Gospel
text (Luke 3,1-6): It
was the fifteenth year of the rule of the Emperor Tiberius; Pontius Pilatus was
governor of Judea; Herod ruled over Galilee, his brother Philip ruled over the
country of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias over Abilene. Annas and
Caiaphas were the High Priests at that time when the word of God came to John,
the son of Zechariah in the desert. John proclaimed a baptism for repentant
people to obtain forgiveness of sins and he went through the whole country
bordering the Jordan River. It was just as is written in the book of the
prophet Isaiah: listen to this voice crying out in the desert: «Prepare the way
of the Lord, make his path straight. The valleys will be filled and the
mountains and hills made low. Everything crooked will be made straight and the rough
paths smooth; and every mortal will see the salvation of God».
Gospel text ( L uke 11,1-4): One day Jesus was praying in a certain place and when He had finished, one of his disciples said to him, «Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples». And Jesus said to them, «When you pray, say this: Father, hallowed be your name, may your kingdom come, give us each day the kind of bread we need, and forgive us our sins, for we also for-give all who do us wrong, and do not bring us to the test»
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