Monday of the 1st week of Advent

First reading

Isaiah 4:2-6
The fruit of the earth shall be the pride and adornment of Israel’s survivors
That day, the branch of the Lord shall be beauty and glory, the fruit of the earth
shall be the pride and adornment of Israel’s survivors. Those who are left of Zion and remain of Jerusalem shall be called holy and those left in Jerusalem, noted down for survival. When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughter of Zion and cleansed Jerusalem of the blood shed in her with the blast of judgement and the blast of destruction, the Lord will come and rest on the whole stretch of Mount Zion and on those who are gathered there, a cloud by day, and smoke, and by night the brightness of a flaring fire. For, over all, the glory of the Lord will be a canopy and a tent to give shade by day from the heat, refuge and shelter from the storm and the rain.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 121(122):1-2,4-5,6-9

R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

¹ I rejoiced because they said to me,
“We will go up to the house of the LORD.”
² And now we have set foot
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

³ Jerusalem, built as a city
with compact unity.
^4AB To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

^4CD According to the decree for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
⁵ In it are set up judgment seats,
seats for the house of David.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
May those who love you prosper!
⁷ May peace be within your walls,
prosperity in your buildings.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

⁸ Because of my relatives and friends
I will say, “Peace be within you!”
⁹ Because of the house of the LORD, our God,
I will pray for your good.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation cf.Ps79:4
Alleluia, alleluia!
God of hosts, bring us back:
let your face shine on us and we shall be saved.
Alleluia!
Gospel- Matthew 8:5-11

‘I am not worthy to have you under my roof: give the word, and my servant will be healed’
When Jesus went into Capernaum a centurion came up and pleaded with him. ‘Sir,’ he said ‘my servant is lying at home paralyzed, and in great pain.’ ‘I will come myself and cure him’ said Jesus. The centurion replied, ‘Sir, I am not worthy to have you under my roof; just give the word and my servant will be cured. For I am under authority myself, and have soldiers under me; and I say to one man: Go, and he goes; to another: Come here, and he comes; to my servant: Do this, and he does it.’ When Jesus heard this he was astonished and said to those following him, ‘I tell you solemnly, nowhere in Israel have I found faith like this. And I tell you that many will come from east and west to take their places with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob at the feast in the kingdom of heaven.’