Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 64
15 JAN 2023 A.D.


Reading 1
Is 49:3, 5-6

The LORD said to me: You are my servant,
Israel, through whom I show my glory.
Now the LORD has spoken
who formed me as his servant from the womb,
that Jacob may be brought back to him
and Israel gathered to him;
and I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD,
and my God is now my strength!
It is too little, the LORD says, for you to be my servant,
to raise up the tribes of Jacob,
and restore the survivors of Israel;
I will make you a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.


Responsorial Psalm
Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10

R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.

I have waited, waited for the LORD,
and he stooped toward me and heard my cry.
And he put a new song into my mouth,
a hymn to our God.
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.

Sacrifice or offering you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Holocausts or sin-offerings you sought not;
then said I, "Behold I come."
R. Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.

"In the written scroll it is prescribed for me,
to do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!"
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.

I announced your justice in the vast assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.


Reading 2
1 Cor 1:1-3

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
and Sosthenes our brother,
to the church of God that is in Corinth,
to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy,
with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.


Alleluia
Jn 1:14a, 12a

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us.
To those who accepted him,
he gave power to become children of God.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.


Gospel
Jn 1:29-34

John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
He is the one of whom I said,
'A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me
because he existed before me.'
I did not know him,
but the reason why I came baptizing with water
was that he might be made known to Israel."
John testified further, saying,
"I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven
and remain upon him.
I did not know him,
but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me,
'On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain,
he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'
Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God."



Overview of the Gospel:

• In last Sunday’s gospel (Matthew 3:13-17), we saw Jesus being baptized by John the Baptist.
This week, we see John again a few weeks later, after Jesus has returned from spending 40
days in the wilderness being tempted by the Devil (Matthew 4:1-11). The time is near
Passover (John 2:13) when lambs were brought to the temple to be sacrificed.

• John’s mission was to identify the Messiah to Israel (verse 31). He was able to do this
because the sign he was to watch for was the Holy Spirit coming down on Jesus in the form of
a dove (verse 32). Jesus is thus anointed for his role as Messiah (Luke 4:1, 14).

• John sees Jesus walking toward him and points him out as the “Lamb of God” (verse 29). The
title would call to mind to his listeners the role of the lamb in the Passover (Exodus 12) as well
as the nature of the long awaited Messiah as described by the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 53:7).

• It is significant that, rather than single him out as a great teacher or miracle worker, Jesus is
identified as a sacrificial lamb. Jesus as the Lamb of God would figure prominently in later
Christian writings. The book of Revelation contains almost 30 references to Jesus as the Lamb
(see Revelation 5—7, 17:4. Also, 2 Corinthians 5:21 and 1 Peter 1:17:19).
[courtesy of Vince Contreras: "Sunday Scripture Study for Catholics"]


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