Daily Reading for Monday, January 3rd, 2022

Reading 1, 1 John 3:22-4:6

²² and whatever we ask we shall receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what is acceptable to him.

²³ His commandment is this, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and that we should love one another as he commanded us.

²⁴ Whoever keeps his commandments remains in God, and God in him. And this is the proof that he remains in us: the Spirit that he has given us.

¹ My dear friends, not every spirit is to be trusted, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets are at large in the world.

² This is the proof of the spirit of God: any spirit which acknowledges Jesus Christ, come in human nature, is from God,

³ and no spirit which fails to acknowledge Jesus is from God; it is the spirit of Antichrist, whose coming you have heard of; he is already at large in the world.

⁴ Children, you are from God and have overcome them, because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

⁵ They are from the world, and therefore the world inspires what they say, and listens to them.

⁶ We are from God; whoever recognises God listens to us; anyone who is not from God refuses to listen to us. This is how we can distinguish the spirit of truth from the spirit of falsehood.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 2:7bc-8, 10-12a

⁷ I will proclaim the decree of Yahweh: He said to me, 'You are my son, today have I fathered you.

⁸ Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations as your birthright, the whole wide world as your possession.

¹⁰ So now, you kings, come to your senses, you earthly rulers, learn your lesson!

¹¹ In fear be submissive to Yahweh;

¹² with trembling kiss his feet, lest he be angry and your way come to nothing, for his fury flares up in a moment. How blessed are all who take refuge in him!