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Domingo, January 14

SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Here Am I, Lord

Come And See

We Too Are Called

Greeting: (See Second Reading)

Your bodies are members making up the body of Christ.

Anyone who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.

Use your body for the glory of God.

May the Lord Jesus be always with you. R/ And also with you.

Introduction by the Celebrant

1. Here Am I, Lord

Perhaps we don’t realize enough how hard it is to listen to one another. We are so busy with ourselves and with our affairs that we don’t hear others or listen to them. How much harder it is for us to hear God and to listen to him! He loves us; he speaks to us, mainly through his written word in the scriptures, in the voice of the Church, in his commandments, in other people, especially in prophets and the poor, in the events of life. Pay attention, try to hear him and say: “Speak, Lord, your servant listens.”

2. Come And See

Have we Christians really encountered the Lord? Certainly, we believe in him, we pray to him, we hear his message proclaimed Sunday after Sunday, and have perhaps read the gospels in private. But affecting us much more deeply is encountering the Lord in person. It is only then that a deep understanding, a warm relationship with him and a real sense of our mission in life can be born and develop. Come, let us accept his invitation to “come and see” what he has to offer us and what he is asking of us. He is here with us in the Eucharist. Let us ask Jesus to show us where he lives, who he is, and what he expects of us.

3. We Too Are Called

Before we could even know him God called us by name when we were baptized. He called us to be his sons and daughters and gave each of us a task in the Church. Vocation is not restricted to priests and nuns but a call given to us all. This call came not only once when we became God’s children in baptism. God keeps calling us day after day to live as his children and to work for his kingdom. The readings that we hear in this Eucharistic celebration are God’s word and call to us today. The sacrifice that we offer with Jesus our Lord commits us to give a generous answer to God’s call of love.

Penitential Act

1. Here Am I, Lord

If only we had heeded more the word of the Lord!

We ask him now to forgive us.

(pause)

Lord Jesus, you speak to us when you let your Spirit prompt us to do what is good and be just to people.

Make us listen to your voice:

Lord, have mercy. R/ Lord, have mercy.

Jesus Christ, you speak to us when our shepherds and prophets remind us how we can serve you and our neighbor.

Make us listen to your voice.

Christ, have mercy. R/ Christ, have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you speak to us when people appeal to our sense of justice, mercy or compassion.

Make us listen to your voice:

Lord, have mercy. R/ Lord, have mercy.

Forgive us, Lord,

that we have turned a deaf ear to you when you spoke to us.

Dispose us to listen to you and lead us to everlasting live. R/Amen.

Opening Prayer

2. Here I Am Lord. - Come And See

Let us pray

that we may be aware of Jesus’ call
(pause)

God our Father,

we believe in your Son Jesus Christ.

Open our ears to listen to his Word.

Open our hearts

that we may experience his message as a call addressed personally to each of us.

And may each of us say,

“Here am I, Lord;

I come to do your will.”

We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. R/ Amen.

3. We Too Are Called

Let us pray that we may always be open

to God’s word and call

(pause)

Father, you know us

and called us by our name

even before we could know and love you.

May we hear and heed your word to follow Jesus your Son.

Let him become close and familiar to us, that we may learn from him how to live for you and for people.

Help us to live with him and in him,

for he is our Lord for ever and ever. R/ Amen.

First Reading • 1 Samuel 3:3b—10, 19 Speak Lord, Your Servant Listens

Young Samuel responds to God’s mysterious call to put himself entirely in God’s service.

Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the LORD
where the ark of God was.
The LORD called to Samuel, who answered, "Here I am."
Samuel ran to Eli and said, "Here I am. You called me."
"I did not call you, " Eli said. "Go back to sleep."
So he went back to sleep.
Again the LORD called Samuel, who rose and went to Eli.
"Here I am, " he said. "You called me."
But Eli answered, "I did not call you, my son. Go back to sleep."

At that time Samuel was not familiar with the LORD,
because the LORD had not revealed anything to him as yet.
The LORD called Samuel again, for the third time.
Getting up and going to Eli, he said, "Here I am. You called me."
Then Eli understood that the LORD was calling the youth.
So he said to Samuel, "Go to sleep, and if you are called, reply,
Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening."
When Samuel went to sleep in his place,
the LORD came and revealed his presence,
calling out as before, "Samuel, Samuel!"
Samuel answered, "Speak, for your servant is listening."

Samuel grew up, and the LORD was with him,
not permitting any word of his to be without effect.

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10

R. (8a and 9a) Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
I have waited, waited for the LORD,
and he stooped toward me and heard my cry.
And he put a new song into my mouth,
a hymn to our God.
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
Sacrifice or offering you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Holocausts or sin-offerings you sought not;
then said I, "Behold I come."
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
"In the written scroll it is prescribed for me,
to do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!"
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
I announced your justice in the vast assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.

Second Reading • 1 Corinthians 6:13b-15a, 17-20 Your Body Is The Temple of the Spirit

To the Corinthians, living in a port city with much sexual immorality, Paul says: your body is sacred for God, for it is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

Brothers and sisters:
The body is not for immorality, but for the Lord,
and the Lord is for the body;
God raised the Lord and will also raise us by his power.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?
But whoever is joined to the Lord becomes one Spirit with him.
Avoid immorality.
Every other sin a person commits is outside the body,
but the immoral person sins against his own body.
Do you not know that your body
is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you,
whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
For you have been purchased at a price.
Therefore glorify God in your body.

