Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, January 17 2016

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Isaiah

62,1-5.

]For Zion's sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her victory like a burning torch.
]Nations shall behold your vindication, and all kings your glory; You shall be called by a new name pronounced by the mouth of the LORD.
]You shall be a glorious crown in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem held by your God.
]No more shall men call you "Forsaken," or your land "Desolate," But you shall be called "My Delight," and your land "Espoused." For the LORD delights in you, and makes your land his spouse.
]As a young man marries a virgin, your Builder shall marry you; And as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride so shall your God rejoice in you.

Psalm

Psalms

96(95),1-2a.2b-3.7-8a.9-10ac.

]Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all you lands.
]Sing to the LORD; bless his name.
]Announce his salvation, day after day.
]Tell his glory among the nations;
among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.  
]Give to the LORD, you families of nations,
give to the LORD glory and praise;
]give to the LORD the glory due his name!
]Worship the LORD in holy attire.
Tremble before him, all the earth;
]Say among the nations: The LORD is king.
]He governs the peoples with equity.

2. Reading

First Letter to the Corinthians

12,4-11.

]Brothers and sisters: There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit;
]there are different forms of service but the same Lord;
]there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.
]To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit.
]To one is given through the Spirit the expression of wisdom; to another the expression of knowledge according to the same Spirit;
]to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit;
]to another mighty deeds; to another prophecy; to another discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues; to another interpretation of tongues.
]But one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing them individually to each person as he wishes.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

2,1-11.

]There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
]Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.
]When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."
](And) Jesus said to her, "Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come."
]His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you."
]Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons.
]Jesus told them, "Fill the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim.
]Then he told them, "Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter." So they took it.
]And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom
]and said to him, "Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now."
]Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him.

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St. Anthony the Abbot((251-356))

SAINT ANTONY Patriarch of Monks (251-356) St. Antony was born in Upper Egypt. After hearing at Mass, "If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor," he gifted his estate to the church. He received spiritual direction from an aged hermit and visited various solitaries to emulate their virtues. St. Antony discerned a monastic vocation and entered the desert. While living in a ruin, he was tempted and attacked by fallen angels. They took the form of monsters and wounded him, but his courage never flagged; and he overcame them through the Cross. Prayer is most pleasing to God when performed in spite of darkness and desolation. One night, after St. Antony was attacked by demons, a friend found him half dead and carried him to a house. When St. Antony came to himself, he returned immediately. Alban Butler narrates that he said: "I fear you not; you cannot separate me from the love of Christ"; whereupon Jesus appeared in glory. Like Bartimaeus whom Christ cured of blindness, we sometimes must cry out more than once to be self-assured of our faith and sincerity; and learn to persevere in prayer (St. Josemaria Escriva, Friends of God). St. Antony fasted daily on bread and water, only eating after sunset. Sometimes, he ate only once in two, three or four days. He wore sackcloth and sheepskin and often knelt in prayer from sunset to sunrise. Many souls flocked to him for advice; and after twenty years of solitude, he consented to guide them. Thus, he founded the first monastery. St. Antony's miracles attracted such multitudes that he sought solitude near the end of his life. He passed away in the peace of the Holy Family. St. Athanasius, his biographer, says that knowing how he lived, prayed and mortified his senses is a guide to virtue.

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