Reading I 1 Sm 1:9-20
Hannah rose after a meal at Shiloh,
and presented herself before the LORD;
at the time, Eli the priest was sitting
on a chair
near the doorpost of the LORD’s temple.
In her bitterness she prayed to the
LORD, weeping copiously,
and she made a vow, promising: “O LORD
of hosts,
if you look with pity on the misery of
your handmaid,
if you remember me and do not forget me,
if you give your handmaid a male child,
I will give him to the LORD for as long
as he lives;
neither wine nor liquor shall he drink,
and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
As she remained long at prayer before
the LORD,
Eli watched her mouth, for Hannah was
praying silently;
though her lips were moving, her voice
could not be heard.
Eli, thinking her drunk, said to her,
“How long will you make a drunken show
of yourself?
Sober up from your wine!”
“It isn’t that, my lord,” Hannah
answered.
“I am an unhappy woman.
I have had neither wine nor liquor;
I was only pouring out my troubles to
the LORD.
Do not think your handmaid a
ne’er-do-well;
my prayer has been prompted by my deep
sorrow and misery.”
Eli said, “Go in peace,
and may the God of Israel grant you what
you have asked of him.”
She replied, “Think kindly of your
maidservant,” and left.
She went to her quarters, ate and drank
with her husband,
and no longer appeared downcast.
Early the next morning they worshiped
before the LORD,
and then returned to their home in
Ramah.
When Elkanah had relations with his wife
Hannah,
the LORD remembered her.
She conceived, and at the end of her
term bore a son
whom she called Samuel, since she had
asked the LORD for him.
Responsorial Psalm 1 Samuel
2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd
R. (see 1) My heart exults in the Lord,
my Savior.
“My heart exults in the LORD,
my horn is exalted in my God.
I have swallowed up my enemies;
I rejoice in my victory.”
R. My heart exults in the Lord, my
Savior.
“The bows of the mighty are broken,
while the tottering gird on strength.
The well-fed hire themselves out for
bread,
while the hungry batten on spoil.
The barren wife bears seven sons,
while the mother of many languishes.”
R. My heart exults in the Lord, my
Savior.
“The LORD puts to death and gives life;
he casts down to the nether world;
he raises up again.
The LORD makes poor and makes rich;
he humbles, he also exalts.”
R. My heart exults in the Lord, my
Savior.
“He raises the needy from the dust;
from the dung heap he lifts up the poor,
To seat them with nobles
and make a glorious throne their heritage.”
R. My heart exults in the Lord, my
Savior.
Alleluia See 1 Thes 2:13
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Receive the word of God, not as the word
of men,
but as it truly is, the word of God.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Mk 1:21-28
Jesus came to Capernaum with his
followers,
and on the sabbath he entered the
synagogue and taught.
The people were astonished at his
teaching,
for he taught them as one having
authority and not as the scribes.
In their synagogue was a man with an
unclean spirit;
he cried out, “What have you to do with
us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us?
I know who you are–the Holy One of God!”
Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet! Come out of him!”
The unclean spirit convulsed him and
with a loud cry came out of him.
All were amazed and asked one another,
“What is this?
A new teaching with authority.
He commands even the unclean spirits and
they obey him.”
His fame spread everywhere throughout
the whole region of Galilee.