December 24 , 2024
Readings of the Mass
First reading
The kingdom of David will endure forever before the face of the Lord (2 S 7, 1-5.8b-12.14a.16)
Reading from the second book of Samuel
King David was finally living in his house.
The Lord had given him peace
by delivering him from all the enemies around him.
Then the king said to Nathan the prophet,
“Look! I live in a house of cedar,
and the ark of God lives in a tent of cloth!”
Nathan answered the king, “ Do
whatever you intend to do, for the Lord is with you.” But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan: “Go and tell my servant David, ‘ Thus says the Lord: Will you build me a house to live in? I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone; I have struck down all your enemies before you. I have made you a name as great as the great ones of the earth. ’” I will plant my people Israel in this place, and they will dwell there and will not be afraid. The wicked will no longer come and afflict them, as they did in the past, since the day I appointed judges to rule my people Israel. I have given you rest from all your enemies.
The Lord says to you
that he himself will make you a house.
When your days are fulfilled
and you rest with your fathers,
I will raise up for you a successor from your descendants,
who will be born of you,
and I will establish his kingdom.
I will be a father to him,
and he will be a son to me.
Your house and your kingdom will be established before me forever, and
your throne will be established forever.
– Word of the Lord.
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