1st Reading: Is 61:1-2.10-11
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners, to announce a year of favor from the Lord and a day of vindication by our God.
I rejoice heartily in the Lord, in my God is the joy of my soul; for he has clothed me with a robe of salvation and wrapped me in a mantle of justice, like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem, like a bride bedecked with her jewels.
As the earth brings forth its plants, and a garden makes its growth spring up, so will the Lord God make justice and praise spring up before all the nations.
Responsorial Psalm Lk 1
R –My soul rejoices in my God!
* My soul proclaims the
greatness of the Lord; my spirit
rejoices in God my Savior, for
he has looked upon his lowly
servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed. R.
* The Almighty has done
great things for me, and holy
is his Name. He has mercy on
those who fear him in every
generation. R.
* He has filled the hungry
with good things, and the rich
he has sent away empty. He has
come to the help of his servant
Israel for he has remembered
his promise of mercy. R.
2nd Reading: 1 Thes 5:16-24
Brothers and sisters: Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give
thanks, for this is the will of
God for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not quench the Spirit.
Do not despise prophetic utterances. Test everything; retain
what is good. Refrain from every kind of evil.
May the God of peace make
you perfectly holy and may you
entirely, spirit, soul, and body,
be preserved blameless for
the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ. The one who calls you
is faithful, and he will also accomplish it.
Gospel Acclamation Is 61:1
All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me, because he has
anointed me to bring glad
tidings to the poor.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Jn 1:6-8.19-28
A man named John was
sent from God. He came for
testimony, to testify to the
light, so that all might believe
through him. He was not the
light, but came to testify to the
light.
And this is the testimony
of John. When the Jews from
Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to him to ask him,
“Who are you?” he admitted
and did not deny it, but admitted, “I am not the Christ.”
So they asked him, “What are
you then? Are you Elijah?”
And he said, “I am not.” “Are
you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.” So they said to
him, “Who are you, so we can
give an answer to those who
sent us? What do you have to
say about yourself?” He said:
“ ‘I am the voice of one crying
out in the desert, make straight
the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah
the prophet said.”
Some Pharisees were also
sent. They asked him, “Why
then do you baptize if you are
not the Christ or Elijah or the
Prophet?” John answered
them, “I baptize with water;
but there is one among you
whom you do not recognize,
the one who is coming after me,
whose sandal strap I am not
worthy to untie.”
This happened in Bethany
across the Jordan, where John
was baptizing.
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