First Reading: Numbers 6: 22 - 27
22 The LORD said to Moses,
23 "Say to Aaron and his sons, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,
24 The LORD bless you and keep you:
25 The LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you:
26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
27 "So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them."
Psalms 67: 2 - 3, 5 - 6, 8
2 that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving power among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee!
5 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee!
6 The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, has blessed us.
Second Reading: Galatians 4: 4 - 7
4 But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
7 So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir.
Gospel Reading: Luke 2: 16 - 21
16 And they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
17 And when they saw it they made known the saying which had been told them concerning this child;
18 and all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.
19 But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart.
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Homily/Sermons - Sr.Francine
The first reading of the New Year gives us the formula of blessing in the first test used by the high priest Aaron, "The Lord make his face shine upon you, it looks to you ... that give you peace. "
It is primarily through its face that a person reveals what it is. That is why all the great prophets and mystics have desired to see God's face. Moses stated that God spoke to him face to face as a friend. "The Lord make his face shine upon you. "The hope is that one or the one who pronounced this blessing is surrounded by the light streaming from the face of God.
The second reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians, says that "when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman. "The light of God's face turned a little child. Its glory has appeared on the traits of Jesus. The human face, to be flouted, veiled, disfigured in the Passion, is the image of the divine substance, as was revealed to the three privileged disciples on the day of the Transfiguration. Ourselves, transformed by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, are transformed by the light and know that one day we shall see face to face.
The Gospel of Luke shows us the beauty of his humanity the divine light that made the little face of a toddler. The first two chapters of his gospel of children we offer a dense text, a wealth of poetry, which he announced all the major themes of his Gospel. After the meeting of the two alliances in the persons of John the Baptist and Jesus still in the womb of their mothers, and two songs of blessing of Zechariah and Mary, we have the meeting of heaven and earth, represented by angels and shepherds. On their hills, surrounded by their flocks, the shepherds are surrounded by a great light, that of the child that is born and their joy is announced, the only Savior given to them. And the sign is that a child is born, which was laid in a manger, and thus offered to us symbolically by his mother in spiritual food, announcing the Eucharist.
While powerful, like Herod or doctors of the Law in Jerusalem, refuse to see the light available to them, people with no contention that the search for wisdom, like the Magi, believe in the stars and people down to earth like the shepherds, believe in the light that surrounds them and the announcement made to them with great joy. They are all filled with joy by what they heard and what they saw.
Amidst all this excitement, stands Mary, who has left entire inside of the light entering the one she wore during nine months. By faith, she became Mother of God. All she hears her child, she meditates in his heart, in faith. Mary Mother of God because the mother of Jesus as manifested in the fullness of the glory of God. She is our mother in that God is also embodied in all of us, when we let ourselves be penetrated by divine light that shone on the face of her Son. This child, whose mother was symbolically laid in a manger once said of his body, born of Mary: "Take and eat. "By faith Mary became the Mother of God. By faith we receive Christ in the Eucharist and are changed into his image.
Aaron's blessing on the people demanded peace "May the Lord turn his face toward you, that give you peace. "Let us pray the Mother of God and our mother to get her children to know more discover, build and respect the gift of peace in this new year. - Sr.Francine
22 The LORD said to Moses,
23 "Say to Aaron and his sons, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,
24 The LORD bless you and keep you:
25 The LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you:
26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
27 "So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them."
Psalms 67: 2 - 3, 5 - 6, 8
2 that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving power among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee!
5 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee!
6 The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, has blessed us.
Second Reading: Galatians 4: 4 - 7
4 But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
7 So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir.
Gospel Reading: Luke 2: 16 - 21
16 And they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
17 And when they saw it they made known the saying which had been told them concerning this child;
18 and all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.
19 But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart.
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Homily/Sermons - Sr.Francine
The first reading of the New Year gives us the formula of blessing in the first test used by the high priest Aaron, "The Lord make his face shine upon you, it looks to you ... that give you peace. "
It is primarily through its face that a person reveals what it is. That is why all the great prophets and mystics have desired to see God's face. Moses stated that God spoke to him face to face as a friend. "The Lord make his face shine upon you. "The hope is that one or the one who pronounced this blessing is surrounded by the light streaming from the face of God.
The second reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians, says that "when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman. "The light of God's face turned a little child. Its glory has appeared on the traits of Jesus. The human face, to be flouted, veiled, disfigured in the Passion, is the image of the divine substance, as was revealed to the three privileged disciples on the day of the Transfiguration. Ourselves, transformed by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, are transformed by the light and know that one day we shall see face to face.
The Gospel of Luke shows us the beauty of his humanity the divine light that made the little face of a toddler. The first two chapters of his gospel of children we offer a dense text, a wealth of poetry, which he announced all the major themes of his Gospel. After the meeting of the two alliances in the persons of John the Baptist and Jesus still in the womb of their mothers, and two songs of blessing of Zechariah and Mary, we have the meeting of heaven and earth, represented by angels and shepherds. On their hills, surrounded by their flocks, the shepherds are surrounded by a great light, that of the child that is born and their joy is announced, the only Savior given to them. And the sign is that a child is born, which was laid in a manger, and thus offered to us symbolically by his mother in spiritual food, announcing the Eucharist.
While powerful, like Herod or doctors of the Law in Jerusalem, refuse to see the light available to them, people with no contention that the search for wisdom, like the Magi, believe in the stars and people down to earth like the shepherds, believe in the light that surrounds them and the announcement made to them with great joy. They are all filled with joy by what they heard and what they saw.
Amidst all this excitement, stands Mary, who has left entire inside of the light entering the one she wore during nine months. By faith, she became Mother of God. All she hears her child, she meditates in his heart, in faith. Mary Mother of God because the mother of Jesus as manifested in the fullness of the glory of God. She is our mother in that God is also embodied in all of us, when we let ourselves be penetrated by divine light that shone on the face of her Son. This child, whose mother was symbolically laid in a manger once said of his body, born of Mary: "Take and eat. "By faith Mary became the Mother of God. By faith we receive Christ in the Eucharist and are changed into his image.
Aaron's blessing on the people demanded peace "May the Lord turn his face toward you, that give you peace. "Let us pray the Mother of God and our mother to get her children to know more discover, build and respect the gift of peace in this new year. - Sr.Francine
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