A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 1:29-34
John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
The Lord said to Moses: “Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you shall bless the Israelites.
Brothers and sisters: When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that the antichrist was coming, so now many antichrists have appeared.
In the beginning was the Word,/ and the Word was with God,/ and the Word was God./ He was in the beginning with God./ All things came to be through him,/ and without him nothing came to be./ What came to be through him was life,/ and this life was the light of the human race;/ the light shines in the darkness,/ and the darkness has not overcome it.
I am writing to you, children, because your sins have been forgiven for his name’s sake.
There was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher.