ab, 3cd - 4, 5 - 6 (R.) 3cd
And the response is;
*R/. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.*
O sing a new song to the Lord,
for he has worked wonders.
His right hand and his holy arm
have brought salvation. *R/.*
The Lord has made known his salvation,
has shown his deliverance to the nations.
He has remembered his merciful love
and his truth for the house of Israel. *R/.*
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.
Shout to the Lord, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song,
and sing out your praise. *R/.*
Sing psalms to the Lord with the harp,
with the harp and the sound of song.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn,
raise a shout before the King, the Lord. *R/.*
*SECOND READING*
“God has spoken to us by a Son.”
*A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (HEBREWS 1: 1 - 6)*
In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the ages. He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of