Saturday, January 09,
2016
Solemnity of the
Baptism of Our LORD
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7
1 Here is my servant
whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul delights. I have sent my spirit
upon him, he will bring fair judgement to the nations.
2 He does not cry out
or raise his voice, his voice is not heard in the street;
3 he does not break the
crushed reed or snuff the faltering wick. Faithfully he presents fair
judgement;
4 he will not grow
faint, he will not be crushed until he has established fair judgement on earth,
and the coasts and islands are waiting for his instruction.
6 I, Yahweh, have
called you in saving justice, I have grasped you by the hand and shaped you; I
have made you a covenant of the people and light to the nations,
7 to open the eyes of
the blind, to free captives from prison, and those who live in darkness from
the dungeon.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 29:1-2, 3-4,
3, 9-10
1 [Psalm Of David] Give
Yahweh his due, sons of God, give Yahweh his due of glory and strength,
2 give Yahweh the glory
due to his name, adore Yahweh in the splendour of holiness.
3 Yahweh's voice over
the waters, the God of glory thunders; Yahweh over countless waters,
4 Yahweh's voice in
power, Yahweh's voice in splendour;
9 Yahweh's voice
convulses terebinths, strips forests bare. In his palace all cry, 'Glory!'
10 Yahweh was enthroned
for the flood, Yahweh is enthroned as king for ever.
Second Reading
Acts of the Apostles
10:34-38
34 Then Peter addressed
them, 'I now really understand', he said, 'that God has no favourites,
35 but that anybody of
any nationality who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
36 'God sent his word to
the people of Israel, and it was to them that the good news of peace was
brought by Jesus Christ -- he is the Lord of all.
37 You know what
happened all over Judaea, how Jesus of Nazareth began in Galilee, after John
had been preaching baptism.
38 God had anointed him
with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went
about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
Luke 3:15-16, 21-22
15 A feeling of
expectancy had grown among the people, who were beginning to wonder whether
John might be the Christ,
16 so John declared
before them all, 'I baptise you with water, but someone is coming, who is more
powerful than me, and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandals; he will
baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
21 Now it happened that
when all the people had been baptised and while Jesus after his own baptism was
at prayer, heaven opened
22 and the Holy Spirit
descended on him in a physical form, like a dove. And a voice came from heaven,
'You are my Son; today have I fathered you.'
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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