Daily Gospel for Thursday. Daily Readings & prayer, December 3, 2020

Catholic Daily Readings for the Holy Gospel, December 3, 2020. Reflection on daily Gospel of Matthew 7:21,24-27 - "The Lord is our rock forever, our safe haven that makes our foundations never to be torn down. In Him, we trust. If we hold his hand, our faith and hope will grow, and we may fall, but we will never be cast down forever". Let us meditate through the Pope´s reflections to Holy Gospel. Daily Readings and the daily Prayer for your life to get serenity and inner peace on the first Thursday of Advent. Get the healing in this usccb Daily Readings Thursday.

Serenity prayer for December 3.

Lord God, I do not want to be tempted to speak words that might hurt others. Sometimes, I get carried away by reactive emotions that make me say or do things that I later regret. O my God, give me the light of your Holy Spirit and let him guide me to act rightly. I want my lips to glorify you. Help me to make decisions that will straighten out my ways. In your name I commit my life. Through this daily readings, in your hands, Oh Lord, I place all my purposes and dreams to be fulfilled. Amen.

Readings for Thursday.

First Reading for daily Gospel: Reading from the book of Isaiah 26:1-6: "Trust in the Lord forever because the Lord is the Rock".

Daily Psalm for Thursday.

Psalm 117(118):1,8-9,19-21,25-27: "Blessed in the name of the Lord is he who comes." (R).

• Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in men; it is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. (R).
• Open to me the gates of holiness: I will enter and give thanks. This is the Lord´s own gate where the just may enter. I will thank you for you have answered and you are my Saviour. (R).
• O Lord, grant us salvation; O Lord, grant success. Blessed in the name of the Lord is he who comes. We bless you from the house of the Lord; the Lord God is our light.

Daily Gospel Acclamation.

Catholic Daily Reading acclamation: "Alleluia, alleluia! Shout with a loud voice, joyful messenger to Jerusalem. Here is the Lord God coming with power. Alleluia!" (Daily readings for today extracted of Is 40:9-10.)

Daily Gospel for December 3. Matthew 7:21,24-27.

Daily readings Thursday, Gospel for December 3 (We must know how to build the house on the Rock of Christ.): At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: "It is not those who say to me, "Lord, Lord," who will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven. Therefore, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and hurled themselves against that house, and it did not fall: it was founded on rock. But everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand. Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and struck that house, and it fell; and what a fall it had!". (The catholic daily readings and the Holy Gospel, on this page, are from the Jerusalem Bible)

Daily Readings reflection, by Pope Francis.

"Pope Francis: May we never lack the rock of God´s love"

In the daily Readings, Jesus says: "Whoever hears my words and puts them into practice will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock On the other hand, he who hears the words but does not make them his own, lets them pass by, that is, does not listen seriously and does not put them into practice, will be like the man who builds his house on the sand". And we know the result.

When Jesus puts the people on guard against the pseudo-prophets, he says: "By their fruits they will know them. And here, of their attitude: so many words, they speak, they do wonders, they do great things, but they do not have an open heart to listen to the word of God, they are afraid of the silence of the word of God and these are the pseudo Christians, the pseudo shepherds. It is true, they do good things, it is true, but they lack the rock.

They lack the rock of God´s love, the rock of God´s word. And without this rock they cannot prophesy, they cannot build: they pretend because in the end everything falls apart. They are the pseudo-shepherds, the worldly shepherds; even the shepherds or Christians who talk too much, are afraid of silence, perhaps they do too much. But they are not capable of listening, they do what they say, they do their thing, but not God´s.

Through daily reading, let us remember these three words, they are a sign: do, listen, speak. One who only speaks and does, is not a true prophet, is not a true Christian, and in the end everything will fall apart: he is not on the rock of God´s love, he is not firm as the rock.

One who knows how to listen and from listening does, with the strength of another´s word, not his own, that one remains firm. Even if he is a humble person, which does not seem important, but how many of these great ones are there in the Church.

How many great bishops, how many great priests, how many great faithful who know how to listen and to listen do. An example of our days is Mother Teresa of Calcutta who did not speak, and in the silence she knew how to listen and did so much! Neither she nor her work collapsed. The great ones know how to listen, and they listen because their trust and their strength is in the rock of the love of Jesus Christ. (Daily Readings reflection, Saint Martha, June 25, 2015).

Daily Prayer Thursday, for Gospel.

My dear Father, You have called me to hope, to keep faith in the midst of uncertainty. Today, I thank you for the life you have given me. At the same time I ask you to give me the grace to respond to that faith with a sincere heart. May my words be transformed into actions, may my desire to love you transcend barriers and be a springboard of hope for others. Give me a humble and passionate heart. I place myself in your hands, all that I have and what I am. Come Lord. Amen. (Healing with the serenity prayer for daily readings and Holy Gospel)

The Pope´s daily quotation.

"Each person is unique and unrepeatable. Let us renew our efforts so that people with disabilities are always welcome in the communities where they live". Pope Francis.

Purpose for daily Gospel.

In my daily prayer I will include a thanksgiving to God. I will ask for his protection and that he may cover me with the shield of faith at all times.

Video of the Daily Readings.

Enjoy now the video meditation for the Catholic Daily Readings for Thursday on December 3, 2020. Matthew 7:21,24-27. "God is the true Rock that sustains us. With Him, our boat will be able to reach port safely despite the storms and violent blizzards to which we are vulnerable.". Holy Gospel and daily prayer of the Thursday of the 1st week of Advent.

Serenity prayer for Thursday.

You can meditate now with the serenity prayer for Thursday, December 3, 2020. May the Lord always grant us serenity and peace.

"You have to be sure that the God of the impossible will not fail his promise of love in your life and will always help you in the most difficult moments. Courage. Be sure that God is on your side and will give you everything you need to move forward and succeed. He has empowered you with wonderful gifts and talents with which you can achieve happiness. Trust in Him." 

Map of readings for the day.

• Initial Serenity Prayer.

• Catholic Daily readings.

• Holy Gospel Reading.

• Pope reflection.

• Daily Prayer Thursday for Gospel.

• Daily Gospel Purpose.

• Video meditation for the Gospel.

• Final serenity prayer

Daily Gospel Intentions for December 3.

With the Catholic Daily Readings of the Holy Gospel of Matthew 7:21,24-27, let us pray for all those prayer intentions for today, Thursday, that you wish to express. When you meditate on the usccb daily readings, you deepen your personal relationship with God and grow in love. "It is true that in this life we can all face great problems and difficulties, but if our foundations are firm, if our hope is placed in the Rock which is the Lord, there will be nothing and no one to prevent us from achieving happiness. We will never be defeated by any adverse circumstances if we make God our Rock". With the daily readings Thursday, 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 Readings for December 3, 2020. God blesses you.