Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Nehemiah 8:2-4, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30; and Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 19 (Psalm 19:8-10, 15).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 19 Your Words O Lord are Spirit and Life

The Gospel reading is as follows:

Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us, I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.

Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region. He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all. He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”

Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. He said to them, “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (January 27, 2013)

Msgr. Charles Pope: On The Wonder of The Word of God – A Homily for the Third Sunday of the Year (26 JAN 13)

The Deacon’s Bench: Homily for January 27, 2013: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (26 JAN 13)

Marcellino D’Ambrosio, PhD: Catholics and Bible Study: Ignorance of Scripture is NOT Catholic!

The Quiet Corner: The primacy of the divine in the Christian life (24 JAN 13)

The Sacred Page: The Word of God Fulfilled in Your Hearing: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (24 JAN 13)

Word on Fire: Sermon 629: Walls and Bridges: 3rd Ordinary Time

Dr. Scott Hahn: New Day Dawns (January 27th 2013 - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Word Engaged: Justice Done in Faith (Third Sunday in Ordinary Time C)