Readings for
January 4, 2027
Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious Obligatory Memorial
Mass of the Day
First Reading
First John 3: 22 - 4: 6
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Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 2: 7bc-8, 10-11
7I will proclaim the decree of the LORD, he said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.
8Ask it of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, and, as your possession, the ends of the earth.
10And now, kings, give heed; take warning, judges on earth.
11Serve the LORD with fear; exult with trembling, Accept correction lest he become angry and you perish along the way when his anger suddenly blazes up. Blessed are all who take refuge in him!
Alleluia
Matthew 4: 23
23He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people.
Gospel
Matthew 4: 12-17, 23-25
12When he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee.
13He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
14that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled:
15“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
16the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen.”
17From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” The Call of the First Disciples.
23He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people.
24His fame spread to all of Syria, and they brought to him all who were sick with various diseases and racked with pain, those who were possessed, lunatics, and paralytics, and he cured them.
25And great crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.