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Tuesday, 19 January 2027

Tuesday of the 2nd week of Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time · Green

Readings for the universal ChurchGeneral Roman Calendar, used by Catholics worldwide

First Reading

Hebrews 6:10-20

10For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work, and the love which you have shewn in his name, you who have ministered, and do minister to the saints. 11And we desire that every one of you shew forth the same carefulness to the accomplishing of hope unto the end: 12That you become not slothful, but followers of them, who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises. 13For God making promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom he might swear, swore by himself, 14Saying: Unless blessing I shall bless thee, and multiplying I shall multiply thee. 15And so patiently enduring he obtained the promise. 16For men swear by one greater than themselves: and an oath for confirmation is the end of all their controversy. 17Wherein God, meaning more abundantly to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed an oath: 18That by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest comfort, who have fled for refuge to hold fast the hope set before us. 19Which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and which entereth in even within the veil; 20Where the forerunner Jesus is entered for us, made a high priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 111:1-2, 4-5, 9, 10c

1I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; in the council of the just: and in the congregation.

2Great are the works of the Lord: sought out according to all his wills.

4He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord:

5He hath given food to them that fear him. He will be mindful for ever of his covenant:

9He hath sent redemption to his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever. Holy and terrible is his name:

10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good understanding to all that do it: his praise continueth for ever and ever.

Gospel

Mark 2:23-28

23And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began to go forward, and to pluck the ears of corn. 24And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? 25And he said to them: Have you never read what David did when he had need, and was hungry himself, and they that were with him? 26How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which was not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to them who were with him? 27And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. 28Therefore the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also.

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.