Scriptural Snippets.

Yesterday was Gaudete ("rejoice") Sunday. How can anyone rejoice in these times of ignorance, death, hatred, disease, famine, pestilence, fear, war, lust, and lies?

Simple. God Himself came here and gave us a Way out. And He's coming back, kiddies, so prepare yourselves.

Here are the readings from yesterday's Mass.


First Reading
Sophonias 3:14-18:

3:14. Give praise, O daughter of Sion: shout, O Israel: be glad, and rejoice with all thy heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Lauda filia Sion iubilate Israhel laetare et exulta in omni corde filia Hierusalem

3:15. The Lord hath taken away thy judgment, he hath turned away thy enemies: the king of Israel, the Lord, is in the midst of thee, thou shalt fear evil no more.
Abstulit Dominus iudicium tuum avertit inimicos tuos rex Israhel Dominus in medio tui non timebis malum ultra

3:16. In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Fear not: to Sion: Let not thy hands be weakened.
In die illa dicetur Hierusalem noli timere Sion non dissolvantur manus tuae

3:17. The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty, he will save: he will rejoice over thee with gladness, he will be silent in his love, he will be joyful over thee in praise.
Dominus Deus tuus in medio tui Fortis ipse salvabit gaudebit super te in laetitia silebit in dilectione tua exultabit super te in laude

3:18. The triflers that were departed from the law, I will gather together, because they were of thee: that thou mayest no more suffer reproach for them.
Nugas qui a lege recesserant congregabo quia ex te erant ut non ultra habeas super eis obprobrium


Responsorial
Isaias 12:2-3, 4, 5-6

12:2. Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal confidently, and will not fear: because the Lord is my strength, and my praise, and he is become my salvation.
Ecce Deus salvator meus fiducialiter agam et non timebo quia fortitudo mea et laus mea Dominus Deus et factus est mihi in salutem

12:3. Thou shall draw waters with joy out of the saviour's fountains:
Haurietis aquas in gaudio de fontibus salvatoris

12:4. And you shall say in that day: Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make his works known among the people: remember that his name is high.
Et dicetis in illa die confitemini Domino et invocate nomen eius notas facite in populis adinventiones eius mementote quoniam excelsum est nomen eius

12:5. Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done great things: show this forth in all the earth.
Cantate Domino quoniam magnifice fecit adnuntiate hoc in universa terra

12:6. Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Sion: for great is he that is in the midst of thee, the Holy One of Israel.
Exulta et lauda habitatio Sion quia magnus in medio tui Sanctus Israhel


Second Reading
Philippians 4:4-7

4:4. Rejoice in the Lord always: again, I say, rejoice.
Gaudete in Domino semper iterum dico gaudete

4:5. Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is nigh. Modestia vestra nota sit omnibus hominibus Dominus prope

4:6. Be nothing solicitous: but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.
Nihil solliciti sitis sed in omni oratione et obsecratione cum gratiarum actione petitiones vestrae innotescant apud Deum

4:7. And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Et pax Dei quae exsuperat omnem sensum custodiat corda vestra et intellegentias vestras in Christo Iesu


Gospel Reading
Luke 3:10-18

3:10. And the people asked him, saying: What then shall we do? Et interrogabant eum turbae dicentes quid ergo faciemus

3:11. And he answering, said to them: He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do in like manner.
Respondens autem dicebat illis qui habet duas tunicas det non habenti et qui habet escas similiter faciat

3:12. And the publicans also came to be baptized and said to him: Master, what shall we do?
Venerunt autem et publicani ut baptizarentur et dixerunt ad illum magister quid faciemus

3:13. But he said to them: Do nothing more than that which is appointed you.
At ille dixit ad eos nihil amplius quam quod constitutum est vobis faciatis

3:14. And the soldiers also asked him, saying: And what shall we do? And he said to them: Do violence to no man, neither calumniate any man; and be content with your pay. Interrogabant autem eum et milites dicentes quid faciemus et nos et ait illis neminem concutiatis neque calumniam faciatis et contenti estote stipendiis vestris

3:15. And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ: Existimante autem populo et cogitantibus omnibus in cordibus suis de Iohanne ne forte ipse esset Christus

3:16. John answered, saying unto all: I indeed baptize you with water: but there shall come one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire;
Respondit Iohannes dicens omnibus ego quidem aqua baptizo vos venit autem fortior me cuius non sum dignus solvere corrigiam calciamentorum eius ipse vos baptizabit in Spiritu Sancto et igni

3:17. Whose fan is in his hand: and he will purge his floor and will gather the wheat into his barn: but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
Cuius ventilabrum in manu eius et purgabit aream suam et congregabit triticum in horreum suum paleas autem conburet igni inextinguibili

3:18. And many other things exhorting did he preach to the people.
Multa quidem et alia exhortans evangelizabat populum