FIRST
READING: 1 John
3: 7 - 10
7
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is
righteous, as he is righteous.
8
He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the
beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the
works of the devil.
9
No one born of God commits sin; for God's nature abides in him, and
he cannot sin because he is born of God.
10
By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the
children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor
he who does not love his brother.
PSALM:
Psalms 98:
1, 7 - 9
1
O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His
right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.
7
Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who
dwell in it!
8
Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together
9
before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the
world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
GOSPEL:
John 1:
35 - 42
35
The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples;
36
and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb
of God!"
37
The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
38
Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What do
you seek?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means
Teacher), "where are you staying?"
39
He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw where he
was staying; and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the
tenth hour.
40
One of the two who heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother.
41
He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have
found the Messiah" (which means Christ).
42
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "So you
are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which
means Peter).
