Friday, January 8, 2027

Douay-Rheims: 1 John 5:5-13

⁵Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? ⁶This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ: not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit which testifieth, that Christ is the truth. ⁷And there are three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one. ⁸And there are three that give testimony on earth: the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three are one. ⁹If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony of God, which is greater, because he hath testified of his Son. ¹⁰He that believeth in the Son of God, hath the testimony of God in himself. He that believeth not the Son, maketh him a liar: because he believeth not in the testimony which God hath testified of his Son. ¹¹And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us eternal life. And this life is in his Son. ¹²He that hath the Son, hath life. He that hath not the Son, hath not life. ¹³These things I write to you, that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 147:1-4, 8-9

¹Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Sion. ²Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates, he hath blessed thy children within thee. ³Who hath placed peace in thy borders: and filleth thee with the fat of corn. ⁴Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth: his word runneth swiftly.

⁸Who declareth his word to Jacob: his justices and his judgments to Israel. ⁹He hath not done in like manner to every nation: and his judgments he hath not made manifest to them. Alleluia.

Douay-Rheims: Luke 5:12-16

¹²And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy, who seeing Jesus, and falling on his face, besought him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. ¹³And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will. Be thou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. ¹⁴And he charged him that he should tell no man, but, Go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. ¹⁵But the fame of him went abroad the more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. ¹⁶And he retired into the desert, and prayed.