Daily Readings
January 9, 2023
*Two different lectionary systems are provided above: the two-year Daily Lectionary (cycles 1 and 2) and the three-year Revised Common Lectionary (cycles A, B, and C).
Morning
Salmos 5; 145
First Reading
Isaiah 40:12-24
Second Reading
Ephesians 1:1-14
Gospel Reading
Mark 1:1-13
Evening
Salmos 82; 29
Morning Reading 1
Salmos 5
(1) Del maestro de coro, para flautas. Salmo de David.
1 (2-3) Señor, Rey mío y Dios mío,
escucha mis palabras,
atiende a mis gemidos,
oye mis súplicas,
pues a ti elevo mi oración.
3 (4) De mañana escuchas mi voz;
muy temprano te expongo mi caso,
y quedo esperando tu respuesta.
4 (5) No eres tú un Dios que se complace en lo malo;
los malvados no pueden vivir a tu lado,
5 (6) ni en tu presencia hay lugar para los orgullosos.
Tú odias a los malhechores,
6 (7) destruyes a los mentirosos y rechazas a los traidores y asesinos.
7 (8) En cambio yo, por tu gran amor,
puedo entrar en tu templo;
¡puedo adorarte con toda reverencia
mirando hacia tu santo templo!
8 (9) Señor, por causa de mis enemigos
guíame en tu justicia,
llévame por el buen camino.
9 (10) Ellos nunca hablan con sinceridad;
¡están corrompidos por dentro!
Sepulcro abierto es su garganta;
¡su lengua es mentirosa!
10 (11) ¡Castígalos, Dios mío!
¡Haz que fracasen sus intrigas!
Recházalos por sus muchos pecados,
porque se han rebelado contra ti.
11 (12) Alégrense los que buscan tu protección;
canten siempre de alegría
porque tú los proteges.
Los que te aman, se alegran por causa tuya,
12 (13) pues tú, Señor, bendices al que es fiel;
tu bondad lo rodea como un escudo.
Morning Reading 2
Salmos 145
(1a) Alabanza de David.
1 (1b) Hablaré de tu grandeza, mi Dios y Rey;
bendeciré tu nombre por siempre.
2 Diariamente te bendeciré;
alabaré tu nombre por siempre.
3 El Señor es grande y muy digno de alabanza;
su grandeza excede nuestro entendimiento.
4 De padres a hijos se alabarán tus obras,
se anunciarán tus hechos poderosos.
5 Se hablará de tu majestad gloriosa,
y yo hablaré de tus maravillas.
6 Se hablará de tus hechos poderosos y terribles,
y yo hablaré de tu grandeza.
7 Se hablará de tu bondad inmensa,
y a gritos se dirá que tú eres justo.
8 El Señor es tierno y compasivo,
es paciente y todo amor.
9 El Señor es bueno para con todos,
y con ternura cuida sus obras.
10 ¡Que te alaben, Señor, todas tus obras!
¡Que te bendigan tus fieles!
11 ¡Que hablen del esplendor de tu reino!
¡Que hablen de tus hechos poderosos!
12 ¡Que se haga saber a los hombres tu poder
y el gran esplendor de tu reino!
13 Tu reino es un reino eterno,
tu dominio es por todos los siglos.
14 El Señor sostiene a los que caen
y levanta a los que desfallecen.
15 Los ojos de todos esperan de ti
que tú les des su comida a su tiempo.
16 Abres tu mano, y con tu buena voluntad
satisfaces a todos los seres vivos.
17 El Señor es justo en sus caminos,
bondadoso en sus acciones.
18 El Señor está cerca de los que lo invocan,
de los que lo invocan con sinceridad.
19 Él cumple los deseos de los que lo honran;
cuando le piden ayuda, los oye y los salva.
20 El Señor protege a los que lo aman,
pero destruye a los malvados.
21 ¡Que mis labios alaben al Señor!
¡Que todos bendigan su santo nombre,
ahora y siempre!
First Reading
Isaiah 40:12-24
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure,
and weighed the mountains in scales
and the hills in a balance?
13 Who has directed the spirit of the LORD,
or as his counselor has instructed him?
14 Whom did he consult for his enlightenment,
and who taught him the path of justice?
Who taught him knowledge,
and showed him the way of understanding?
15 Even the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
and are accounted as dust on the scales;
see, he takes up the isles like fine dust.
16 Lebanon would not provide fuel enough,
nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering.
17 All the nations are as nothing before him;
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
18 To whom then will you liken God,
or what likeness compare with him?
19 An idol? — A workman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold,
and casts for it silver chains.
20 As a gift one chooses mulberry wood
— wood that will not rot —
then seeks out a skilled artisan
to set up an image that will not topple.
21 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them like a tent to live in;
23 who brings princes to naught,
and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.
24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows upon them, and they wither,
and the tempest carries them off like stubble.
Second Reading
Ephesians 1:1-14
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
To the saints who are in Ephesus and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. 5He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace 8that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight 9he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, 10as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. 11In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, 12so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. 13In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; 14this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.
Gospel Reading
Mark 1:1-13
1The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,
“See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way;
3 the voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’”
4John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6Now John was clothed with camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7He proclaimed, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. 8I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. 11And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
12And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness 13He was in the wilderness for forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.
Evening Reading 1
Salmos 82
(1a) Salmo de Asaf.
1 (1b) Dios se alza en la asamblea divina
y dicta sentencia en medio de los dioses:
2 «¿Hasta cuándo harán ustedes juicios falsos
y se pondrán de parte de los malvados?
3 ¡Hagan justicia al débil y al huérfano!
¡Hagan justicia al pobre y al necesitado!
4 ¡Libren a los débiles y pobres,
y defiéndanlos de los malvados!
5 »Pero ustedes no saben, no entienden;
andan en la oscuridad.
Tiemblan los cimientos de la tierra.
6 Yo dije que ustedes son dioses;
que todos son hijos del Altísimo.
7 Sin embargo, morirán como todo hombre,
¡caerán como cualquier tirano!»
8 ¡Oh Dios, dispónte a juzgar la tierra,
pues tú eres el dueño de todas las naciones!
Evening Reading 2
Salmos 29
(1a) Salmo de David.
1 (1b) Alaben al Señor, seres celestiales:
alaben el poder y la gloria del Señor,
2 alaben el glorioso nombre del Señor,
adoren al Señor en su hermoso santuario.
3 La voz del Señor resuena sobre el mar;
el Dios glorioso hace tronar:
¡el Señor está sobre el mar inmenso!
4 La voz del Señor resuena con fuerza;
la voz del Señor resuena imponente;
5 la voz del Señor desgaja los cedros.
¡El Señor desgaja los cedros del Líbano!
6 Hace temblar los montes Líbano y Sirión;
¡los hace saltar como toros y becerros!
7 La voz del Señor lanza llamas de fuego;
8 la voz del Señor hace temblar al desierto;
¡el Señor hace temblar al desierto de Cadés!
9 La voz del Señor sacude las encinas
y deja sin árboles los bosques.
En su templo, todos le rinden honor.
10 El Señor gobierna las lluvias;
¡el Señor gobierna cual rey eterno!
11 El Señor da fuerza a su pueblo;
el Señor bendice a su pueblo con paz.
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