Daily Gospel for Sunday. Daily Readings & prayer, December 13, 2020

Catholic Daily Readings for the Holy Gospel, December 13, 2020. Reflection on daily Gospel of John 1:6-8,19-28 - Let us meditate through the Pope´s reflections to the Holy Gospel. Daily Readings and the daily Prayer for your life to get serenity and inner peace on the second Sunday of Advent. "An immense joy is what we must always keep in our hearts as we realize that Jesus is with us all the time. Every second of our lives is not absent from His Presence. Let us live in the joy of knowing that there is hope for us because we know that we are not alone on this journey". Get the healing in this usccb Daily Readings Sunday.

Serenity prayer for December 13.

Lord, You have given me the ability to decide about my happiness, to fight my battles and to triumph. My hope is placed in You. I give You my abilities so that I can face every situation with the certainty that I can do everything in You. Fill me with strength in the middle of the crisis so that I can leave confident in your parental assistance. Amen.

Readings for Sunday.

First Reading for daily Gospel: Reading from the Book of Isaiah 61:1-2,10-11: "I rejoice with the Lord".

The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up hearts that are broken; to proclaim liberty to captives, freedom to those in prison; to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord. "I exult for joy in the Lord, my soul rejoices in my God, for he has clothed me in the garments of salvation, he has wrapped me in the cloak of integrity, like a bridegroom wearing his wreath, like a bride adorned in her jewels". "For as the earth makes fresh things grow, as a garden makes seeds spring up, so will the Lord make both integrity and praise spring up in the sight of the nations."

Daily Psalm for Sunday.

Daily reading from Luke 1:46-50,53-54: "My soul rejoices in my God." (R).

• My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour. He looks on his servant in her nothingness; henceforth all ages will call me blessed. (R).
• The Almighty works marvels for me. Holy his name! His mercy is from age to age, on those who fear him. (R).
• He fills the starving with good things, sends the rich away empty. He protects Israel, his servant, remembering his mercy. (R).

Second Reading for Sunday.

Second reading from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24: "Always Rejoice and pray at all times.

Be happy at all times; pray constantly; and for all things give thanks to God because this is what God expects you to do in Christ Jesus. Never try to suppress the Spirit or treat the gift of prophecy with contempt; think before you do anything – hold on to what is good and avoid every form of evil. May the God of peace make you perfect and holy; and may you all be kept safe and blameless, spirit, soul and body, for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has called you and he will not fail you.

Daily Gospel Acclamation.

Catholic Daily Reading acclamation: "Alleluia, alleluia! Behold, our Lord will come with power and will enlighten the eyes of his servants. Alleluia!" (Daily readings for today taken from Is 61:1)

Daily Gospel for December 13. John 1:6-8,19-28.

Daily readings Sunday, Gospel for December 13 (The preaching of John the Baptist): At that time, a man came, sent by God. His name was John. He came as a witness, as a witness to speak for the light, so that everyone might believe through him. He was not the light, only a witness to speak for the light. This is how John appeared as a witness. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" he not only declared, but he declared quite openly, "I am not the Christ." "Well then," they asked "are you Elijah?" "I am not" he said. "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No." So they said to him, "Who are you? We must take back an answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?" So, John said, "I am, as Isaiah prophesied: a voice that cries in the wilderness: Make a straight way for the Lord." Now these men had been sent by the Pharisees, and they put this further question to him, "Why are you baptising if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the prophet?" John replied, "I baptise with water; but there stands among you, unknown to you, the one who is coming after me; and I am not fit to undo his sandal-strap." This happened at Bethany, on the far side of the Jordan, where John was baptising". (The catholic daily readings and the Holy Gospel, on this page, are from the Jerusalem Bible)

Daily Readings reflection, by Pope Francis.

"Pope Francis: Prepare your heart for the God who comes"

From daily Reading, we see that the first thing John did, great, was to announce Jesus Christ. Another thing he has done, is that he has not taken over his moral authority. John had been given the possibility to say "I am the Messiah" because he had a lot of moral authority, everybody went to him.

And the daily reading tells us that John was telling everyone to convert. And the Pharisees, the doctors saw this as their strength: "He was a righteous man. They asked him if he was the Messiah. And, in the moment of temptation, of vanity, he could put on a face of circumstance and say, "But, I don´t know..." with a false humility.

"No, I am not. Behind me comes one who is stronger than I am, of whom I am not worthy even to tie the strap of his sandals".

St. John the Baptist has been clear, he has not stolen the title. He has not taken over the work. This, therefore, is the second thing he has done, a real man: not to steal dignity. (Daily Readings reflection, Saint Martha, February 7, 2014).

Daily Prayer Sunday, for Gospel.

Lord of mercy, I surrender before you and allow you to work wonders and great things in me. Change in my life all that does not please you and make you sad. Teach me to hate sin with all my strength so that I may never offend you or fail you. Help me to strive, to turn to you always in my moments of need, and not to faint when trial and pain come. I know that You will not abandon me. Amen. (Healing with the serenity prayer for daily readings and Holy Gospel)

The Pope´s daily quotation.

In a woman´s womb, God and humanity were united so that they would never be separated again. In God will be forever our humanity and Mary will be the Mother of God forever". Pope Francis.

Purpose for daily Gospel.

Even if the test becomes difficult, do not abandon the prayer. Use it at every moment of the day. Even if it is with a short phrase like: "Help me God".

Video of the Daily Readings.

Enjoy now the video meditation for the Catholic Daily Readings for Sunday on December 13, 2020. John 1:6-8,19-28. "To live in joy because there is hope. To be filled with joy because we are recognizing God´s love in our lives. The joy of knowing we are saved in God cannot end with the passing problems" Reflection of the daily reading. Holy Gospel and daily prayer of the Sunday of the 2nd week of Advent.

Serenity prayer for Sunday.

You can meditate now with the serenity prayer for Sunday, December 13, 2020. May the Lord always grant us serenity and peace.

There is no room in your life to lose faith or hope because God always accompanies you, encourages you and blesses you in every step you take. He can light the flame of fire in your heart and put the strength when you feel the weakness coming. Trust.

Map of readings for the day.

• Initial Serenity Prayer.

• Catholic Daily readings.

• Holy Gospel Reading.

• Pope reflection.

• Daily Prayer Sunday for Gospel.

• Daily Gospel Purpose.

• Video meditation for the Gospel.

• Final serenity prayer

Daily Gospel Intentions for December 13.

With the Catholic Daily Readings of the Holy Gospel of John 1:6-8,19-28, let us pray for all those prayer intentions for today, Sunday, that you wish to express. When you meditate on the usccb daily readings, you deepen your personal relationship with God and grow in love. "Knowing that we have been saved by the Grace of God, we recognize ourselves as sinners, we show repentance to be filled after the joy of belonging to the group of worshipers who live in the love of God. Let us leave behind our life of sin. Let us fill ourselves with joy, confidence and hope. We feel that Jesus lives close to us, within us. Our life takes on meaning in Him". With the daily readings Sunday, and praying with the daily prayer, come to write down in the commentaries all that you want God to give you or heal you through the reading of his Word in the Daily Reading for December 13, 2020. God blesses you.