Daily Reading for Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Reading 1, First Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20

¹ Now, the boy Samuel was serving Yahweh in the presence of Eli; in those days it was rare for Yahweh to speak; visions were uncommon.

² One day, it happened that Eli was lying down in his room. His eyes were beginning to grow dim; he could no longer see.

³ The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying in Yahweh's sanctuary, where the ark of God was,

⁴ when Yahweh called, 'Samuel! Samuel!' He answered, 'Here I am,'

⁵ and, running to Eli, he said, 'Here I am, as you called me.' Eli said, 'I did not call. Go back and lie down.' So he went and lay down.

⁶ And again Yahweh called, 'Samuel! Samuel!' He got up and went to Eli and said, 'Here I am, as you called me.' He replied, 'I did not call, my son; go back and lie down.'

⁷ As yet, Samuel had no knowledge of Yahweh and the word of Yahweh had not yet been revealed to him.

⁸ Again Yahweh called, the third time. He got up and went to Eli and said, 'Here I am, as you called me.' Eli then understood that Yahweh was calling the child,

⁹ and he said to Samuel, 'Go and lie down, and if someone calls say, "Speak, Yahweh; for your servant is listening." ' So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

¹⁰ Yahweh then came and stood by, calling as he had done before, 'Samuel! Samuel!' Samuel answered, 'Speak, Yahweh; for your servant is listening.'

¹⁹ Samuel grew up. Yahweh was with him and did not let a single word fall to the ground of all that he had told him.

²⁰ All Israel knew, from Dan to Beersheba, that Samuel was attested as a prophet of Yahweh.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 40:2-5, 7-8, 8-9, 10

² He pulled me up from the seething chasm, from the mud of the mire. He set my feet on rock, and made my footsteps firm.

³ He put a fresh song in my mouth, praise of our God. Many will be awestruck at the sight, and will put their trust in Yahweh.

⁴ How blessed are those who put their trust in Yahweh, who have not sided with rebels and those who have gone astray in falsehood.

⁵ How much you have done, Yahweh, my God -- your wonders, your plans for us -- you have no equal. I will proclaim and speak of them; they are beyond number.

⁷ then I said, 'Here I am, I am coming.' In the scroll of the book it is written of me,

⁸ my delight is to do your will; your law, my God, is deep in my heart.

⁹ I proclaimed the saving justice of Yahweh in the great assembly. See, I will not hold my tongue, as you well know.

¹⁰ I have not kept your saving justice locked in the depths of my heart, but have spoken of your constancy and saving help. I have made no secret of your faithful and steadfast love, in the great assembly.

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