So let's talk about today's readings 01/02/10

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Reading I
1 Jn 2:22-28
Beloved:
Who is the liar?
Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ.
Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist.
Anyone who denies the Son does not have the Father,
but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
Let what you heard from the beginning remain in you.
If what you heard from the beginning remains in you,
then you will remain in the Son and in the Father.
And this is the promise that he made us: eternal life.
I write you these things about those who would deceive you.
As for you,
the anointing that you received from him remains in you,
so that you do not need anyone to teach you.
But his anointing teaches you about everything and is true and not false;
just as it taught you, remain in him.
And now, children, remain in him,
so that when he appears we may have confidence
and not be put to shame by him at his coming.

Responsorial Psalm
98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4
R. (3cd) All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
His right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
toward the house of Israel.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Gospel

Jn 1:19-28
This is the testimony of John.
When the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to him
to ask him, “Who are you?”
He admitted and did not deny it, but admitted,
“I am not the Christ.”
So they asked him,
“What are you then? Are you Elijah?”
And he said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
So they said to him,
“Who are you, so we can give an answer to those who sent us?
What do you have to say for yourself?”
He said:
“I am the voice of one crying out in the desert,
‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’

as Isaiah the prophet said.”
Some Pharisees were also sent.
They asked him,
“Why then do you baptize
if you are not the Christ or Elijah or the Prophet?”
John answered them,
“I baptize with water;
but there is one among you whom you do not recognize,
the one who is coming after me,
whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.”
This happened in Bethany across the Jordan,
where John was baptizing.
 
“Beloved: Who is the liar?”
– This is the third time this week that the word liar was used in the first reading.
First, you were a liar if you said you knew God but didn’t love your brother
Next, you were a liar if you said you were without sin
Now, you are a liar if you deny that Jesus is the Messiah.
Why the word Liar? Why not just say: that’s not true, this is true.
The beloved disciple is intent on calling people a Liar…why? If we here on the
forums started calling each other “liar”, whenever someone didn’t see the truth,
then wouldn’t the moderators say no to name-calling? Yet John is the beloved
disciple.

“Sing to the LORD a new song”
– here it is again. you know, I don’t really like to sing a new song in church.
It is more fun if I already know the song, and know it well. A new song is hard.

“So they asked him, “What are you then?”
– John the baptist said he was not the messiah. So they said, then who are you?
This is another good question for the new year. We are not the Messiah, so
now if someone said, “Who are you then?” What would we say?

Today is the day of St. Basil the great and Gregory Nazianzen, 2 friends from
Turkey who became monks and bishops, fighters of the Arian heresy.

So what struck you about today’s readings? :bible1::twocents:
 
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