Lectures catholiques quotidiennes

jeudi de la 3e semaine de Avent

jeudi, 16 décembre 2027 · Avent - Semaine 3

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Lectures du jour

Première lecture

Isaiah 54:1-10

"Sing, barren, you who didn't give birth! Break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn't travail with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife," says the LORD. "Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your habitations; don't spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out on the right hand and on the left; and your offspring will possess the nations and settle in desolate cities. "Don't be afraid, for you will not be ashamed. Don't be confounded, for you will not be disappointed. For you will forget the shame of your youth. You will remember the reproach of your widowhood no more. For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth. For the LORD has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off," says your God. "For a small moment I have forsaken you, but I will gather you with great mercies. In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you," says the LORD your Redeemer. "For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed," says the LORD who has mercy on you.

Psaume responsorial

Psalm 30:2 and 4, 5-6, 11-12a and 13b

Éternel, mon Dieu, j'ai crié à toi, et tu m'as guéri. Chantez à l'Éternel, vous, ses bien-aimés, et célébrez la mémoire de sa sainteté! Car il n'y a qu'un moment dans sa colère, mais une vie dans sa faveur; les pleurs logent le soir, et le chant de triomphe revient le matin. Et moi, je disais dans ma prospérité: Je ne serai jamais ébranlé! Tu as changé mon deuil en allégresse, tu as délié le sac dont j'étais couvert, tu m'as ceint de joie, Afin que ma gloire chante ta louange, et ne se taise point. Éternel, mon Dieu, je te célébrerai à toujours.

Évangile

Luke 7:24-30

When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed and live delicately are in kings' courts. But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.' "For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in God's Kingdom is greater than he." When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism. But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

Texte biblique: Bible Ostervald, domaine public, lorsque cette source couvre le passage; World English Bible Catholic Edition, domaine public, pour les passages catholiques/deutérocanoniques ou non couverts. Les références des lectures sont préparées pour Come Aside avec des métadonnées sous licence MIT.