First reading
Isaiah 55:1–11
Come to me and your soul will live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you.
Responsorial psalm
Isaiah 12
R. You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
Second reading
1 John 5:1–9
Jesus Christ came by water and blood.
Gospel acclamation
cf. John 1:29
John saw Jesus approaching him, and said: This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
Gospel
Mark 1:7–11
‘You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.’
Images from the Word
- The Holy Spirit
- Like a dove
- My Son, the Beloved
- Witness to the people
- Our faith
Liturgical notes
In the Prayer of the Faithful, the people respond in some sense to the Word of God which they have received in faith and, exercising the office of their baptismal priesthood, offer prayers to God for the salvation of all.
—General Instruction of the Roman Missal, §69
Out of the hearing of the word of God by the assembly, the faithful turn in prayer to their compassionate God to intercede for the needs of the world and their community. The prayer of the faithful needs to be formed by the assembly and not simply taken from a collection of texts: these collections may serve as examples for writing the prayers, but the faithful hearing by the assembly needs to be the source of their prayers.
‘After the Lord was baptised, the heavens were opened, and the Spirit descended upon him like a dove, and the voice of the Father thundered: This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased’
—entrance antiphon