January 19
Tuesday, week 2 in Ordinary Time
Feast shown for the year 2027; movable feasts can vary from year to year.
Today is an ordinary weekday, or "feria", in the liturgical calendar known as a "ferial day" in English. During Ordinary Time, the Church invites the faithful to live their Christian calling in the everyday rhythms of life, outside the major seasons like Advent, Christmas, Lent, or Easter. The green vestments used during Ordinary Time symbolize hope and the growth of faith, much as green is the color of flourishing life in nature.
Ferial days do not commemorate a particular saint or event but provide space to reflect more deeply on the mystery of Christ and His teachings in the Scriptures proclaimed at daily Mass. These days remind the faithful that holiness is found as much in daily faithfulness and work as in extraordinary moments. The Church values these times as essential opportunities to grow in virtue, prayer, and service, following Christ through the ordinary duties and challenges of life.
By keeping ferial days, Christians are reminded that God is present in every moment, inviting His people to witness to the Gospel and grow in grace even in the simplest aspects of everyday life.
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Liturgical texts of January 19, 2027
The liturgical day
Mass readings
ReadingHe 6, 10-20
Brothers and sisters,
God is not unjust:
he does not forget your action
nor the love you have shown toward him,
by serving the faithful
and continuing to do so.
Our desire is that each one of you
shows the same eagerness until the end,
so that your hope may be fully realized;
do not become lazy,
but instead imitate those who, by faith and perseverance,
obtain the promised inheritance.
When God made the promise to Abraham,
since he could swear by no one greater than himself,
he swore by himself,
and he said:
I will shower you with blessings
and I will multiply your descendants.
And so, through his perseverance,
Abraham obtained what God had promised him.
People swear by someone greater than themselves,
and the oath is, for them, a guarantee
that puts an end to any dispute;
God therefore took the means of an oath
when he wanted to show the heirs of the promise,
in an even clearer way,
that his decision was irrevocable.
In this way God committed himself doubly in an irrevocable manner,
and it is impossible for God to have lied.
This greatly encourages us,
we who have sought refuge in the hope
that was offered to us and that we have seized.
This hope,
we hold it as a sure and steadfast anchor for the soul;
it passes beyond the veil,
into the Sanctuary
where Jesus has entered for us as forerunner,
he who has become high priest according to the order of Melchizedek
forever.
– The word of the Lord.
Psalm110 (111), 1-2, 4-5, 9.10c
I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart
in the assembly, among the just.
Great are the works of the Lord;
all who love them reflect on them.
He has left a memorial of his wonders;
the Lord is tenderness and mercy.
He has given food to those who are faithful to him,
always keeping in mind his covenant.
He brings deliverance to his people;
his covenant is proclaimed forever:
holy and awesome is his name.
His praise will endure forever.
GospelMc 2, 23-28
One sabbath day,
Jesus was walking through wheat fields;
and his disciples, as they went,
began to pick ears of grain.
The Pharisees said to him:
"Look at what they are doing on the sabbath!
That is not permitted."
And Jesus said to them:
"Have you never read what David did,
when he was in need and hungry,
he and those who were with him?
At the time of Abiathar the high priest,
he entered the house of God
and ate the bread of offering
which only priests are allowed to eat,
and he also gave some to those who were with him."
He said to them again:
"The sabbath was made for man,
not man for the sabbath.
That is why the Son of Man
is Lord even of the sabbath."
– Let us acclaim the Word of God.
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