January 2, 2026
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Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church
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☆ Gospel:John 1:19-28
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And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?
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He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
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And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.
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So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?
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He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
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Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.
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And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?
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John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;
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It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.
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These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.
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☆ 1 John 2:22-28
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Who is false but he who says that Jesus is not the Christ? He is the Antichrist who has no belief in the Father or the Son.
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He who has no belief in the Son has not the Father: he who makes clear his belief in the Son has the Father.
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But as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son.
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And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.
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I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.
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As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.
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And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.
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