As we participate in the great celebration of Christmas, Tony reminds us of the importance of understanding the gift God desires to give us in order that we might receive it in its fullness.
Mass Readings:
Vigil Mass:
Reading 1: Isaiah 62:1-5
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29
Reading 2: Acts 13:16-17, 22-25
Gospel: Matthew 1:1-25
Mass During the Night:
Reading 1: Isaiah 9:1-6
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13
Reading 2: Titus 2:11-14
Gospel: Luke 2:1-14
Mass at Dawn:
Reading 1: Isaiah 62:11-12
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 97:1, 6, 11-12
Reading 2: Titus 3:4-7
Gospel: Luke 2:15-20
Mass During the Day:
Reading 1: Isaiah 52:7-10
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6
Reading 2: Hebrews 1:1-6
Gospel: John 1:1-18
Endnotes:
St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration 38.4
St. Augustine of Hippo, On the Trinity, 4.3.
St. Augustine of Hippo, On the Trinity, 4.3-4.
St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration 38.4.
St. Augustine of Hippo, On the Trinity, 4.4.
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.