A reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah.

Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will rise up a righteous chute to David.

As king, he shall reign and govern wisely. He shall do what is just and right in the land. In his days, Judah shall be saved. Israel shall dwell in security. This is the name they give him, the Lord, our justice. Therefore, the days will come, says the Lord, when they shall no longer say, as the Lord lives, who brought the children of

Israel out of the land of Egypt, but rather as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of the

House of Israel up from the land of the north, and from all the lands to which I banished them.

They shall again live in their own land. The word of the Lord.

Thanks to God. Justice shall flourish in his time and fullness of peace forever.

Justice shall flourish in his time and fullness of peace forever.

O God, with your judgment, endow the king and with your justice the king's son, he shall

govern your people with justice and your afflicted ones with judgment.

Justice shall flourish in his time and fullness of peace forever.

For he shall rescue the poor when he cries out and the afflicted when he has no one to help him.

He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor, the lives of the poor he shall save.

God's will be the Lord, the God of worship in his time and the fullness of peace forever.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous deeds, and blessed forever is his glorious name.

May the whole earth be filled with His glory.

Justice shall flourish in his time and fullness of peace forever.

My brothers and sisters, may our Lord be with you.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew.

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.

When his mother, Mary, was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together,

she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.

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