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| First Reading |
| Isaiah 62:1-5
About Zion I will not be silent,
about Jerusalem I will not grow weary,
until her integrity shines out like the dawn
and her salvation flames like a torch.
The nations then will see your
integrity,
all the kings your glory,
and you will be called by a new name,
one which the mouth of the Lord will confer.
You are to be a crown of splendour in the hand of the Lord,
a princely diadem in the hand of your God;
no longer are you to be named 'Forsaken',
nor your land 'Abandoned',
but you shall be called 'My Delight'
and your land 'The Wedded';
for the Lord takes delight in you
and your land will have its wedding.
Like a young man marrying a virgin,
so will the one who built you wed you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices in his bride,
so will your God rejoice in you.
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| Responsorial Psalm |
| Psalm 95:1-3.7-10
| Response: |
Proclaim the wonders of the Lord
among all the peoples. |
- O sing a new song to the Lord,
sing to the Lord all the earth.
O sing to the Lord, bless his name.
- Proclaim his help day by day,
tell among the nations his glory
and his wonders among all the peoples.
- Give the Lord, you families of peoples,
give the Lord glory and power,
give the Lord the glory of his name.
- Worship the Lord in his temple.
O earth tremble before him.
Proclaim to the nations: 'God is king.'
He will judge the peoples in fairness.
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| Second Reading |
| 1 Corinthians
12:4-11
There is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit; there
are all sorts of service to be done, but always to the same Lord;
working in all sorts of different ways in different people, it
is the same God who is working in all of them. The particular way
in which the Spirit is given to each person is for a good purpose.
One may have the gift of preaching with wisdom given him by the
Spirit; another may have the gift of preaching instruction given
him by the same Spirit; and another the gift of faith given by
the same Spirit; another again the gift of healing, through this
one Spirit; one, the power of miracles; another, prophecy; another
the gift of recognising spirits; another the gift of tongues and
another the ability to interpret them. All these are the work of
one and the same Spirit, who distributes different gifts to different
people just as he chooses.
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| Gospel |
| John 2:1-11
There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was
there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited. When
they ran out of wine, since the wine provided for the wedding was
all finished, the mother of Jesus said to him, 'They have no wine.'
Jesus said, 'Woman, why turn to me? My hour has not come yet.'
His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever he tells you.' There
were six stone water jars standing there, meant for the ablutions
that are customary among the Jews: each could hold twenty or thirty
gallons. Jesus said to the servants. 'Fill the jars with water,'
and they filled them to the brim. 'Draw some out now' he told them
'and take it to the steward.' They did this; the steward tasted
the water, and it had turned into wine. Having no idea where it
came from only the servants who had drawn the water knew - the
steward called the bridegroom and said, 'People generally serve
the best
wine first, and keep the cheaper sort till the guests have had
plenty to drink; but you have kept the best wine till now.'
This was the first of the signs given by Jesus: it was given at
Cana in Galilee. He let his glory be seen, and his disciples believed
in him.
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