DAILY READINGS & REFLECTION
JANUARY 26, 2021
TUESDAY - MEMORIAL OF SAINTS TIMOTHY AND TITUS, BISHOPS
(IN INDIA - REPUBLIC DAY)
FIRST READING
2 TIMOTHY 1:1-8 / TITUS 1:1-5 OR (IN INDIA - HEBREWS 10:1-10)
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I thank God whom I serve with a clear conscience, as did my fathers, when I remember you constantly in my prayers. 4 As I remember your tears, I long night and day to see you, that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lo'is and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you. 6 Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; 7 for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control. 8 Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God.
The Word of the Lord
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RESPONSORIAL PSALM
PSALMS 96:1-3, 7-8, 10 OR (IN INDIA - PSALMS 40:2-4, 7-8, 10, 11 / PSALMS 91:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 10-11)
Response: Proclaim God's marvelous deeds to all the nations.
O sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the earth!
Sing to the LORD, bless his name.
R. Proclaim God's marvelous deeds to all the nations.
Tell of his salvation from day to day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples!
R. Proclaim God's marvelous deeds to all the nations.
Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples,
ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
bring an offering, and come into his courts!
R. Proclaim God's marvelous deeds to all the nations.
Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!
Yea, the world is established, it shall never be moved;
he will judge the peoples with equity.”
R. Proclaim God's marvelous deeds to all the nations.
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GOSPEL
Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister
MARK 3:31-35 OR LUKE 10:1-9 (IN INDIA - JOHN 8:31-42)
31 And his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32 And a crowd was sitting about him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you." 33 And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" 34 And looking around on those who sat about him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother."
The Gospel of the Lord
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REFLECTION
DAILY QUOTE FROM THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS
The cross of Christ as victory, by Augustine of Hippo, 430-543 A.D.
"[Mary] did the Father's will. It was this in her that the Lord magnified, not merely that her flesh gave birth to flesh... When he said, 'Blessed are they who hear the Word of God and keep it' (Luke 11:28), he was in effect saying: 'My mother whom you have called blessed is blessed for the reason that she keeps the Word of God, not that the Word was made flesh in her and dwelt among us (John 1:14), but that she keeps the very Word of God through which she was made and which was made flesh in her."
(excerpt from TRACTATE ON JOHN 10.3.2)
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