MONDAY JANUARY 8, 2018
You Are My Beloved Son
Note. We use the full new set of readings for year B for this feast, as provided in the new edition of the Lectionary (1981). The old readings may still be used.
Greeting (see Rom 6:3-4)
We have been baptized in Christ Jesus
and died to sin
to rise to a new life.
May the risen Lord be always with you. R/ And also with you.
Introduction by the Celebrant
When Jesus asked John the Baptist to baptize him in the Jordan, just as John had baptized other people, Jesus saw that his task was to save people from their sins. He himself was without sin, but he made himself one with the people in their weakness. And then God confirmed him in his task by saying: “This is my beloved Son.” When we were baptized, we expressed, through our parents and godparents, that we had become one with Jesus. Since that day we share with Jesus in his task of serving and saving people. If we do so, then God can tell us too: “you are my beloved son or daughter.”
It is recommended to use today the rite of sprinkling with holy water. See the Sacramentary.
Penitential Act (if the rite of the water is not used)
Though we have become one with Jesus in baptism,
we have not lived as one with him.
We now seek forgiveness from the Lord.
(PAUSE)
Lord Jesus, you committed yourself wholeheartedly
to the Father and to people:
Lord, have mercy. R/ Lord, have mercy.
Jesus Christ, the Father recognized
how you were going to serve him and people,
when he said: “This is my beloved Son”:
Christ, have mercy. R/ Christ, have mercy.
Lord Jesus, you unite us to yourself
and commit us with you.
May we too hear from the Father:
“You are my beloved sons and daughters”:
Lord, have mercy. R/ Lord, have mercy.
Lord, forgive us our reluctance to serve
and all our other sins.
Lead us to everlasting life. R/ Amen.
First Reading: Come to the Water and Have Life!
The prophet invites God’s people to live united with him in a lasting covenant. Let them be thirsty for his word and hungry for God and his life.
Reading: Is 55:1-11
Thus says the LORD:
All you who are thirsty,
come to the water!
You who have no money,
come, receive grain and eat;
come, without paying and without cost,
drink wine and milk!
Why spend your money for what is not bread,
your wages for what fails to satisfy?
Heed me, and you shall eat well,
you shall delight in rich fare.
Come to me heedfully,
listen, that you may have life.
I will renew with you the everlasting covenant,
the benefits assured to David.
As I made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander of nations,
so shall you summon a nation you knew not,
and nations that knew you not shall run to you,
because of the LORD, your God,
the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you.
Seek the LORD while he may be found,
call him while he is near.
Let the scoundrel forsake his way,
and the wicked man his thoughts;
let him turn to the LORD for mercy;
to our God, who is generous in forgiving.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD.
As high as the heavens are above the earth
so high are my ways above your ways
and my thoughts above your thoughts.
For just as from the heavens
the rain and snow come down
and do not return there
till they have watered the earth,
making it fertile and fruitful,
giving seed to the one who sows
and bread to the one who eats,
so shall my word be
that goes forth from my mouth;
my word shall not return to me void,
but shall do my will,
achieving the end for which I sent it.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10
R. (11b) The Lord will bless his people with peace.
Give to the LORD, you sons of God,
give to the LORD glory and praise,
Give to the LORD the glory due his name;
adore the LORD in holy attire.
R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
The voice of the LORD is over the waters,
the LORD, over vast waters.
The voice of the LORD is mighty;
the voice of the LORD is majestic.
R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
The God of glory thunders,
and in his temple all say, "Glory!"
The LORD is enthroned above the flood;
the LORD is enthroned as king forever.
R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
Alleluia Cf. Jn 1:29 < /strong>
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
John saw Jesus approaching him, and said:
Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel: You Are My Beloved Son
The prophet had announced a servant filled with God’s Spirit. When Jesus is baptized, the Father recognizes him as his servant and his beloved Son. The Holy Spirit comes down on him.
Gospel: Mk 1:7-11
This is what John the Baptist proclaimed:
"One mightier than I is coming after me.
I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.
I have baptized you with water;
he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
It happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee
and was baptized in the Jordan by John.
On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn open
and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him.
And a voice came from the heavens,
"You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."
Intercessions
United by our one Lord Jesus Christ, let us pray to the Father of all, and let us say: R/ Lord, hear us through your Son.
– For all those who believe that Jesus is really God’s Son and for all those who seek him, whether they know it or not, let us pray: R/ Lord, hear us through your Son.
– For all those who are baptized, that they may live as God's beloved sons and daughters, let us pray: R/ Lord, hear us through your Son.
– For all those who believe in Christ, that they may soon be united in one faith, one hope, one love and one body, let us pray: R/ Lord, hear us through your Son.
– For those whose life seems without meaning, for those who despair because of their faults, for all the loners in life, let us pray: R/ Lord, hear us through your Son.
– For this and every Christian community, that we may seek God’s will together and draw strength from this Eucharist, let us pray: R/ Lord, hear us through your Son.
Father, we thank you that you are our Father. Give us your Holy Spirit and gather us together to praise and love you now and for ever. R/ Amen.
Prayer over the Gifts
Our God and Father,
these gifts of bread and wine
will become your beloved Son Jesus
on whom your favor rests.
Strengthen us with his body and blood
and let his Holy Spirit renew us
as people who live without compromise
the message of justice and love
and the very life of your Son.
In this way, may we truly be
your beloved sons and daughters
on whom your favor rests,
now and for ever. R/ Amen.
Introduction to the Eucharistic Prayer
Let us give wholehearted thanks to the Father for having made us in baptism his beloved sons and daughters together with Jesus our Lord.
Introduction to the Lord’s Prayer
Baptized in the Holy Spirit
and children of the Father
through Jesus, his beloved Son,
we pray with all trust Jesus’ own prayer: R/ Our Father...
Deliver Us
Deliver us, Lord, from every evil
and grant us your peace in our day.
Revive in us the grace of baptism
and guide us by your Holy Spirit,
that we may be faithful to our mission
of living the life of Jesus in this world,
as we wait in joyful hope
for the coming in glory
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. R/ For the kingdom...
Invitation to Communion
This is Jesus our Lord,
the beloved Son of the Father,
on whom God’s favor rests.
Happy are we to be invited
to share his table
and to live his life. R/ Lord, I am not worthy...
Prayer after Communion
Our God and Father,
you have opened heaven to us
to strengthen us with the Bread of life
and to fill us with the Holy Spirit.
Make us new and call us away
from our uncertainties and empty attachments.
Send us out to go forward without fear
on the road of your justice and peace,
that we may be your beloved children
together with your faithful Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord. R/ Amen.
Blessing
At his baptism
Jesus saw his vocation:
to serve God and people.
At our baptism
we were given our vocation.
It is, in our own small way,
the vocation of Jesus.
Let each of us become
a faithful servant and son or daughter
of the Father,
a humble servant of those around us.
And may almighty God bless you all:
the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. R/ Amen.
Go in the peace and the love of the Lord.
R/ Thanks be to God.
