3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Mass Readings
First Reading – Jon 3:1-5, 10
The word of the LORD came to Jonah, saying: “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you.” So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD’S bidding. Now Nineveh was an enormously large city; it took three days to go through it. Jonah began his journey through the city, and had gone but a single day’s walk announcing, “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed, ” when the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth. When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, He repented of the evil that He had threatened to do to them; He did not carry it out.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (R.4a)
R. Teach me Your ways, O Lord.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me Your paths,
Guide me in Your truth and teach me,
for You are God my savior. R.
Remember that Your compassion, O LORD,
and Your love are from of old.
In Your kindness remember me,
because of Your goodness, O LORD. R.
Good and upright is the LORD;
thus He shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice
and teaches the humble His way. R.
Second Reading – 1 Cor 7:29-31
I tell you, brothers and sisters, the time is running out. From now on, let those having wives act as not having them, those weeping as not weeping, those rejoicing as not rejoicing, those buying as not owning, those using the world as not using it fully. For the world in its present form is passing away.
Gospel – Mk 1:14-20
After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” As He passed by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen. Jesus said to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Then they abandoned their nets and followed Him. He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets. Then He called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed Him.
Featured Saints
St. Agnes virgin and martyr (†circa 304). From a Roman noble family, she suffered martyrdom for her Faith in at the age of twelve, subjected to terrible torments and finally beheaded.
St. Epiphanius, bishop (†496). During the barbarian invasions, he worked untiringly for the reconciliation of the people, for the redemption of captives and the reconstruction of the city of Pavia, where he died.
St. Alban Roe and Blessed Thomas Green, priests and martyrs (†1642). Imprisoned for exercising the priestly ministry in England, they were hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn, after several years in prison, during the reign of Charles I.
St. John Yi Yun-il, martyr (†1867). Father of a family and catechist, tortured and beheaded in Korea.
Blesseds Edward Stransham and Nicholas Wheeler, priests and martyrs (†1586). Executed at Tyburn in London, England, for being priests and for exercising their ministry among the faithful.
Blesseds John Baptist Turpin du Cormier and thirteen companions, priests and martyrs (†1794). Guillotined during the French Revolution in Laval, for their fidelity to the Catholic Faith.
Blessed Josepha Mary of St. Agnes, virgin (†1696). Discalced Augustinian religious from the Convent of Beniganim, Spain, she was favoured with the gift of counsel.
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