Mass Reading: Sunday, 17th January 2021

FIRST READING
A reading from the first book of Samuel 3:3-10. 19
Theme: Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.

Samuel was lying in the sanctuary of the Lord where the ark of God was,
when the Lord called, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ He answered, ‘Here I am.’ Then he
ran to Eli and said, ‘Here I am, since you called me.’ Eli said, ‘I did not call.
Go back and lie down.’ So he went and lay down. Once again the Lord called,
‘Samuel! Samuel!’ Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, ‘Here I am, since
you called me.’ He replied, ‘I did not call you, my son; go back and lie down.’
Samuel had as yet no knowledge of the Lord and the word of the Lord had
not yet been revealed to him. Once again the Lord called, the third time. He
got up and went to Eli and said, ‘Here I am, since you called me.’ Eli then
understood that it was the Lord who was calling the boy, and he said to
Samuel, ‘Go and lie down, and if someone calls say, “Speak, Lord, your
servant is listening.”’ So Samuel went and lay down in his place. The Lord
then came and stood by, calling as he had done before, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’
Samuel answered, ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.’
Samuel grew up and the Lord was with him and let no word of his fall to the
ground.

The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm   Ps 39

Response Here I am, Lord! I come to do your will.

1. I waited, I waited for the Lord
and he stooped down to me;
he heard my cry.
He put a new song into my mouth,
praise of our God.

2. You do not ask for sacrifice and offerings,
but an open ear.
You do not ask for holocaust and victim.
Instead, here am I.

3. In the scroll of the book it stands written
that I should do your will.
My God, I delight in your law
in the depth of my heart.

4. Your justice I have proclaimed
in the great assembly.
My lips I have not sealed;
you know it, O Lord.

SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 6:13-15.17-20
Theme: Your bodies are members making up the body of Christ.

The body is not meant for fornication; it is for the Lord, and the Lord for the
body. God who raised the Lord from the dead, will by his power raise us up
too.
You know, surely, that your bodies are members making up the body of
Christ; anyone who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.
Keep away from fornication. All the other sins are committed outside the
body; but to fornicate is to sin against your own body. Your body, you know,
is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you since you received him from
God. You are not your own property; you have been bought and paid for.
That is why you should use your body for the glory of God.

The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation  1 Sam 3:9

Alleluia, alleluia!
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening:
you have the message of eternal life.
Alleluia!

Or   Jn 1: 41

Alleluia, alleluia!
We have found the Messiah which means the Christ
grace and truth have come through him.
Alleluia!

GOSPEL

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 1:35-42

They saw where he lived, and stayed with him.

As John stood with two of his disciples, Jesus passed, and John stared hard

at him and said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God.’ Hearing this, the two

disciples followed Jesus. Jesus turned round, saw them following and

said, ‘What do you want?‘ They answered, ‘Rabbi,’ – which means Teacher –

‘where do you live?’ ‘Come and see’ he replied; so they went and saw where

he lived, and stayed with him the rest of that day. It was about the tenth hour.

One of these two who became followers of Jesus after hearing what John had

said was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. Early next morning, Andrew

met his brother and said to him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ – which means

the Christ – and he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked hard at him and

said, ‘You are Simon son of John; you are to be called Cephas’ – meaning

Rock.

The Gospel of the Lord.