January 1st : Second readingGod sent his Son, born of a womanA reading from the letter of St.Paul to the Galatians 4:4-7.

January 1st :  Second reading

God sent his Son, born of a woman

A reading from the letter of St.Paul to the Galatians 4:4-7.

When the appointed time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born a subject of the Law, to redeem the subjects of the Law and to enable us to be adopted as sons. The proof that you are sons is that God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts: the Spirit that cries, ‘Abba, Father’, and it is this that makes you a son, you are not a slave any more; and if God has made you son, then he has made you heir.

The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation  Heb1:1-2

Alleluia, alleluia!

At various times in the past

and in various different ways,

God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets;

but in our own time, the last days,

he has spoken to us through his Son.

Alleluia!