Reading I 1 Jn 4:19–5:4
Beloved, we love God because
he first loved us.
If anyone says, “I love God,”
but hates his brother, he is a liar;
for whoever does not love a brother whom
he has seen
cannot love God whom he has not seen.
This is the commandment we have from
him:
Whoever loves God must also love his
brother.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the
Christ is begotten by God,
and everyone who loves the Father
loves also the one begotten by him.
In this way we know that we love the
children of God
when we love God and obey his
commandments.
For the love of God is this,
that we keep his commandments.
And his commandments are not burdensome,
for whoever is begotten by God conquers
the world.
And the victory that conquers the world
is our faith.
Responsorial Psalm 72:1-2, 14
and 15bc, 17
R.
(see 11) Lord, every nation on
earth will adore you.
O God, with your judgment endow the
king,
and with your justice, the king’s son;
He shall govern your people with justice
and your afflicted ones with judgment.
R.
Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
From fraud and violence he shall redeem
them,
and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
May they be prayed for continually;
day by day shall they bless him.
R.
Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
May his name be blessed forever;
as long as the sun his name shall remain.
In him shall all the tribes of the earth
be blessed;
all the nations shall proclaim his happiness.
R.
Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
Alleluia Lk 4:18
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Lord has sent me to bring glad
tidings to the poor
and to proclaim liberty to captives.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Lk 4:14-22
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power
of the Spirit,
and news of him spread throughout the
whole region.
He taught in their synagogues and was
praised by all.
He came to Nazareth, where he had grown
up,
and went according to his custom
into the synagogue on the sabbath day.
He stood up to read and was handed a
scroll of the prophet Isaiah.
He unrolled the scroll and found the
passage where it was written:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.
Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back
to the attendant and sat down,
and the eyes of all in the synagogue
looked intently at him.
He said to them,
“Today this Scripture passage is
fulfilled in your hearing.”
And all spoke highly of him
and were amazed at the gracious words
that came from his mouth.