Wednesday January 15, 2020 1st Week in Ordinary Time 1st Reading: 1 Sam 3: 1-10; 19-20 Gospel: Mark 1:29-39 (…) As Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with fever, they immediately told him about her. Jesus went to her and taking her by the hand, raised her up. The fever left her and she began […]
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 1st Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: 1 Sm 1:9–20 Gospel Reading: Mark 1:21-28 JESUS and his disciples went into the town of Capernaum and began to teach in the synagogue during the Sabbath assemblies. The people were astonished at the way he taught, for he spoke as one having authority […]
Monday, January 13, 2020 1st Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: 1 Sm 1:1–8 Gospel Reading: Mk 1:14 –20 AFTER John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” As he passed […]
Saturday, January 11, 2020 First Reading: 1 Jn 5:14-21 Gospel Reading: Jn 3:22-30 After this, Jesus and his disciples went into the region of Judea, where he spent some time with them baptizing. John was also baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there, and people came to be baptized, […]
Friday January 10, 2020 After Epiphany First Reading: 1 Jn 5:5-13 Gospel Reading: Lk 5:12-16 ONE day in another town, a man came to Jesus covered with leprosy. On seeing him he bowed down to the ground, and said, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.” Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched […]
Tuesday, January 7, 2020 First Reading: 1 Jn 4:7-10 Gospel Reading: Mk 6:34-44 AS Jesus went ashore he saw a large crowd, and he had compassion on them for they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began a long teaching session with them. It was now getting late, so his disciples came […]
Monday, January 06, 2020 First Reading: 1 John 3:22–4:6 Gospel Reading: Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25 WHEN Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might […]
January 05, 2019 Sunday, Epiphany of the Lord 1st Reading: Is 60:1–6 2nd Reading: Eph 3:2–3a, 5-6 Gospel: Mt 2:1-12 WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Judea, during the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem. They asked, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw the […]
Saturday, January 4, 2020 First Reading: 1 Jn 3:7-10 Gospel Reading: John 1:35-42 John was standing in Bethabara beyond the Jordan with two of his disciples. As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and said, “There is the Lamb of God.” On hearing this, the two disciples followed Jesus. He turned and saw them […]
January 3, 2020 Friday Before Epiphany 1st Reading: 1 Jn 2:29-3:6 Gospel: Jn 1:29-34 WHEN John saw Jesus coming towards him, he said, “There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. It is he of whom I said: A man comes after me who is already ahead of me, […]
1st Sunday of Lent First Reading: Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Second Reading: Rom 5:12-19 Gospel Reading: Mt 4:1-11 At that time, the Spirit led Jesus into the desert that he be put to the test by the devil. After spending forty days and nights without food, Jesus was hungry. Then the devil came to him and […]