Readings for
January 22, 2026
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
Mass of the Day
Reading I
1 Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7
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Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 56:2-3, 9-10, 10-11, 12-13
2I - Have mercy on me, God, for I am treated harshly; attackers press me all the day.
3My foes treat me harshly all the day; yes, many are my attackers. O Most High,
9My wanderings you have noted; are my tears not stored in your flask, recorded in your book?
10My foes turn back when I call on you. This I know: God is on my side.
11I praise the word of God, I praise the word of the LORD.
12In God I trust, I do not fear. What can man do to me?
13III - I have made vows to you, God; with offerings I will fulfill them,
Alleluia
2 Timothy 1:10
10but now made manifest through the appearance of our savior Christ Jesus, who destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
Gospel
Mark 3:7-12
7The Mercy of Jesus. Jesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples. A large number of people [followed] from Galilee and from Judea.
8Hearing what he was doing, a large number of people came to him also from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan, and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.
9He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him.
10He had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases were pressing upon him to touch him.
11And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and shout, “You are the Son of God.”
12He warned them sternly not to make him known.