Friday, 22 January 2027
Saint Vincent, Deacon and Martyr
Readings for the universal ChurchGeneral Roman Calendar, used by Catholics worldwide
First Reading
6But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament, which is established on better promises. 7For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a place have been sought for a second. 8For finding fault with them, he saith: Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord: and I will perfect unto the house of Israel, and unto the house of Juda, a new testament: 9Not according to the testament which I made to their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt: because they continued not in my testament: and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10For this is the testament which I will make to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my laws into their mind, and in their heart will I write them: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: 11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me from the least to the greatest of them: 12Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more. 13Now in saying a new, he hath made the former old. And that which decayeth and groweth old, is near its end.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 85:8 and 10, 11-12, 13-14
8Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy; and grant us thy salvation.
10Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him: that glory may dwell in our land.
11Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed.
12Truth is sprung out of the earth: and justice hath looked down from heaven.
13For the Lord will give goodness: and our earth shall yield her fruit.
14Justice shall walk before him: and shall set his steps in the way.
Gospel
13And going up into a mountain, he called unto him whom he would himself: and they came to him. 14And he made that twelve should be with him, and that he might send them to preach. 15And he gave them power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils. 16And to Simon he gave the name Peter: 17And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he named them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18And Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomew and Matthew, and Thomas and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananean: 19And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
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.