January 21 – Memorial of Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
In today’s gospel, (click here) Jesus goes up the mountain, calls twelve and appoints them as apostles, so that he could send them forth to preach and have authority to drive out demons.
So it is with us: Jesus, once we know him a bit, calls us by name, claims us for his own, and will send us to proclaim the good news. He doesn’t wait until we know everything. He knows that we will get it wrong from time to time. He hopes we will depend upon the Holy Spirit. Christ is counting on us. I am counting on Christ. What say you?
Deacon Tom
Weekly reading
Weekly reading
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Readings for the week of January 16, 2022
- Sunday: Is 62:1-5 / Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 [3] / 1 Cor 12:4-11 / Jn 2:1-11
- Monday: 1 Sm 15:16-23 / Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23 / Mk 2:18-22
- Tuesday: 1 Sm 16:1-13 / Ps 89:20, 21-22, 27-28 / Mk 2:23-28
- Wednesday: 1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51 / Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10 / Mk 3:1-6
- Thursday: 1 Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7 / Ps 56:2-3, 9-10a, 10b-11, 12-13 / Mk 3:7-12
- Friday: 1 Sm 24:3-21 / Ps 57:2, 3-4, 6 and 11 / Mk 3:13-19
- Saturday: 2 Sm 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27 / Ps 80:2-3, 5-7 / Mk 3:20-21
- Next Sunday: Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 / Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15 / 1 Cor 12:12-30 or 12:12-14, 27 / Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21