January 18, 2015
We hope that today is a good day.
◇ Daily Readings January 18, 2015
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◇ January 18, 2015 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/15_01_18.mp3
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◇ The World English Bible
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Gospel: John 1:35-42
35 Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,
36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!"
37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?"
They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), "where are you staying?"
39 He said to them, "Come, and see."
They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.§
40 One of the two who heard John, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41 He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted, Christ**).
42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).
§1:39: 4:00 PM.
**1:41: "Messiah" (Hebrew) and "Christ" (Greek) both mean "Anointed One".
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1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19
3b and Samuel had laid down in the LORD's temple, where God's ark was;
4 the LORD called Samuel; and he said, "Here I am."
5 He ran to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me."
He said, "I didn't call. Lie down again."
He went and lay down.
6 The LORD called yet again, "Samuel!"
Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me."
He answered, "I didn't call, my son. Lie down again."
7 Now Samuel didn't yet know the LORD, neither was the LORD's word yet revealed to him.
8 The LORD called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me."
Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down. It shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, the LORD; for your servant hears.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 The LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!"
Then Samuel said, "Speak; for your servant hears."
11 The LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn't restrain them.
14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be removed with sacrifice or offering forever."
15 Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the LORD's house. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, "Samuel, my son!"
He said, "Here I am."
17 He said, "What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please don't hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you."
18 Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him.
He said, "It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him."
19 Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
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1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20
13c But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
14 Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.
15a Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ?
17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
19 Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
20 for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
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☆ The Jesus Film (English Version)
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◇ King James Version Bible Online
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◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
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◇ The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
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◇ Douay-Rheims Bible
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