Daily Reading for Wednesday, December 29th, 2021

Reading 1, First John 2:3-11

³ In this way we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.

⁴ Whoever says, 'I know him' without keeping his commandments, is a liar, and truth has no place in him.

⁵ But anyone who does keep his word, in such a one God's love truly reaches its perfection. This is the proof that we are in God.

⁶ Whoever claims to remain in him must act as he acted.

⁷ My dear friends, this is not a new commandment I am writing for you, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the message you have heard.

⁸ Yet in another way, I am writing a new commandment for you -- and this is true for you, just as much as for him -- for darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

⁹ Whoever claims to be in light but hates his brother is still in darkness.

¹⁰ Anyone who loves his brother remains in light and there is in him nothing to make him fall away.

¹¹ But whoever hates his brother is in darkness and is walking about in darkness not knowing where he is going, because darkness has blinded him.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 96:1-2, 2-3, 5-6

¹ Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth!

² Sing to Yahweh, bless his name! Proclaim his salvation day after day,

³ declare his glory among the nations, his marvels to every people!

⁵ All the gods of the nations are idols! It was Yahweh who made the heavens;

⁶ in his presence are splendour and majesty, in his sanctuary power and beauty.