Today is the first day of the novena on the nine days before Christmas.

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Genesis 49:2, 8-10

 “Gather round, sons of Jacob.

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Zephaniah 3:14-18a

Cry out with joy, O daughter of Zion; rejoice,

       Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

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Isaiah 54:1-10

 Rejoice, O barren woman

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Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11

 Then came the prophet Elijah like a fire,

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Isaiah 45:6c-8, 18, 21c-25

  I am Yahweh, and there is no other.

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Isaiah 48:17-19

 Thus says Yahweh,

St. John of the Cross. priest  & doctor

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Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13

 Woe to the rebellious, 

St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin 

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Isaiah 41:13-20

 For I, Yahweh, your God,

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Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17a

 He looked up and saw Israel camping,

Holy Day of Obligation 

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Genesis 3:9-15, 20

 Yahweh God called the man saying to him,