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Scripture for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, 20 January 2008 “Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.” Isaiah 49:3-6 The Lord said to me: You are my servant, Israel, through whom I
show my glory. 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, the Lord 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 40: Here am I, Lord;
I come to do your will. Reading from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians 1:1-3 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
and Sosthenes our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth,
to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy,
with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, their Lord and ours. Grace to you and peace from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Gospel according to John 1:29-34 John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold,
the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the
one of whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead
of me because he existed before me.’ I did not know him, but
the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be
made known to Israel.” John testified further, saying, “I
saw the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven and remain upon
him. I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with
water told me, ‘On whomever you see the Spirit come down and
remain, he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God.”
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