Daily Reading for Sunday, January 29th, 2023

Reading 1, Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13

³ Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the earth, who obey his commands. Seek uprightness, seek humility: you may perhaps find shelter on the Day of Yahweh's anger.

¹² But in you I shall leave surviving a humble and lowly people,

¹³ and those who are left in Israel will take refuge in the name of Yahweh. They will do no wrong, will tell no lies; nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will be able to graze and rest with no one to alarm them.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10

⁶ who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them. He keeps faith for ever,

⁷ gives justice to the oppressed, gives food to the hungry; Yahweh sets prisoners free.

⁸ Yahweh gives sight to the blind, lifts up those who are bowed down.

⁹ Yahweh protects the stranger, he sustains the orphan and the widow. Yahweh loves the upright,but he frustrates the wicked.

¹⁰ Yahweh reigns for ever, your God, Zion, from age to age.

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Gospel, Matthew 5:1-12

¹ Seeing the crowds, he went onto the mountain. And when he was seated his disciples came to him.

² Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them:

³ How blessed are the poor in spirit: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

⁴ Blessed are the gentle: they shall have the earth as inheritance.

⁵ Blessed are those who mourn: they shall be comforted.

⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for uprightness: they shall have their fill.

⁷ Blessed are the merciful: they shall have mercy shown them.

⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart: they shall see God.

⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers: they shall be recognised as children of God.

¹⁰ Blessed are those who are persecuted in the cause of uprightness: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

¹¹ 'Blessed are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you falsely on my account.

¹² Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven; this is how they persecuted the prophets before you.

Reading 2, First Corinthians 1:26-31

²⁶ Consider, brothers, how you were called; not many of you are wise by human standards, not many influential, not many from noble families.

²⁷ No, God chose those who by human standards are fools to shame the wise; he chose those who by human standards are weak to shame the strong,

²⁸ those who by human standards are common and contemptible -- indeed those who count for nothing -- to reduce to nothing all those that do count for something,

²⁹ so that no human being might feel boastful before God.

³⁰ It is by him that you exist in Christ Jesus, who for us was made wisdom from God, and saving justice and holiness and redemption.

³¹ As scripture says: If anyone wants to boast, let him boast of the Lord.