Monday of Christmas Week

First Reading: First John 2:3-11
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 96:1-2, 2-3, 5-6
Gospel: Luke 2:22-35

First Reading
First John 2:3-11
Beloved: By this we know that we have come to know Jesus Christ, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 96:1-2, 2-3, 5-6
R.Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad.

O sing a new song to the Lord; sing to the Lord, all the earth. O sing to the Lord; bless his name.
R.Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad.

Proclaim his salvation day by day. Tell among the nations his glory, and his wonders among all the peoples.
R.Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad.

It was the Lord who made the heavens. In his presence are majesty and splendour, strength and honour in his holy place.
R.Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad.

Gospel
Luke 2:22-35
When the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, the parents of Jesus brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons”. Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.” And his father and his mother marvelled at what was said about him. And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

The Gospel of the Lord.