Readings for
January 22, 2028
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children Obligatory Memorial
Mass of the Day
First Reading
Second Samuel 1: 1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27
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Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 80: 2-3, 5-7
2I - O Shepherd of Israel, lend an ear, you who guide Joseph like a flock! Seated upon the cherubim, shine forth
3upon Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Stir up your power, and come to save us.
5II - LORD of hosts, how long will you smolder in anger while your people pray?
6You have fed them the bread of tears, made them drink tears in great measure.
7You have left us to be fought over by our neighbors; our enemies deride us.
Alleluia
Acts 16: 14b
14One of them, a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, from the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, listened, and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what Paul was saying.
Gospel
Mark 3: 20-21
20Blasphemy of the Scribes. He came home. Again [the] crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat.
21When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”