5th Day after the Octave of Christmas

Official Translation

Reading 1 1 John 5:5-13

Beloved:
Who is he who conquers the world,
If not he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

This is he who came by water and blood: Jesus Christ;
not with the water only, but with the water and the blood.
It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
For there are three who testify:
the Spirit, the water, and the blood;
and the three agree as one.
If we receive the witness of humans,
the witness of God is greater;
for this is God’s testimony
which he has testified concerning his Son.
He who believes in the Son of God
has the testimony in himself.
He who does not believe God
has made him a liar,
because he has not believed in the testimony
that God has given concerning his Son.
The testimony is this,
that God gave to us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son.
The one who has the Son has the life.
The one who does not have God’s Son
does not have the life.
These things I have written to you
that you may know that you have eternal life,
you who believe in the name of the Son of God.

Responsorial – Psalm 147.12-13, 14-15, 19-20 Resp. 12a

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
or
Alleluia

Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
Praise your God, Zion!
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates.
He has blessed your children within you.

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
or
Alleluia

He makes peace in your borders.
He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends out his commandment to the earth.
His word runs very swiftly.

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
or
Alleluia

He shows his word to Jacob;
his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
He has not done this for any other nation.
They do not know his ordinances. Alleluia!

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
or
Alleluia

Gospel – Mark 1.7-11

John the Baptist preached, saying,
“After me comes he who is mightier than I,
whose sandal-strap I am not worthy
to stoop down and loosen.
I baptized you with water,
but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

It happened in those days,
that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee,
and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
Immediately coming up from the water,
he saw the heavens torn asunder,
and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
A voice came from the heavens,
“You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Or Luke 3.23-38

Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old,
being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi,
the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias,
the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli,
the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias,
the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel,
the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi,
the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam,
the son of Er, the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer,
the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph,
the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea,
the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan,
the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed,
the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni,
the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,
the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug,
the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber,
the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad,
the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared,
the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos,
the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.