Readings for the Week
January 22 - 29, 2023
Readings for Sunday, January 22:
.Is 8:23- 9:3: Isaiah tells of the land in the west where there is no gloom, for the people see a great light.
They are to rejoice that the yoke that bound them is to be smashed.
1 Cor 1: 10-13, 17: Paul warns the people of Corinth that there must be unity among the people of God.
There is only one Gospel message. Jesus cannot be divided, no matter who preaches about
him.
Mt 4: 12-23: Jesus preached reform. At the Sea of Galilee he called Peter and Andrew, James and John,
to become fishers of people. At once, they left their nets to follow him. Jesus taught and worked miracles.
Today’s Message: In the person of Jesus, God has come to heal and save us. Patiently, yet joyfully, we
await the fulfillment of his advent. In the person of Jesus, God has come to heal and save us. Patiently,
yet joyfully, we await the fulfillment of his advent.
Scripture Readings for the Week of January 22:
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 8:23—9:3; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17: Mt 4:12-23
Monday Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children: Heb 9:15, 24-28; Ps 98:1,
2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6; Mk 3:22-30
Tuesday Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Heb 10:1-10;
Ps 40:2 & 4ab, 7-8a, 10, 11; Mk 3:31-35
Wednesday Feast of the Conversion of Paul the Apostle: Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2;
Mk 16:15-18
Thursday Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5; Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3,
7-8a, 10; Mk 4:21-25
Friday Heb 10:32-39; Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 23-24, 39-40; Mk 4:26-34
Saturday Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church: Heb 11:1-2, 8-19;
Lk 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75; Mk 4:35-41
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Zep 2:3; 3:12-13; Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10; 1 Cor 1:26-31; Mt 5:1-12a