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Samuel 3:3-10.19
Samuel was lying in the sanctuary of the Lord where the ark of
God was, when the Lord called, 'Samuel! Samuel!' He answered, 'Here
I am.' Then he ran to Eli and said, 'Here I am, since you called
me.' Eli said, 'I did not call. Go back and lie down.' So he went
and lay down. Once again the Lord called, 'Samuel! Samuel!' Samuel
got up and went to Eli and said, 'Here I am, since you called me.'
He replied, 'I did not call you, my son; go back and lie down.'
Samuel had as yet no knowledge of the Lord and the word of the
Lord had not yet been revealed to him. Once again the Lord called,
the third time. He got up and went to Eli and said, 'Here I am
since you called me.' Eli then understood that it was the Lord
who was calling the boy, and he said to Samuel, 'Go and lie down,
and if someone calls say, "Speak, Lord, your servant is listening."
' So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
The Lord then came and stood by, calling as he had done before,
'Samuel! Samuel!' Samuel answered, 'Speak, Lord, your servant is
listening.'
Samuel grew up and the Lord was with him and let no word of his
fall to the ground.
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| Responsorial Psalm |
| Psalm 39:2.4.7-10
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Here I am, Lord!
I come to do your will. |
- I waited, I waited for the Lord
and he stooped down to me;
he heard my cry.
He put a new song into my mouth,
praise of our God.
- You do not ask for sacrifice or offerings,
but an open ear.
You do not ask for holocaust and victim.
Instead, here am I.
- In the scroll of the book it stands written
that I should do your will.
My God, I delight in your law
in the depth of my heart.
- Your justice I have proclaimed
in the great assembly.
My lips I have not sealed;
you know it, O Lord.
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| Second Reading |
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Corinthians
6:13-15.17-20
The body is not meant for fornication; it is for the Lord, and
the Lord for the body. God who raised the Lord from the dead, will
by his power raise us up too.
You know, surely, that your bodies are members making up the body
of Christ; anyone who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with
him.
Keep away from fornication. All the other sins are committed outside
the body; but to fornicate is to sin against your own body. Your
body, you know, is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you
since you received him from God. You are not your own property;
you have been bought and paid for. That is why you should use your
body for the glory of God.
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| Gospel |
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John 1:35-42
As John stood with two of his disciples, Jesus passed, and John
stared hard at him and said, 'Look, there is the Lamb of God.'
Hearing this, the two disciples followed Jesus. Jesus turned round,
saw them following him and said, 'What do you want?' They answered,
'Rabbi,' - which means Teacher - 'where do you live?' 'Come and
see' he replied; so they went and saw where he lived, and stayed
with him the rest of that day. It was about the tenth hour.
One of these two who became followers of Jesus after hearing what
John had said was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. Early next
morning, Andrew met his brother and said to him, 'We have found
the Messiah' - which means Christ - and he took Simon to Jesus.
Jesus looked hard at him and said, 'You are Simon son of John;
you are to be called Cephas' - meaning Rock.
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