HOLY FAMILY B Lectionary #17B
Dreams do sometimes come true. The readings for this feast in the B Cycle focus on the fulfillment of promises, especially the promise to Abraham and Sarah. Note: The texts from Cycle A may also be used today.
Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-3. Parents dream about a great future for their children: This dream came true for Abram (Abraham) and Sarah.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (104) 105
This hymn celebrates the history of Israel from the ancestors to the Exodus and the conquest of Canaan. The mention of the prehistoric ancestors (especially, in light of the first reading, Abraham) is unique in the Psalter.
The Lord Remembers His Covenant For Ever (Black) CBW 34
The Lord Remembers His Covenant For Ever (Hughes) PMB 571/PRM B11
Alternative Psalm of the Day (A): Ps (127) 128
Blessed Are Those Who Fear the Lord (Rendek) PMB 570/PRM B10
Blest Are Those Who Love You (Haugen) GC 125/GC2 128/CBW 628/PCY2 43/RS 173/WC 435
Dichoso el que Teme al Señor (García) FYC 267
Dichoso el que Teme al Señor (Taulé) FYC 266
Happy Are Those (Duncan) SMM3 24
Happy Are Those (Phillips) PC3 42
Happy Are Those (Somerville) CBW 33
Happy Are Those (Stewart) PCY5 13
Like Olive Branches (Deiss) WC 671
O Blessed Are Those (Gelineau) CBW 431
O Blessed Are Those (Inwood) JS 713/MI‑BB/G 54/GP 273/SP2 68
O Happy Are Those (Gelineau) WOR 782/RS 172
We Praise You (Balhoff/Ducote/Daigle), vss 6‑7 GP 677/GC 541/MI‑BB/RS 694
Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19. This section of the Letter to the Hebrews reinterprets the history of salvation in light of the early Christian focus on faith as the gift which brings someone into the mystery of redemption. In this section, carrying out the theme enunciated in the first reading, the focus is on Abraham as a person of faith.
Luke 2:22-40. The witness of Simeon and Anna, who represent the Law and the prophets (Simeon is "righteous and devout"; Anna is "a prophetess"), in the very heart of the Temple, is Luke's way of indicating the meaning of Jesus' life as fulfilling God's promises to Sarah and Abraham in a new and startling way.
Songs for the Liturgy
A Stable Lamp Is Lighted (G) WOR 385
*Canticle of Simeon (G) RS 212, 874/GC 144, 776/GC2 85, 767/CBW 680/PMB 183/WOR 676, 691/WC 453/JS 234/GP 439/WS
Child of Gladness (G) CBW 326
Child of the Poor (G) GP 336/BB
Christ, You Are the Fullness (2A) CBW 431
Come, Sing a Home and Family PMB 220/WC 962/WS
Faith, Hope and Love (2A) GC 624/GC2 609/JS 438
Faith of Our Fathers (1B,2B) WOR 571/CBW 446/PMB 421/WC 805/MI‑BB/GC 600/GC2 579JS 380/RS 726/GP 592/WS
Faithful Family (2A) GP 365/GC 413
For the Beauty of the Earth (2A) GC 572/GC2 548/PMB 517/WOR 557/GP 76/CBW 531/WC 950/JS 464/MI‑BB/RS 697/WS
God Is Love (2A) CBW 473/MI‑BB/GC 629/GC2 608/JS 392/RS 744
God Made from One Blood (1A) RS 824
God of Adam, God of Joseph (G) RS 960/GC 893/GC2 870
God of Eve and God of Mary (G) RS 959/GC 892/GC2 871
God of Love (2A) GP 647/PMB 342/WC 687
God's Holy Family JS 408
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice (G) WOR 391/CBW 322/BB/GC2 367/PMB 262/RS 518/WC 498/JS 213/GP 319/WS
Hail to the Lord Who Comes (G) WOR 692
*How Happy You Who Fear the Lord (Ps-A) PMB 336/WC 675
*In His Temple Now Behold Him (G) BB/JS 233
Joy to the World (G) WOR 399/CBW 328/BB/LMGM 19/GP 318/PMB 207/RS 524/GC 343/GC2 353/WC 487/JS 194/WS
Love One Another (2A) GC 630/RS 745/MI‑BB/GP 645/WC 817
Love Which Never Ends GP 465/JS 543/MI-BB
Of the Father's Love Begotten (G) WOR 398/CBW 330/BB/PMB 211/RS 510/GC 351/GC2 374/WC 497/JS 200
Once in Royal David's City (G) WOR 402/GC 372/GC2 380/PMB 205/WC 485/RS 526/BB
Our Father, by Whose Name (1A,2A,G) WOR 570/RS 961
Sing of Mary (G) WOR 404/GP 222/MI‑BB/LMGM 100/PMB 538/WC 975/GC 783/GC2 778/JS 503/RS 528/GP 432/WS
The Aye Carol RS 525/GC 371/GC2 381
The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky (G) WOR 405/CBW 464/MI‑BB/JS 501
The Greatest Gift (2A) PMB 334/WC 674/WS
The Snow Lay on the Ground (G) JS 197/BB/PMB 221/WC 496
Ubi Caritas (2A) WOR 604/GC 408/GC2 430, 568, 601/CBW 67/PMB 428, 430/WC 810, 813/MI‑BB/RS 746/JS 758/GP 364/WS
United as One (2A) JS 538
Virgin Born, We Bow before You (G) WOR 403/RS 527
What Child Is This (G) WOR 411/LMGM 29/GP 337/BB/CBW 338/GC 380/GC2 387/PMB 216/WC 514/JS 209/RS 530/WS
When Love Is Found (2A) WOR 745/WC 676/CBW 629/RS 942/GC 865/GC2 856/WS/MI-BB
Where Charity and Love Prevail (2A) GC 625/GC2 610/MI‑BB/PMB 424, 428, 429, 430/WC 813, 816, 820/JS 429/RS 747/GP 644/WS
Where There Is Love (2A) MI‑BB/CBW 631/JS 563/GP 464
*Yahweh, the Faithful One (1B) GP 609