January Readings

Readings and Psalms

Sunday, January 3

• Jeremiah 31:7-14
  Joy at the gathering of God’s scattered flock
• Sirach 24:1-12 (alternate)
  Wisdom lives among God’s people
• Psalm 147:12-20
  Worship the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. (Ps. 147:12)
• Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21 (alternate)
  We sing, O Lord, to your holy name. (Ws. 10:20)
• Ephesians 1:3-14
  The will of God made known in Christ
• John 1:[1-9] 10-18
  God with us: the incarnation of the Word

Readings and Psalm

Sunday, January 10

• Genesis 1:1-5
  God creates light God creates light
• Psalm 29
  The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. (Ps. 29:3)
• Acts 19:1-7
  Baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus
• Mark 1:4-11
  Revelation of Christ as God’s servant

Readings and Psalm

Sunday, January 17

• 1 Samuel 3:1-10 [11-20]
  The calling of Samuel
• Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
  You have searched me out and known me. (Ps. 139:1)
• 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
  Glorify God in your body
• John 1:43-51
  The calling of the first disciples

Readings and Psalm

Sunday, January 24

• Jonah 3:1-5, 10
  Repentance at Nineveh
• Psalm 62:5-12
  God alone is my rock and my salvation. (Ps. 62:6)
• 1 Corinthians 7:29-31
  Living in the end times
• Mark 1:14-20
  The calling of the disciples at the sea

Readings and Psalm

Sunday, January 31

• Deuteronomy 18:15-20
  The prophet speaks with God’s authority
• Psalm 111
  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. (Ps. 111:10)
• 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
  Limits to liberty: the case of food offered to idols
• Mark 1:21-28
  The healing of one with an unclean spirit