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Daily Readings - 03/01/2026

SATURDAY, CHRISTMAS WEEKDAY or THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS

Christmas Time Week CVIII White

First Reading : 1 Jn 2, 29 — 3, 6

2:29 You know that God is righteous – then you must recognise that everyone whose life is righteous has been begotten by him.

3:1 Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God’s children; and that is what we are. Because the world refused to acknowledge him, therefore it does not acknowledge us.

3:2 My dear people, we are already the children of God but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed; all we know is, that when it is revealed we shall be like him because we shall see him as he really is.

First condition: break with sin

3:3 Surely everyone who entertains this hope must purify himself, must try to be as pure as Christ.

3:4 Anyone who sins at all breaks the law, because to sin is to break the law.

3:5 Now you know that he appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in him there is no sin;

3:6 anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen him or known him.

Psalm : Ps 98 (97)

R// All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Psalm

98:1 Sing Yahweh a new song for he has performed marvels, his own right hand, his holy arm, gives him the power to save.

98:2 Yahweh has displayed his power; has revealed his righteousness to the nations,

98:3 mindful of his love and faithfulness to the House of Israel. The most distant parts of the earth have seen the saving power of our God.

98:4 Acclaim Yahweh, all the earth, burst into shouts of joy!

98:5 Sing to Yahweh, sing to the music of harps, and to the sound of many instruments;

98:6 to the sound of trumpet and horn acclaim Yahweh the King!

98:7 Let the sea thunder and all that it holds, and the world, with all who live in it;

98:8 let all the rivers clap their hands and the mountains shout for joy,

98:9 at the presence of Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth, to judge the world with righteousness and the nations with strict justice.

Gospel : Jn 1, 29-34

1:29 The next day, seeing Jesus coming towards him, John said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.

1:30 This is the one I spoke of when I said: A man is coming after me who ranks before me because he existed before me.

1:31 I did not know him myself, and yet it was to reveal him to Israel that I came baptising with water.’

1:32 John also declared, ‘I saw the Spirit coming down on him from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

1:33 I did not know him myself, but he who sent me to baptise with water had said to me, “The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and rest is the one who is going to baptise with the Holy Spirit”.

1:34 Yes, I have seen and I am the witness that he is the Chosen One of God.’