The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle C.

Send us Fan MailSunday, 19 January 2025The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle C. Antiphons on p. 724 and Readings on p. 728 and of the Daily Missal and p. 877 of the Sunday MissalFirst Reading: Isaiah 62:1-5Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 96:1-2a.2b-3.7-8.9-10a & c (R. cf. 3)R/. Tell among all the peoples the wonders of the Lord.O sing a new song to the Lord; sing to the Lord, all the earth. O sing to the Lord; bless his name.Proclaim his salvation day by day. Tell among the nations his glory, and his wonders among all the peoples.Give the Lord, you families of peoples, give the Lord glory and power; give the Lord the glory of his name.Worship the Lord in holy splendour. O tremble before him, all the earth. Say to the nations, “The Lord is king.” he will judge the peoples in fairness.R/. Tell among all the peoples the wonders of the Lord.Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11There are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;  and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;  and there are varieties of working,  but it is the same God who inspires them all in everyone.  To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit  for the common good.  To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom,  to another the utterance of knowledge  according to the same Spirit,  to another faith by the same Spirit,  to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,  to another the working of miracles,  to another prophecy,  to another the ability to distinguish between spirits,  to another various kinds of tongues,  to another the interpretation of tongues.  All these are inspired by one and the same Spirit,  who apportions to each one individually as he wills.Gospel: John 2:1-11There was a marriage at Cana in Galilee,  and the mother of Jesus was there;  Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples.  When the wine failed, the mother of Jesus said to him,  “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her,  “O woman, what is that to you or to me?  My hour has not yet come.”  His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now six stone jars were standing there,  for the Jewish rites of purification,  each holding twenty or thirty gallons.  Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.”  And they filled them up to the brim.  He said to them, “Now draw some out,  and take it to the steward of the feast.”  So they took it. When the steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine  and did not know where it came from  (though the servants who had drawn the water knew),  the steward of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him,  “Every one serves the good wine first;  and when people have drunk freely,  then the poor wine;  but you have kept the good wine until now.” This, the first of his signs,  Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory;  and his disciples believed in him.