First Reading

1 John 1:5—2:2

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 123

2if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us, 3perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us, 4perhaps the waters would have engulfed us. 5Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water. 6Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth. 7Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed. 8Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Gospel

Matthew 2:13-18

13And after they had gone away, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: “Rise up, and take the boy and his mother, and flee into Egypt. And remain there until I tell you. For it will happen that Herod will seek the boy to destroy him.” 14And getting up, he took the boy and his mother by night, and withdrew into Egypt. 15And he remained there, until the death of Herod, in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Out of Egypt, I called my son.” 16Then Herod, seeing that he had been fooled by the Magi, was very angry. And so he sent to kill all the boys who were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years of age and under, according to the time that he had learned by questioning the Magi. 17Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, saying: 18“A voice has been heard in Ramah, great weeping and wailing: Rachel crying for her sons. And she was not willing to be consoled, because they were no more.”