Alleluia : Jn 1:41, 17b

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

We have found the Messiah:
Jesus Christ, who brings us truth and grace.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel • Jn 1:35-42: Come And See

Two disciples of John encounter Jesus and he calls them to stay with him. Once they know him better, they will follow him.

John was standing with two of his disciples,
and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said,
"Behold, the Lamb of God."
The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus.
Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them,
"What are you looking for?"
They said to him, "Rabbi" — which translated means Teacher —,
"where are you staying?"
He said to them, "Come, and you will see."
So they went and saw where Jesus was staying,
and they stayed with him that day.
It was about four in the afternoon.
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter,
was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus.
He first found his own brother Simon and told him,
"We have found the Messiah" — which is translated Christ —.
Then he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said,
"You are Simon the son of John;
you will be called Cephas" — which is translated Peter.

General Intercessions

In baptism God our Father has called us to belong no longer to ourselves but to live for God and for people. Let us pray to our Father in heaven that we may always respond to his call in the concrete circumstances of life and let us say: R/

Speak Lord, your servants listen. To those called in the Church to lead the people of God, that they may have the courage to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth without compromise or fear, let us pray: R/ Speak Lord, your servants listen.

For those who seek God, that the Lord may enlighten their minds and stir their hearts to accept and love him through the inspiring life of dedicated Christians, let us pray: R/ Speak Lord, your servants listen.
For those responsible for others through their positions of leadership, that they may promote justice and love among those entrusted to them and that they may be open and accessible to people in their concrete needs, let us pray: R/ Speak Lord, your servants listen.
For all of us, that we may recognize the voice of Christ to those who appeal to us in their poverty and difficulties, let us pray: R/ Speak Lord, your servants listen.
For this community gathered around the Word and the Table of the Lord, that we may hear his word as a call and find strength in the Eucharist to help one another on the way to God, let us pray: R/ Speak Lord, your servants listen.
Father in heaven, when you call us in the events of everyday life let your Spirit give us the insight and the strength to say: “Lord, here I am. I am ready to do your will,” together with Jesus Christ our Lord. R/ Amen.

Prayer Over the Gifts

Father in heaven,
you have called us together,
saints and sinners alike,
at the table of your Son.

With him we offer you our willingness
to carry out in everyday life
the tasks you entrust to us.

Let your Son give us the courage
to be your new people

and to be open to the prompting of your love.

We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. R/ Amen.

Introduction to the Eucharistic Prayer

We now join Christ in his praise of the Father. As God’s people and the body of Christ, let us become signs of his saving love to all.

Introduction to the Lord’s Prayer

In Jesus' words

we pray to our heavenly Father

that we may always respond to his love

by seeking and doing his will: R/ Our Father...

Deliver Us

Deliver us Lord, from every evil

and give your needed peace to our time.

Make us attentive to every call

from you and from anyone who appeals to us.

Set us free from all sin,

for it destroys our dignity

of being your children and image.

Be our strength in temptation and trials

and lead us forward in hope and joy

toward the full coming among us

of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. R/ For the kingdom...

Invitation to Communion

This is the Lamb of God

who takes away the sin of the world.

Come and see how good is the Lord:

Happy are those who rely on him. R/ Lord, l am not worthy...

Prayer after Communion

Loving Father,

you have let us encounter Jesus your Son in the word and call he spoke to us and in the bread of himself he broke for us.

We thank you for trusting us so much, notwithstanding our weakness, that you loved us and called us by name to be the sign of all of your goodness and unfailing mercy.

Let all that we think and say and do
be a grateful answer of love to you.

Grant this in the name of Jesus the Lord. R/ Amen.

Blessing

In this Eucharist we have encountered the Lord;
we have heard his voice calling us
to be the community of his Church.

Each of us has his or her own gifts
to answer that call.

May you do so

with the blessing of Almighty God:
the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. R/ Amen.

Go in the peace of Christ

and let him be your companion in life. R/ Thanks be to God.

Reflection:

Jan 14 SUN: SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jn1: 35-42

Instrument in bringing me to you

On the following day, John was standing there again, with two of his disciples. As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and said, “There is the Lamb of God.” …. We have found the Messiah” (which means the Christ), and he brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, son of John, but you shall be called Cephas” (which means Rock).

Teachers in China are not encouraged to have any religion, and those who do profess any faith are required to sign a promise that they will in no way talk about their belief in school. Lucy is one of those few teachers. She teaches middle school students.

One of her fellow Catholic teachers told her that they teach catechism classes to children in the parish every Sunday, and invited her to join and help. Though busy from Monday to Saturday, and at times even on Sunday, Lucy went to the church and saw that many children were happy playing some activities and enjoying their lessons. At least, in their place, the children are still allowed to go to church unlike in other places where school teachers keep watch in front of the church to send home any children who may come.

As she was a teacher herself, she was happy she could also teach about her faith to the children. Since then, she has taught catechism classes every Sunday. But they make it a point not to make it known outside the church.

Jesus, thank you for the people who have been instrumental in bringing me to you. Grant me the grace to remain in your love that their effort may not be in vain. Amen.

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