Reading I 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16

Responsorial Psalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29

Reading II Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22

Verse Before the Gospel Ps 84:5

Gospel Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a

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