Readings for

January 28, 2028

Ordinary Weekday

Mass of the Day
First Reading

Second Samuel 11: 1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17

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Responsorial Psalm

Psalms 51: 3-4, 5-6a, 6bcd-7, 10-11

3I - Have mercy on me, God, in accord with your merciful love; in your abundant compassion blot out my transgressions. 4Thoroughly wash away my guilt; and from my sin cleanse me. 5For I know my transgressions; my sin is always before me. 6Against you, you alone have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your eyes So that you are just in your word, and without reproach in your judgment. 7Behold, I was born in guilt, in sin my mother conceived me. 10You will let me hear gladness and joy; the bones you have crushed will rejoice. 11II - Turn away your face from my sins; blot out all my iniquities.
Alleluia

Matthew 11: 25

25The Praise of the Father. At that time Jesus said in reply, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.
Gospel

Mark 4: 26-34

26Seed Grows of Itself. He said, “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land 27and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how. 28Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come.” 30The Mustard Seed. He said, “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? 31It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. 32But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.” 33With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it. 34Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.