Reading 1, Isaiah 62:11-12

¹¹ This is what Yahweh has proclaimed to the remotest part of earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Look, your salvation is coming; with him comes his reward, his achievement precedes him!'

¹² They will be called 'The Holy People', 'Yahweh's Redeemed', while you will be called 'Sought-after', 'City-not-forsaken'.

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Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 97:1, 6, 11-12

¹ Yahweh is king! Let earth rejoice, the many isles be glad!

⁶ The heavens proclaim his saving justice, all nations see his glory.

¹¹ Light dawns for the upright, and joy for honest hearts.

¹² Rejoice in Yahweh, you who are upright, praise his unforgettable holiness.

Gospel, Luke 2:15-20

¹⁵ Now it happened that when the angels had gone from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, 'Let us go to Bethlehem and see this event which the Lord has made known to us.'

¹⁶ So they hurried away and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.

¹⁷ When they saw the child they repeated what they had been told about him,

¹⁸ and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds said to them.

¹⁹ As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart.

²⁰ And the shepherds went back glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as they had been told.

Reading 2, Titus 3:4-7

⁴ But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour for humanity were revealed,

⁵ it was not because of any upright actions we had done ourselves; it was for no reason except his own faithful love that he saved us, by means of the cleansing water of rebirth and renewal in the Holy Spirit

⁶ which he has so generously poured over us through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

⁷ so that, justified by his grace, we should become heirs in hope of eternal life.

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