Mass Readings - Sunday, 26th January 2020

FIRST READING
A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah    8:23-9:3
In Galilee of the nations the people have seen a great light.

In days past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of
Naphtali, but in days to come he will confer glory on the Way of the
Sea on the far side of Jordan, province of the nations.
The people that walked in darkness
has seen a great light;
on those who live in a land of deep shadow
a light has shone.
You have made their gladness greater,
you have made their joy increase;
they rejoice in your presence
as men rejoice at harvest time,
as men are happy when they are dividing the spoils.
For the yoke that was weighing on him,
the bar across his shoulders,
the rod of his oppressor,
these you break as on the day of Midian.

The Word of the Lord



Responsorial Psalm    Ps 26
Response:    The Lord is my light and my help.

1. The Lord is my light and my help;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
before whom shall I shrink?

2. There is one thing I ask of the Lord,
for this I long,
to live in the house of the Lord,
all the days of my life,
to savour the sweetness of the Lord,
to behold his temple.

3. I am sure I shall see the Lord’s goodness
in the land of the living.
Hope in him, hold firm and take heart.
Hope in the Lord!



SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to Corinthians    1:10-13. 17
Make up the difference between you instead of disagreeing among
yourselves

I appeal to you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to
make up the differences between you, and instead of disagreeing
among yourselves, to be united again in your belief and practice.
From what Chloe’s people have been telling me, my dear brothers,
it is clear that there are serious differences among you. What I mean
are all these slogans that you have, like: ‘I am for Paul,’ ‘I am for
Apollos,’ ‘I am for Cephas,’ ‘I am for Christ’. Has Christ been
parcelled out? Was it Paul that was crucified for you? Were you
baptised in the name of Paul?
For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the Good News,
and not to preach that in the terms of philosophy in which the
crucifixion of Christ cannot be expressed.

The Word of the Lord


Gospel Acclamation   Mt 4:23

Alleluia, alleluia!
Jesus proclaimed the Good News of the kingdom,
and cured all kinds of sickness among the people
Alleluia!

or Jn   1:14

Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessings on the King who comes, in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven and glory in the highest heavens!
Alleluia!



Gospel
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew    4:12-23
Jesus went and settled in Capernaum: in this way the prophecy of
Isaiah was fulfilled

Hearing that John had been arrested Jesus went back to Galilee,
and leaving Nazareth he went and settled in Capernaum, a lakeside
town on the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali. In this way the
prophecy of Isaiah was to be fulfilled:
‘Land of Zebulun! Land of Naphtali!
Way of the sea on the far side of Jordan,
Galilee of the nations!
The people that lived in darkness
has seen a great light;
on those who dwell in the land and shadow of death
a light has dawned.’
From that moment Jesus began his preaching with the message,
‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.’
As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon,
who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew; they were making a
cast in the lake with their net, for they were fishermen. And he said to
them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.’ And they left
their nets at once and followed him. Going on from there he saw
another pair of brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother
John; they were in their boat with their father Zebedee, mending
their nets, and he called them. At once, leaving the boat and their
father, they followed him.
Going on from there he saw another pair of brothers, James son of
Zebedee and his brother John; they were in their boat with their
father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. At once
leaving the boat and their father, they followed him.
He went round the whole of Galilee teaching in their synagogue
proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom and curing all kinds
diseases and sickness among the people.

The Gospel of the Lord

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Shorter form of the

GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew    4:12-23
Jesus went and settled in Capernaum: in this way the prophecy of

Isaiah was fulfilled

Hearing that John had been arrested Jesus went back to
Galilee, and leaving Nazareth he went and settled in Capernaum, a
lakeside town on the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali. In this way
the prophecy of Isaiah was to be fulfilled:
‘Land of Zebulun! Land of Naphtali!
Way of the sea on the far side of Jordan,
Galilee of the nations!
The people that lived in darkness
has seen a great light;
on those who dwell in the land and shadow of death
a light has dawned.’
From that moment Jesus began his preaching with the message,
‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand’.

The Gospel of the Lord