Wednesday, 28 January 2026 Wednesday, 3rd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor Antiphons on p. 1947 and Readings on p. 761 of the Daily Missal. Entrance Antiphon:

Send us Fan MailEntrance Antiphon: In the midst of the Church he opened his mouth, and the Lord filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding and clothed him in a robe of glory.First Reading: 2 Samuel 7: 4-12A reading from the Second Book of Samuel.In those days: The word of the Lord came to Nathan,“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in? I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent for my dwelling. In all places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel; and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly, from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men; but I will not take my merciful love from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever” In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with this vision, Nathan spoke to David.The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 89:4-5.27-28.29-30 (R. see 29a)R/. I will keep my faithful love for him always. “With my chosen one I have made a covenant;I have sworn to David my servant:I will establish your descendants forever,and set up your throne through all ages.”He will call out to me, ‘You are my father,my God, the rock of my salvation.’I for my part will make him my firstborn,the highest of the kings of the earth.I will keep my faithful love for him always;with him, my covenant shall last.I will establish his descendants forever,and his throne as lasting as the days of heaven.R/. I will keep my faithful love for him always.Alleluia, Alleluia.The seed is the word of God, and the sower is Christ; all who find him will abide forever.Alleluia.Gospel: Mark 4:1-20A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.At that time: Again Jesus began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he taught them many things in parables, a