Thursday, 7 January 2027
Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest
Readings for the universal ChurchGeneral Roman Calendar, used by Catholics worldwide
First Reading
4:19Let us therefore love God, because God first hath loved us. 20If any man say, I love God, and hateth his brother; he is a liar. For he that loveth not his brother, whom he seeth, how can he love God, whom he seeth not? 21And this commandment we have from God, that he, who loveth God, love also his brother.
5:1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And every one that loveth him who begot, loveth him also who is born of him. 2In this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3For this is the charity of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not heavy. 4For whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith.
Responsorial Psalm
1A psalm on Solomon.
2Give to the king thy judgment, O God: and to the king's son thy justice: To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment.
14He shall redeem their souls from usuries and iniquity: and their names shall be honourable in his sight.
15And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Arabia, for him they shall always adore: they shall bless him all the day.
17Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him.
Gospel
14And Jesus returned in the power of the spirit, into Galilee, and the fame of him went out through the whole country. 15And he taught in their synagogues, and was magnified by all. 16And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he went into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day; and he rose up to read. 17And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as he unfolded the book, he found the place where it was written: 18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart, 19To preach deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of reward. 20And when he had folded the book, he restored it to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21And he began to say to them: This day is fulfilled this scripture in your ears. 22And all gave testimony to him: and they wondered at the words of grace that proceeded from his mouth, and they said: Is not this the son of Joseph?
Same readings worldwide and in the United States.
Text: Douay-Rheims (public domain). Reading citations: cpbjr/catholic-readings-api (MIT license). The Lectionary text used at Mass in the United States is the NABRE, which you can read at USCCB.