EPISODE · Jan 12, 2026 · 12 MIN
Come After Me | Catholic Daily Readings and Reflection | January 12, 2026
from Christus Dominus Daily Bread · host Christus Dominus Studios
Join us for today's Catholic Mass Readings, featuring the daily Mass readings from the Holy Bible and a Catholic reflection. Find peace and enhance your faith with daily Scripture. Experience the presence of Jesus Christ in the Gospel and find peace in a special rendition of the Psalm created for today's liturgy from the USCCB.Catholic Daily Readings and Reflection | Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time | January 12, 2026He walked by the sea and everything changed.Simon and Andrew were casting their nets. An ordinary morning. The same water they had fished their whole lives. Then Jesus appeared on the shore.Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.No interview. No probationary period. Just an invitation and a promise. They dropped their nets immediately and followed.Farther along, James and John were mending nets with their father. Jesus called them. They left their father in the boat and followed. In a culture where honoring parents was commanded by God, they walked away.What did they see in him? What did they hear that made them abandon everything? Mark doesn't explain. He just shows the response. Nets dropped. Boat left behind. Father watching his sons walk away.This is the call that comes without explanation. The invitation that doesn't wait for you to be ready.Hannah knew about longing for something different. She had a husband who loved her but no children. Year after year she went to the temple empty. Both she and the disciples were waiting for something they couldn't produce themselves.What net are you holding? What routine have you repeated so many times you can't imagine anything else?Jesus walks by your shore too. Come after me.📖 Readings1 Samuel 1:1-8Psalm 116Mark 1: 14-20⏱️ Timeline00:00 Introduction00:15 Reading I - 1 Samuel 1:1-801:37 Psalm Response - Psalm 11605:45 Gospel - Mark 1:14-2006:35 Reflection - Come After Me🎧 Prefer to listen on the go? The Christus Dominus Daily Bread podcast is now available: Video Podcast: Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/7H4YZ5ZIq4rVVF3670Av3t YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTPJP7WEcCSTIO2N4N_AoIsxmzIYRYiSt Audio Podcast: Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christus-dominus-daily-bread/id1826298886#CatholicDailyReadings #CatholicMass #OrdinaryTime #ComeAfterMe #CallingOfDisciples #CatholicReflection
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Join us for today's Catholic Mass Readings, featuring the daily Mass readings from the Holy Bible and a Catholic reflection. Find peace and enhance your faith with daily Scripture. Experience the presence of Jesus Christ in the Gospel and find peace in a special rendition of the Psalm created for today's liturgy from the USCCB.Catholic Daily Readings and Reflection | Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time | January 12, 2026He walked by the sea and everything changed.Simon and Andrew were casting their nets. An ordinary morning. The same water they had fished their whole lives. Then Jesus appeared on the shore.Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.No interview. No probationary period. Just an invitation and a promise. They dropped their nets immediately and followed.Farther along, James and John were mending nets with their father. Jesus called them. They left their father in the boat and followed. In a culture where honoring parents was commanded by God, they walked away.What did they see in him? What did they hear that made them abandon everything? Mark doesn't explain. He just shows the response. Nets dropped. Boat left behind. Father watching his sons walk away.This is the call that comes without explanation. The invitation that doesn't wait for you to be ready.Hannah knew about longing for something different. She had a husband who loved her but no children. Year after year she went to the temple empty. Both she and the disciples were waiting for something they couldn't produce themselves.What net are you holding? What routine have you repeated so many times you can't imagine anything else?Jesus walks by your shore too. Come after me.📖 Readings1 Samuel 1:1-8Psalm 116Mark 1: 14-20⏱️ Timeline00:00 Introduction00:15 Reading I - 1 Samuel 1:1-801:37 Psalm Response - Psalm 11605:45 Gospel - Mark 1:14-2006:35 Reflection - Come After Me🎧 Prefer to listen on the go? The Christus Dominus Daily Bread podcast is now available: Video Podcast: Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/7H4YZ5ZIq4rVVF3670Av3t YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTPJP7WEcCSTIO2N4N_AoIsxmzIYRYiSt Audio Podcast: Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christus-dominus-daily-bread/id1826298886#CatholicDailyReadings #CatholicMass #OrdinaryTime #ComeAfterMe #CallingOfDisciples #CatholicReflection
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Come After Me | Catholic Daily Readings and Reflection | January 12, 2026
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