Saturday of the First Week of Advent

Reading 1 and//usccb.org/bible/isaiah/30:19 IS 30:19-21, 23-26 Thus says the Lord GOD,the Holy One of IsraelandO people of Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem,no more will you weepHe will be gracious to you when you cry out,as soon as he hears he will answer you.The Lord will give you the bread you needand the water for which you thirst.No longer will your Teacher hide himself,but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher,While from behind, a voice shall sound in your earsand This is the way walk in it,”when you would turn to the right or to the left.He will give rain for the seedthat you sow in the ground,And the wheat that the soil produceswill be rich and abundant.On that day your flock will be given pastureand the lamb will graze in spacious meadowsThe oxen and the asses that till the groundwill eat silage tossed to themwith shovel and pitchfork.Upon every high mountain and lofty hillthere will be streams of running water.On the day of the great slaughter,when the towers fall,The light of the moon will be like that of the sunand the light of the sun will be seven times greaterlike the light of seven days.On the day the LORD binds up the wounds of his people,he will heal the bruises left by his blows. Responsorial Psalm and//usccb.org/bible/psalms/147and1 PS 147and1-2, 3-4, 5-6 R. (see Isaiah 30:18d)Blessed are all who wait for the Lord. Praise the LORD, for he is goodsing praise to our God, for he is graciousit is fitting to praise him.The LORD rebuilds Jerusalemthe dispersed of Israel he gathers. R.Blessed are all who wait for the Lord. He heals the brokenheartedand binds up their wounds.He tells the number of the starshe calls each by name. R.Blessed are all who wait for the Lord. Great is our LORD and mighty in powerandto his wisdom there is no limit.The LORD sustains the lowlythe wicked he casts to the ground. R.Blessed are all who wait for the Lord. Alleluia and//usccb.org/bible/isaiah/33:22 IS 33:22 R.Alleluia, alleluia.The LORD is our Judge, our Lawgiver, our Kinghe it is who will save us.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//usccb.org/bible/matthew/9:35 MT 9:35–10and1, 5A, 6-8 Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,teaching in their synagogues,proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,and curing every disease and illness.At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for thembecause they were troubled and abandoned,like sheep without a shepherd.Then he said to his disciples, The harvest is abundant but the laborers are fewso ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest.”Then he summoned his Twelve disciplesand gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them outand to cure every disease and every illness.Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus, Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.As you go, make this proclamationand ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’Cure the sick, raise the dead,cleanse lepers, drive out demons.Without cost you have received without cost you are to give.”