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20 January 2026 Tuesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time San Fabian, Pangasinan, the Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Samuel 16:1-13Jesse's youngest son David is anointed kingThe Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long will you go on mourning over Saul when I have rejected him as king of Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen myself a king among his sons.’ Samuel replied, ‘How can I go? When Saul hears of it he will kill me.’ Then the Lord said, ‘Take a...

19 January 2026 Monday of week 2 in Ordinary Time St. Henry's Catholic Church, Elsmere, KYReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Samuel 15:16-23Saul disobeys the Lord and the Lord rejects himSamuel said to Saul, ‘Stop! Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.’ Saul said, ‘Tell me.’ Samuel continued, ‘Small as you may be in your own eyes, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord has anointed you king over Israel. The Lord sent you on a mission and said to you, “Go, put these sinners, the Amalekites, under...

18 January 2026 2nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeSt. Margated of Hungary, Bohinjska Bela, SloveniaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 49:3,5-6I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earthThe Lord said to me, ‘You are my servant, Israel,in whom I shall be glorified’;I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord,my God was my strength.And now the Lord has spoken,he who formed me in the womb to be his servant,to bring Jacob back to him,to gather Israel to him:‘It is not enough for you to be...

17 January 2026Saint Antony, Abbot on Saturday of week 1 in Ordinary Time St. Anthony the Abbot Catholic Church, Brooksville FL Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Samuel 9:1-4,17-19,10:1The Lord chooses Saul as king; Samuel anoints himAmong the men of Benjamin there was a man named Kish son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah; a Benjaminite and a man of rank. He had a son named Saul, a handsome man in the prime of life. Of all the Israelites there...

16 January 2026 Friday of week 1 in Ordinary TimeBlessed Joseph Vaz Church, Mudipu, IndiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Samuel 8:4-7,10-22The people of Israel demand a kingAll the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. ‘Look,’ they said to him ‘you are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. So give us a king to rule over us, like the other nations.’ It displeased Samuel that they should say, ‘Let us have a king to rule us’, so he prayed to the Lord. But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Obey...

15 January 2026 Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time St. Ita Church, ChicagoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Samuel 4:1-11Israel is defeated and the ark of God is capturedIt happened at that time that the Philistines mustered to fight Israel and Israel went out to meet them in battle, encamping near Ebenezer while the Philistines were encamped at Aphek. The Philistines drew up their battle line against Israel, the battle was hotly engaged, and Israel was defeated by the Philistines and about four thousand of their army were killed on the field. The troops returned to...

14 January 2026Wednesday of week 1 in Ordinary TimeSt Mungo's Church, Dearham, Cumbria, EnglandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Samuel 3:1-10,19-20'Speak, Lord, your servant is listening'The boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli; it was rare for the Lord to speak in those days; visions were uncommon. One day, it happened that Eli was lying down in his room. His eyes were beginning to grow dim; he could no longer see. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying in the sanctuary of the Lord where the ark...

13 January 2026Tuesday of week 1 in Ordinary TimeSt. Hilary of Poitiers Catholic Church, Raceland, LAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Samuel 1:9-20The Lord is mindful of Hannah and she gives birth to SamuelAfter they had eaten in the hall, Hannah rose and took her stand before the Lord, while Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. In the bitterness of her soul she prayed to the Lord with many tears and made a vow, saying, ‘O Lord of Hosts! If you will take notice of the...