January 17
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Feast shown for the year 2027; movable feasts can vary from year to year.
Today the Church celebrates the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, inviting the faithful to enter more deeply into the mystery of Christ’s public ministry. After the joyous season of Christmas and the solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord, Ordinary Time allows believers to reflect on the life and teachings of Jesus as He begins to reveal Himself to His disciples and to the world. The liturgical texts for this Sunday often focus on the theme of Christ calling His first followers, highlighting the importance of recognizing and responding to God’s call in our own lives. Ordinary Time is marked not by dramatic feasts but by a steady encouragement to draw closer to Christ through prayer, Scripture, and the sacraments.
The green vestments used on this Sunday symbolize spiritual growth and the hope that comes from living faithfully as disciples of Christ. These weeks provide a time for spiritual maturation, inviting the Christian community to walk with Jesus in the ordinary events of daily life, witnessing to the love and mercy of God. Although Ordinary Time is not defined by extraordinary solemnities, it remains an essential period for the deepening of faith, conversion of heart, and the daily practice of Christian virtues. The Church, through the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, encourages the faithful to listen attentively for the voice of Christ, just as Samuel and the first apostles did, responding wholeheartedly with generosity and trust.
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Liturgical texts of January 17, 2027
The liturgical day
Mass readings
First reading1 S 3, 3b-10.19
In those days,
the young Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord at Shiloh,
where the ark of God was.
The Lord called Samuel, who answered:
“Here I am!”
He ran to the priest Eli, and said:
“You called me, here I am.”
Eli replied:
“I did not call. Go back to bed.”
The boy went and lay down.
Once again, the Lord called Samuel.
And Samuel got up. He went to Eli, and said:
“You called me, here I am.”
Eli replied:
“I did not call, my son. Go back to bed.”
Samuel did not yet know the Lord,
and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.
Again, the Lord called Samuel.
He
got up. He went to Eli, and he said:
“You called me, here I am.”
Then Eli realized that it was the Lord calling the boy,
and he said to him:
“Go and lie down,
and if he calls you, you shall say:
‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.’”
Samuel went and lay down in his usual place.
The Lord came, stood there
and called as before:
“Samuel! Samuel!”
And Samuel answered:
“Speak, your servant is listening.”
Samuel grew up.
The Lord was with him,
and he did not let any of his words fail.
– The word of the Lord.
Psalm39 (40), 2abc.4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10cd.11cd
With great hope, I waited for the Lord:
he leaned down toward me.
He put in my mouth a new song,
a hymn of praise to our God.
You wanted neither offering nor sacrifice,
you opened my ears;
you asked neither for burnt offering nor victim,
so I said: “Here I am.”
“In the book it is written about me
what you want me to do.
My God, this is what I love:
your law is deep within me.”
See, I do not restrain my lips,
Lord, you know it.
I have proclaimed your love and your truth
in the great assembly.
Second reading1 Co 6, 13c-15a. 17-20
Brothers,
the body is not for immorality,
it is for the Lord,
and the Lord is for the body;
and God, by his power, raised the Lord
and will also raise us up.
Do you not know? Your bodies are members of Christ.
He who is joined to the Lord
is one spirit with him.
Flee immorality.
Every other sin a man commits
is outside his body;
but the man who gives himself to immorality
sins against his own body.
Do you not know?
Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit,
who is in you and whom you have received from God;
you do not belong to yourselves any longer,
because you were bought at a great price.
So glorify God in your body.
– The word of the Lord.
GospelJn 1, 35-42
At that time,
John the Baptist was there with two of his disciples.
Looking at Jesus as he passed by, he said:
“Behold, the Lamb of God.”
The two disciples heard what he said,
and they followed Jesus.
Turning around, Jesus saw them following him
and said to them:
“What are you looking for?”
They answered him:
“Rabbi – which means: Teacher –,
where are you staying?”
He said to them:
“Come, and you will see.”
So they went,
they saw where he lived,
and they stayed with him that day.
It was about the tenth hour (around four o’clock in the afternoon).
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples
who had heard John’s words and had followed Jesus.
He first found Simon, his own brother, and said to him:
“We have found the Messiah” – which means: Christ.
Andrew brought his brother to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said:
“You are Simon, son of John;
you will be called Cephas” – which means: Peter.
– Let us acclaim the word of God.
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