Saturday 1st January 2022 – HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD

From the Gospel according to Luke (2: 16-21)

At that time, [the shepherds] went, without delay, and found Mary and Joseph and the baby, lying in the manger. And after seeing it, they reported what they had been told about the child.
All who heard were amazed at what the shepherds had told them. Mary, on her part, kept all these things, pondering them in her heart.
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as they had been told.
When the eight days prescribed for circumcision were completed, he was given the name Jesus, as he had been called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Word of the Lord