Tuesday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time
Mass Readings
First Reading – Heb 2:5-12
It was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. Instead, someone has testified somewhere: What is man that you are mindful of him, or the son of man that you care for him? You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor, subjecting all things under his feet. In “subjecting” all things to him, he left nothing not “subject to him.” Yet at present we do not see “all things subject to him,” but we do see Jesus “crowned with glory and honor” because He suffered death, He who “for a little while” was made “lower than the angels,” that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. For it was fitting that He, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering. He who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one origin. Therefore, He is not ashamed to call them “brothers” saying: I will proclaim your name to my brethren, in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.
Responsorial Psalm – 8:2ab and 5, 6-7, 8-9 (R. see 7)
R. You have given Your Son rule over the works of Your hands.
O LORD, our Lord,
how glorious is Your name over all the earth!
What is man that You should be mindful of him,
or the son of man that You should care for him? R.
You have made him little less than the angels,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him rule over the works of Your hands,
putting all things under his feet. R.
All sheep and oxen,
yes, and the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air, the fishes of the sea,
and whatever swims the paths of the seas. R.
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.
Featured Saints
St. Melchiades (Miltiades), Pope (†314). He received the Lateran Palace from Emperor Constantine and established it as the papal residence. He fought against Donatism and strove to establish concord.
St. Gregory of Nyssa, bishop (†a. 400). Brother of St. Basil the Great and St. Macrina. Under the influence of St. Gregory Nazianzen, he embraced divine service and was appointed as Bishop of Nyssa, in present-day Turkey.
St. John of Jerusalem, bishop (†417). At a time of controversy concerning true doctrine, in the city of Jerusalem, he laboured zealously for the Catholic Faith and for peace in the Church.
St. Peter Orseolo, monk (†c.987/988). After serving as Doge of Venice, he retired to a hermitage near the Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, France.
St. Paul of Thebes, hermit (†fourth century). He took refuge in a desert to flee the edict of Decius, which ordered the apostasy of every Catholic; he is the first hermit.
Blessed Gregory X, Pope (†1276). Worked tirelessly to restore Church unity and settle disputes between Christian princes and convoked the 2nd council of Lyon to recuperate the Holy Land.
Blessed Gonzalo de Amarante, priest (†c. 1259). Priest from Braga, Portugal, who after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, became a Dominican and finally withdrew to a hermitage.
Blessed Anna of the Angels Monteagudo, virgin (†1686). Dominican religious born in Peru; she had the gifts of prophecy and counsel.
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