Isaiah 9:1-6
Psalms 113:1-8
Luke 1:26-38
Isaiah 9:1-6
(1) In the earlier time, the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali were lifted up. But in the later time, the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, the Galilee of the Gentiles, was weighed down (2) The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. A light has risen for the inhabitants of the region of the shadow of death (3) You have increased the nation, but you have not increased the rejoicing. They will rejoice before you, like those who rejoice at the harvest, like the victorious exulting after capturing the prey, when they divide the spoils (4) For you have prevailed over the yoke of their burden, and over the rod of their shoulder, and over the scepter of their oppressor, as in the day of Midian (5) For every violent plunder with a tumult, and every garment mixed with blood, will be burned up and will become fuel for the fire (6) For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. And leadership is placed upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called: wonderful Counselor, mighty God, father of the future age, Prince of Peace
Psalms 113:1-8
(1) Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people (2) Judea was made his sanctuary; Israel was made his power (3) The sea looked, and it fled. The Jordan was turned back again (4) The mountains exulted like rams, and the hills like lambs among the sheep (5) What happened to you, O sea, so that you fled, and to you, O Jordan, so that you were turned back again (6) What happened to you, O mountains, so that you exulted like rams, and to you, O hills, so that you exulted like lambs among the sheep (7) Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob (8) He converted the rock into pools of water, and the cliff into fountains of waters
Luke 1:26-38
(26) Then, in the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was sent by God, to a city of Galilee named Nazareth (27) to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary (28) And upon entering, the Angel said to her: “Hail, full of grace. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women. (29) And when she had heard this, she was disturbed by his words, and she considered what kind of greeting this might be (30) And the Angel said to her: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace with God (31) Behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and you shall bear a son, and you shall call his name: JESUS (32) He will be great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father. And he will reign in the house of Jacob for eternity (33) And his kingdom shall have no end. (34) Then Mary said to the Angel, “How shall this be done, since I do not know man? (35) And in response, the Angel said to her: “The Holy Spirit will pass over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. And because of this also, the Holy One who will be born of you shall be called the Son of God (36) And behold, your cousin Elizabeth has herself also conceived a son, in her old age. And this is the sixth month for her who is called barren (37) For no word will be impossible with God. (38) Then Mary said: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your word.” And the Angel departed from her
