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c.f.
readings for Dec 19
Judges
12-13:
Jephthah
was judge in Israel for 6 years.
For the following 25 years,
Ibzan (7 years), Elon (10 years) and Abdon (8 years) were
judges.
After these judges, the
Israelites again were unfaithful to the Lord
and so they were oppressed by the Philistines for 40 years.
It was then that the
angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah's wife
and said to her:
"You are barren and have had no child.
But you will soon conceive and bear a son.
No razor is to touch his head,
for he shall be dedicated to the Lord from his mother's womb.
It is he who will rescue Israel from the Philistines".
The woman gave birth to
a son and called him Samson.
The child grew and the Lord blessed him.
Dear
Lord, please bless all barren women
Recording of this reading
for English students
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Psalm
71:
In you, O Lord, I take refuge.
Please hear me and help me.
Be a rock where I can take refuge.
Rescue me from people who want to hurt me.
It is you, O Lord, who are my hope.
In you I have trusted since I was young.
From my mother's womb you have been my help.
My hope has always been in you.
Now that I am old, please do not forget me.
Now that my strength fails, do not abandon me.
Now that I am old and grey-headed,
may I continue to trust in you and proclaim your help.
To you I will sing with the harp.
All day long my tongue will tell of your goodness to me.
Lord, may all elderly people
put their trust and hope in you
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Root
of Jesse, set up as a sign to the peoples, come
to save us, and delay no more.
Recording
Today's
Gospel:
From today's Mass:
God our Father, you show the world the splendor o f your glory in the
coming of Christ, born of the Virgin. Give us true faith and love to
celebrate the mystery of God made man |
Luke
1:
When
Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah and his wife
Elizabeth who were really good people,
but they were childless
Once when they went to the Temple in Jerusalem, Zechariah entered the
inner sanctuary to burn incense, while all the people prayed outside
An
angel appeared and said "Zechariah, your prayer has been heard.
Your wife will have a son and you must name him John.
He will prepare the way of the Lord"
Not
long after this, Elizabeth conceived, and for 5 months she kept to
herself, thanking God for taking away her humiliation at not being able
to have a baby
Jesus,
please help childless couples to have a baby
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Please
join me in praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific
Frid:
South America
Sat:
Central & North America
Jesus,
today, Friday,
please bless the people of South
America
And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 19th of
the month, Jesus please bless the
prisoners of Shanxi
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 19th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Sudan
Jesus,
please give peace to the world's trouble spots, especially:
Nigeria (Boko Haram), Sudan,
Central African Republic, Somalia (Al Shabab), Israel-Palestine,
Iraq-Syria (Isis), Ukraine |
This
website's Tanzania
File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs
to HK)
- letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
This
website's South
America file
(stopping
South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from South American inmates in Hong Kong prisons
This
website's HK
Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping
South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK) |
