Monday 20 January 2025 (other days)
Monday of week 2 in Ordinary Time
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Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).
| First reading | Hebrews 5:1-10 |
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‘Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.’
Every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people. And no one takes this honour for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.
So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, ‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you’; as he says also in another place, ‘You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.’
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Ps 110(109):1. 2. 3. 4. ℟4bc |
You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
The Lord’s revelation to my lord:
‘Sit at my right hand,
until I make your foes your footstool.’
You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
The Lord will send from Sion
your sceptre of power:
rule in the midst of your foes.
You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
With you is princely rule
on the day of your power.
In holy splendour, from the womb before the dawn,
I have begotten you.
You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
The Lord has sworn an oath he will not change:
‘You are a priest for ever,
according to the order of Melchizedek.’
You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
| Gospel Acclamation | Hebrews 4:12 |
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Alleluia, alleluia.
The word of God is living and active,
discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Alleluia.
| Gospel | Mark 2:18-22 |
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‘The bridegroom is with them.’
At that time: John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to Jesus, ‘Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?’ And Jesus said to them, ‘Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins — and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.’
Universalis podcast: The week ahead – from 19 to 25 January
The wedding-feast at Cana. Joy, pleasure and delight. (18 minutes)
Episode notes.
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Dates
Today
(Automatic)Sun 19 January
2nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeMon 20 January
Monday of week 2 in Ordinary Timeor Saint Fabian, Pope, Martyr
or Saint Sebastian, Martyr