Gospel: January 27, 2026
January 27, 2026 (Tuesday)
3rd Week in Ordinary Time
Psalter: Week 3 (Green/White)
St. Angela Merici, virgin
Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10
Who is the king of glory?
It is the Lord!
1st Reading: 2 Samuel 6:12b-15, 17-19
King David was told that the Lord had blessed the family of Obededom and all that belonged to him because of the Ark of God, so he went to bring up the Ark of God from the house of Obededom to the city of David, rejoicing. After those who carried the Ark of the Lord had walked six paces, they sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf. David whirled round dancing with all his heart before the Lord, wearing a linen ephod, for he and all the Israelites brought up the Ark of the Lord, shouting joyfully and sounding the horn.
They brought in the Ark of the Lord and laid it in its place, in the tent which David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt and peace offerings before the Lord. Once the offerings had been made, David blessed the people in the name of the Lord of Hosts, and distributed to each of them, to each man and woman of the entire assembly of Israel, a loaf of bread, a portion of meat and a raisin cake. With this, all the people left for their homes.
Gospel: Mark 3:31-35
Then his mother and his brothers came. As they stood outside, they sent someone to call him. The crowd sitting around Jesus told him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you.” He replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”
And looking around at those who sat there, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. Whoever does the will of God is brother and sister and mother to me.”
Reflection:
To live according to the values of the Gospel.
Anyone who does the will of the Father truly becomes part of God’s family. Many baptized Catholics forget that our Christian identity not only grants us the right to belong to God’s family but also entails the responsibility to live according to the values of the Gospel. For those of us who dare to call ourselves Christians, may we always embody Christ so that those who encounter us may also experience His love and joy.
