Today's Gospel: 3 January 2020

First letter of St. John the apostle 2,29.3,1-6.
Dear ones, if you know that God is righteous, know also that whoever does justice is born of him.
What great love the Father gave us to be called children of God, and we really are! The reason the world doesn't know us is because it didn't know him.
Dear ones, we are children of God from now on, but what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know, however, that when he has manifested himself, we will be similar to him, because we will see him as he is.
Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, as he is pure.
Anyone who commits sin also commits a violation of the law, because sin is a violation of the law.
You know that he has appeared to take away sins and that there is no sin in him.
Whoever remains in him does not sin; whoever sins has neither seen nor known him.

Salmi 98(97),1.3cd-4.5-6.
Sing a new song to the Lord,
because he has performed wonders.
His right hand gave him victory
and his holy arm.

All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.
Acclaim the whole earth to the Lord,
shout, rejoice with songs of joy.

Sing hymns to the Lord with the harp,
with the harp and with melodious sound;
with the trumpet and the sound of the horn
cheer before the king, the Lord.

From the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to John 1,29: 34-XNUMX.
At that time, John seeing Jesus come towards him, said: «Here is the lamb of God, here is he who takes away the sin of the world!
Here is the one of whom I said: After me comes a man who has passed me by, because he was before me.
I didn't know him, but I came to baptize with water to make him known to Israel. "
John testified saying: «I have seen the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven and settle on him.
I did not know him, but whoever sent me to baptize with water had said to me: The man on whom you will see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.
And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God ».