Reading I 1 Sm 1:1-8
There was a certain man from Ramathaim,
Elkanah by name,
a Zuphite from the hill country of
Ephraim.
He was the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu,
son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
He had two wives, one named Hannah, the
other Peninnah;
Peninnah had children, but Hannah was
childless.
This man regularly went on pilgrimage
from his city
to worship the LORD of hosts and to
sacrifice to him at Shiloh,
where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas,
were ministering as priests of the LORD.
When the day came for Elkanah to offer
sacrifice,
he used to give a portion each to his
wife Peninnah
and to all her sons and daughters,
but a double portion to Hannah because
he loved her,
though the LORD had made her barren.
Her rival, to upset her, turned it into
a constant reproach to her
that the LORD had left her barren.
This went on year after year;
each time they made their pilgrimage to
the sanctuary of the LORD,
Peninnah would approach her,
and Hannah would weep and refuse to eat.
Her husband Elkanah used to ask her:
“Hannah, why do you weep, and why do you
refuse to eat?
Why do you grieve?
Am I not more to you than ten sons?”
Responsorial Psalm 116:12-13,
14-17, 18-19
R.
(17a) To you, Lord, I will offer
a sacrifice of praise.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
How shall I make a return to the LORD
for all the good he has done for
me?
The cup of salvation I will take up,
and I will call upon the name of
the LORD.
R.
To you, Lord, I will offer a sacrifice of praise.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
My vows to the LORD I will pay
in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the eyes of the LORD
is the death of his faithful ones.
O LORD, I am your servant;
I am your servant, the son of your
handmaid;
you have loosed my bonds.
R.
To you, Lord, I will offer a sacrifice of praise.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
My vows to the LORD I will pay
in the presence of all his people,
In the courts of the house of the LORD,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
R.
To you, Lord, I will offer a sacrifice of praise.
or:
R.
Alleluia.
Alleluia Mk 1:15
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Kingdom of God is at hand;
repent and believe in the Gospel.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Mk 1:14-20
After John had been arrested,
Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the
Gospel of God:
“This is the time of fulfillment.
The Kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”
As he passed by the Sea of Galilee,
he saw Simon and his brother Andrew
casting their nets into the sea;
they were fishermen.
Jesus said to them,
“Come after me, and I will make you
fishers of men.”
Then they left their nets and followed
him.
He walked along a little farther
and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and
his brother John.
They too were in a boat mending their
nets.
Then he called them.
So they left their father Zebedee in the
boat
along with the hired men and followed
him.