Wednesday 22 January 2025 (other days)
Wednesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time
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| First reading |
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| Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17 |
‘You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.’
Brothers and Sisters: Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham, returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him, and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest for ever.
This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is witnessed of him, ‘You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.’
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Ps 110(109):1. 2. 3. 4. ℟4bc |
You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
The Lord’s revelation to my lord:
‘Sit at my right hand,
until I make your foes your footstool.’
You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
The Lord will send from Sion
your sceptre of power:
rule in the midst of your foes.
You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
With you is princely rule
on the day of your power.
In holy splendour, from the womb before the dawn,
I have begotten you.
You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
The Lord has sworn an oath he will not change:
‘You are a priest for ever,
according to the order of Melchizedek.’
You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
| Gospel Acclamation |
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| Cf. Matthew 4:23 |
Alleluia, alleluia.
Jesus proclaimed the gospel of the kingdom
and healed every affliction among the people.
Alleluia.
| Gospel | Mark 3:1-6 |
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‘Is it lawful on the Sabbath to save life or to kill?’
At that time: Again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man with the withered hand, ‘Come here.’ And he said to them, ‘Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?’ But they were silent. And he looked round at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
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Dates
Today
(Automatic)Mon 20 January
Monday of week 2 in Ordinary Timeor Saint Fabian, Pope, Martyr
or Saint Sebastian, Martyr