Catholic Missal of the day: Wednesday, January 14 2026

Wednesday of the First week in Ordinary Time

1st book of Samuel

During the time young Samuel was minister to the LORD under Eli, a revelation of the LORD was uncommon and vision infrequent.
One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see.
The lamp of God was not yet extinguished, and Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was.
The LORD called to Samuel, who answered, "Here I am."
He ran to Eli and said, "Here I am. You called me." "I did not call you," Eli said. "Go back to sleep." So he went back to sleep.
Again the LORD called Samuel, who rose and went to Eli. "Here I am," he said. "You called me." But he answered, "I did not call you, my son. Go back to sleep."
At that time Samuel was not familiar with the LORD, because the LORD had not revealed anything to him as yet.
The LORD called Samuel again, for the third time. Getting up and going to Eli, he said, "Here I am. You called me." Then Eli understood that the LORD was calling the youth.
So he said to Samuel, "Go to sleep, and if you are called, reply, 'Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.'" When Samuel went to sleep in his place,
the LORD came and revealed his presence, calling out as before, "Samuel, Samuel!" Samuel answered, "Speak, for your servant is listening."
Samuel grew up, and the LORD was with him, not permitting any word of his to be without effect.
Thus all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba came to know that Samuel was an accredited prophet of the LORD.

Psalms

I have waited, waited for the LORD,
and he stooped toward me and heard my cry.
Blessed the man who makes the LORD his trust;
who turns not to idolatry
or to those who stray after falsehood.
Sacrifice or oblation you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Burnt offerings or sin-offerings you sought not;
then said I, “Behold I come.”
“In the written scroll it is prescribed for me,
To do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!”
I announced your justice in the vast assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
Simon's mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her.
He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them.
When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons.
The whole town was gathered at the door.
He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, not permitting them to speak because they knew him.
Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.
Simon and those who were with him pursued him
and on finding him said, "Everyone is looking for you."
He told them, "Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also. For this purpose have I come."
So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons throughout the whole of Galilee.

Bl. Peter Donders(Priest (1809-1887))

Blessed Peter Donders Priest (1809-1887) Peter Donders was born in Tilburg, Holland, on October 27, 1809. Since his youth, he felt called to the priesthood, but his schooling was cut short due to poverty. At the age of 22, with the help of his parish priest, he entered the minor seminary of St. Michael-Gestel. Peter was ordained on June 5, 1841. He set out for Suriname, which was then a Dutch colony, and arrived in Paramaribo on September 16, 1842. He applied himself at once to pastoral works and expressed indignation in letters at the harsh treatment of Africans forced to work on plantations.In 1856, he was sent to the leper station of Batavia, where he worked for the rest of his life. When the Redemptorists arrived in 1866 to take charge of the mission of Surinam, Peter applied for admission to the Congregation. He professed vows on June 24, 1867, and began apostolic life in a community, which allowed him to leave Batavia and evangelize natives and Africans. All the while, he remained committed to serving at the leprosarium. Fr. Peter passed away among the lepers, poor among the poor, on January 14, 1887. He was mourned as their benefactor and invoked as a saint.He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on May 23, 1982.

St. Sava(Abbot and Patron of Serbia (+ 1255))

SAINT SAVA Abbot and Patron of Serbia(+ 1255) Sava was the son of Stephen I, the founder of the Nemanydes dynasty. When Sava was 17, he became a monk on Mount Athos in Greece. He and his father founded the Khilandrai (Chilandari) Monastery on Mount Athos. It became a house for Serbian monks with Sava as its abbot. Sava returned to Serbia in 1207 when a civil war broke out between his brothers Stephen II and Vulkan. He brought many monks with him to help and educate his countrymen. From their headquarters at Studenitsa Monastery, they founded several institutions and began the country's reformation. Sava was appointed metropolitan of the Serbian hierarchy by Emperor Theodore II Laskaris. He was then consecrated by Patriarch Manuel I. In 1219, he returned with more monks from Mount Athos. In 1222, he crowned his brother Stephen II King of Serbia. Through Sava's efforts, his countrymen were united. He translated religious works into Serbian and gave his people a native clergy and hierarchy. After his second pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he passed away in Tirnovo, Bulgaria, on January 14. He is the patron saint of Serbia.

St. Felix of Nola()

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