Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings, 12-31-2020, The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas
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St. Francis Xavier Church, Cincinnati .
and just as you heard that the antichrist was coming,
so now many antichrists have appeared.
Thus we know this is the last hour.
They went out from us, but they were not really of our number;
if they had been, they would have remained with us.
Their desertion shows that none of them was of our number.
But you have the anointing that comes from the Holy One,
and you all have knowledge.
I write to you not because you do not know the truth
Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings, 12-13-2020, Memorial of Saint Damasus I, pope
Posted on Lectionary 8 because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, and release to the prisoners, to announce a year of favor from the LORD and a day of vindication by our God.
I rejoice heartily in the LORD, in my God is the joy of my soul; for he has clothed me with a robe of salvation and wrapped me in a mantle of justice, like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem, like a bride bedecked with her jewels.