Daily Reading for Thursday, December 28th, 2023

Reading 1, First John 1:5-2:2

⁵ This is what we have heard from him and are declaring to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.

⁶ If we say that we share in God's life while we are living in darkness, we are lying, because we are not living the truth.

⁷ But if we live in light, as he is in light, we have a share in another's life, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

⁸ If we say, 'We have no sin,' we are deceiving ourselves, and truth has no place in us;

⁹ if we acknowledge our sins, he is trustworthy and upright, so that he will forgive our sins and will cleanse us from all evil.

¹⁰ If we say, 'We have never sinned,' we make him a liar, and his word has no place in us.

¹ My children, I am writing this to prevent you from sinning; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright.

² He is the sacrifice to expiate our sins, and not only ours, but also those of the whole world.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 124:2-3, 4-5, 7-8

² if Yahweh had not been on our side when people attacked us,

³ they would have swallowed us alive in the heat of their anger.

⁴ Then water was washing us away, a torrent running right over us;

⁵ running right over us then were turbulent waters.

⁷ We escaped like a bird from the fowlers' net. The net was broken and we escaped;

⁸ our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.