A.
Introduction
a) To the Holy Mass
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Good morning!
Just a
week right after Christmas, we celebrate the Feast of the
family of the Son of God made man.
This event sends to the whole humanity a clear message that God had also
prepared a family into which His Son was born and grew up as a true human
being. For this reason the human family
was blessed by God in order for Christ to become human.
We pray in this Holy Mass for the holiness, stability and happiness of our
own families and the human family.
Please all stand for the entrance hymn.
b) To the Readings
- First Reading Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3
For Abraham, the great figure of the Old Testament, the family can be
complete only when it is composed with not parents alone but children,
too. His earnest prayer for the blessing
of having a child was answered by God.
- Second Reading Heb 11:8.
11-12.17-19
The faith which the patriarch Abraham put in God was proved to be fruitful
when he turned from a childless parent into the father of a numerous and
powerful people.
B. Hymns for Holy Mass
a) O Come, All Ye Faithful ES #56
b) Responsorial
Psalm page 55
c) All Good Gifts ES #298
d) Silent Night ES #46
e) Joy to the World #52
