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Today's Readings
Reading I
Is 49:1-6
Hear me, O islands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me
from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. He made of me
a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He
made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me. You are my
servant, he said to me, Israel, through whom I show my glory.
Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly,
spent my strength, Yet my reward is with the LORD, my recompense is
with my God. For now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his
servant from the womb, That Jacob may be brought back to him
and Israel gathered to him; And I am made glorious in the
sight of the LORD, and my God is now my strength! It is too little,
he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob,
and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the
nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 and 17
R. (see 15ab) I will sing of your salvation. In you, O LORD,
I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your justice rescue
me, and deliver me; incline your ear to me, and save me. R. I
will sing of your salvation. Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold
to give me safety, for you are my rock and my fortress. O my
God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked. R. I will sing of
your salvation. For you are my hope, O Lord; my trust, O God,
from my youth. On you I depend from birth; from my mother’s womb you
are my strength. R. I will sing of your salvation. My mouth
shall declare your justice, day by day your salvation. O God, you
have taught me from my youth, and till the present I proclaim your
wondrous deeds. R. I will sing of your salvation.
Gospel
Jn 13:21-33,
36-38
Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and
testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant.
One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at
Jesus’ side. So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant.
He leaned back against Jesus’ chest and said to him, “Master, who is
it?” Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I hand the morsel after
I have dipped it.” So he dipped the morsel and took it and handed it
to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot. After Judas took the morsel,
Satan entered him. So Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do,
do quickly.” Now none of those reclining at table realized why he
said this to him. Some thought that since Judas kept the money bag,
Jesus had told him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or to give
something to the poor. So Judas took the morsel and left at once.
And it was night. When he had left, Jesus said, “Now is the
Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is
glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will
glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little
while longer. You will look for me, and as I told the Jews, ‘Where I
go you cannot come,’ so now I say it to you.” Simon Peter said
to him, “Master, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I
am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later.”
Peter said to him, “Master, why can I not follow you now? I will lay
down my life for you.” Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life
for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you
deny me three times.” |
