GospelThe rising sun will visit us (Lk 1, 67-79)

Gospel

The rising sun will visit us (Lk 1, 67-79)

Alleluia, Alleluia.

Come, rising Sun,

splendor of justice and eternal light!

Enlighten those who dwell in darkness

and the shadow of death.

Alleluia.

Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

At that time,

when John the Baptist was born,

his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit

and spoke these prophetic words:

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

who visits and redeems his people.

He has raised up the power of salvation for us

in the house of David his servant,

as he spoke by the mouth of his saints,

through his prophets from of old:

salvation that delivers us from the enemy,

from the hand of all who oppress us, and

love that he showed to our fathers,

and the memory of his holy covenant;

an oath sworn to our father Abraham

to deliver us without fear,

so that, having been delivered from the hand of our enemies,

we may serve him in righteousness and holiness

before him all our days.

You too, little child, will be called

a prophet of the Most High;

you will go before, in the face of the Lord,

and you will prepare his ways,

to give his people to know salvation

by the remission of their sins,

thanks to the tenderness, to the love of our God,

when the star from on high visits us,

to illuminate those who dwell in darkness

and the shadow of death,

to guide our feet

to the path of peace.

– Let us acclaim the Word of God