Liturgical Readings for : Friday, 2nd January, 2015 Liturgical Notes: St Basil, 330—79, Bishop of Caesarea, lived an ascetic life establishing norms for monastic life. He was a theologian of distinction. St Gregory, 329—89, a friend of Basil, was Bishop of Sasima and later of Constantinople. He retired to live a monastic life.Ss Basil and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops an doctors of the Church Memorials Today’s Themes‘: To become “children of God” we must be “born from above” or “born of God”.’ The mystery of Christmas is fulfilled in us when Christ is formed in us. FIRST READING : 1 John2:22-28 Keep alive in yourselves what you were taught in the beginning The man who denies that Jesus is the Christ- he is the liar, he is Antichrist; and he is denying the Father as well as the Son, because no one who has the Father can deny the Son, and to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father as well. Keep alive in yourselves what you were taught in the beginning: as long as what you were taught in the beginning is alive in you, you will live in the Son and in the Father; and what is promised to you by his own promise is eternal life. This is all that I am writing to you about the people who are trying to lead you astray. But you have not lost the anointing that he gave you, and you do not need anyone to teach you; the anointing he gave teaches you everything; you are anointed with truth, not with a lie, and as it has taught you, so you must stay in him. Live in Christ, then, my children, so that if he appears, we may have full confidence, and not turn from him in shame at his coming. Responsorial Psalm Ps 97 Response: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 1. Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked wonders. His .right hand and his holy arm have brought salvation. Response 2. The Lord has made known his salvation; has shown his justice to the nations. He has remembered his truth and love for the house of Israel. Response 3. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout to the Lord all the earth, ring out your joy. Response Gospel Acclamation Jn 1: 14, 12 Alleluia, alleluia! The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us. To all who received him he gave power to become children of God. Alleluia! GOSPEL: John 1:19-28 One is coming after me who existed before me. This is how John appeared as a witness. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, ‘Who are you?’ he not only declared, but he declared quite openly, ‘I am not the Christ’. ‘Well then,’ they asked ‘are you Elijah?’ ‘I am not’ he said. ‘Are you the Prophet?’ He answered, ‘No’ . So they said to him, ‘Who are you? We must take back an answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?’ So John said, ‘I am, as Isaiah prophesied: ‘a voice that cries in the wilderness: Make a straight way for the Lord’. Now these men had been sent by the Pharisees, and they put this further question to him, ‘Why are you baptising if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the prophet?’ John replied, ‘I baptise with water; but there stands among you – unknown to you – the one who is coming after me; and I am not fit to undo his sandal- strap’. This happened at Bethany, on the far side of the Jordan, where John was baptising.
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