January 12
Tuesday, week 1 in Ordinary Time
Canada : St. Marguerite Bourgeoys
Feast shown for the year 2027; movable feasts can vary from year to year.
Today in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar is celebrated as a weekday, or 'feria', of the First Week in Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time is the period in the Church’s year outside of the major liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter, marked by a focus on the ongoing life and teaching of Jesus Christ and the growth of the Church. The term 'feria' (from the Latin for 'weekday') denotes days that are not assigned a particular feast or solemnity but are still sanctified by daily Mass and prayer. Rather than commemorating a particular saint or event, the liturgy of Ordinary Time encourages the faithful to meditate upon the mysteries of Christ’s public ministry, as reflected in the weekday Scripture readings. This time offers an invitation to renew one's daily Christian living, drawing spiritual nourishment from the unfolding Gospel readings and the life of Christ as revealed in the liturgy. Through the rhythm of these 'ordinary' days, Catholics are called to seek holiness not only in special celebrations but especially in the regular routine of life, deepening their faith and responding to God’s grace in small, everyday ways.
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Liturgical texts of January 12, 2027
The liturgical day
Mass readings
ReadingHe 2, 5-12
It was not to angels that God subjected the world to come,
of which we are speaking.
A psalm testifies to this, saying:
What is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?
You made him for a little while lower than the angels,
you crowned him with glory and honor;
you put all things under his feet.
When God subjected everything to him,
he left nothing outside his control.
At present, we do not yet see
everything in subjection to him;
but we do see Jesus,
who for a little while was made lower than the angels,
crowned with glory and honor
because of the suffering of death,
so that, by the grace of God, he might taste death
for everyone.
For the one for whom and through whom all things exist
intended to bring many children to glory;
it was fitting that he should make the pioneer of their salvation
perfect through sufferings.
For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified
all have one origin;
for that reason,
Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers,
when he says:
I will proclaim your name to my brothers,
I will sing your praise in the midst of the assembly.
– The word of the Lord.
Psalm8, 2abc.5, 6-7, 8-9
O Lord, our God,
how great is your name through all the earth!
What is man that you should care for him,
the son of man, that you should concern yourself with him?
You made him little less than a god,
crowning him with glory and honor;
you set him over the works of your hands,
you put all things at his feet.
The herds of cattle and sheep,
and even the wild beasts,
the birds of the air and the fish of the sea,
everything that moves along the waters.
GospelMc 1, 21-28
Jesus and his disciples entered Capernaum.
Immediately, on the Sabbath day,
he entered the synagogue, and there he taught.
They were astonished at his teaching,
for he taught them as one having authority,
and not like the scribes.
Now, there was in their synagogue
a man possessed by an unclean spirit,
who cried out:
"What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us?
I know who you are:
you are the Holy One of God."
Jesus sternly rebuked him:
"Be silent! Come out of him."
The unclean spirit threw him into convulsions,
and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.
All were amazed
and questioned among themselves:
"What is this?
A new teaching, with authority!
He commands even the unclean spirits,
and they obey him."
His fame spread at once everywhere,
throughout the whole region of Galilee.
– Let us acclaim the word of God.
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