January 3, 2015 Christmas Weekday
• 04:08 AM Sat Jan 3, 2015
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First Reading
If you
consider that God is righteous, you also know that everyone who acts in
righteousness is begotten by him.
See what love
the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so
we are.
The reason the
world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s
children now what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when
it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone
who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure.
Everyone who
commits sin commits lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness. You know that he was
revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who remains in
him sins no one who sins has seen him or known him.
Responsorial Psalm
R. All the
ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing to the
LORD a new song, for he has done wondrous deeds His right hand has won victory
for him, his holy arm.
R. All the
ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
All the ends
of the earth have seen the salvation by our God. Sing joyfully to the LORD, all
you lands break into song sing praise.
R. All the
ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing praise
to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and melodious song. With trumpets and
the sound of the horn sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.
R. All the
ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Gospel JN 1:29-34
John the
Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
Behold, the
Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said,
‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’ I
did not know him, but the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he
might be made known to Israel.” John testified further, saying,
I saw the
Spirit come down like a dove from the sky and remain upon him. I did not know
him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me,
‘On whomever
you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with
the Holy Spirit.’
Now I have
seen and testified that he is the Son of God.”