Friday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time - January 30, 2026
Lectionary: 321
2 Samuel 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17
Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6a, 6bcd-7, 10-11
Mark 4:26-34
PROCESSIONAL HYMN:
Gather the People
Dan Schutte
Refrain:
Gather the people, enter the feast,
all are invited, the greatest and least.
The banquet is ready, now to be shared.
Join in the heavenly feast that God has prepared.
Verse 1:
Around this table we dine as kin,
beloved fam'ly of God.
We share the body of Christ, the Lord.
Here we become what we eat.
Refrain:
Gather the people, enter the feast,
all are invited, the greatest and least.
The banquet is ready, now to be shared.
Join in the heavenly feast that God has prepared.
Verse 2:
Around this table we tell great tales,
the wondrous stories of grace.
We hold the mem'ry of Christ, the Lord.
So we become what we eat.
Refrain:
Gather the people, enter the feast,
all are invited, the greatest and least.
The banquet is ready, now to be shared.
Join in the heavenly feast that God has prepared.
Verse 3:
Around this table God's bounty falls
on all who hunger and thirst.
We drink the fullness of Christ, the Lord.
So we become what we eat.
Refrain:
Gather the people, enter the feast,
all are invited, the greatest and least.
The banquet is ready, now to be shared.
Join in the heavenly feast that God has prepared.
FIRST READING:
2 Samuel 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17
At the turn of the year, when kings go out on campaign,
David sent out Joab along with his officers
and the army of Israel,
and they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah.
David, however, remained in Jerusalem.
One evening David rose from his siesta
and strolled about on the roof of the palace.
From the roof he saw a woman bathing, who was very beautiful.
David had inquiries made about the woman and was told,
“She is Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam,
and wife of Joab’s armor bearer Uriah the Hittite.”
Then David sent messengers and took her.
When she came to him, he had relations with her.
She then returned to her house.
But the woman had conceived,
and sent the information to David, “I am with child.”
David therefore sent a message to Joab,
“Send me Uriah the Hittite.”
So Joab sent Uriah to David.
When he came, David questioned him about Joab, the soldiers,
and how the war was going, and Uriah answered that all was well.
David then said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and bathe your feet.”
Uriah left the palace,
and a portion was sent out after him from the king’s table.
But Uriah slept at the entrance of the royal palace
with the other officers of his lord, and did not go down
to his own house.
David was told that Uriah had not gone home.
On the day following, David summoned him,
and he ate and drank with David, who made him drunk.
But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his bed
among his lord’s servants, and did not go down to his home.
The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab
which he sent by Uriah.
In it he directed:
“Place Uriah up front, where the fighting is fierce.
Then pull back and leave him to be struck down dead.”
So while Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah
to a place where he knew the defenders were strong.
When the men of the city made a sortie against Joab,
some officers of David’s army fell,
and among them Uriah the Hittite died.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6a, 6bcd-7, 10-11
Be merciful, O Lord,
for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.
Be merciful, O Lord,
for we have sinned.
For I acknowledge my offense,
and my sin is before me always:
“Against you only have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight.”
Be merciful, O Lord,
for we have sinned.
I have done such evil in your sight
that you are just in your sentence,
blameless when you condemn.
True, I was born guilty,
a sinner, even as my mother conceived me.
Be merciful, O Lord,
for we have sinned.
Let me hear the sounds of joy and gladness;
the bones you have crushed shall rejoice.
Turn away your face from my sins,
and blot out all my guilt.
Be merciful, O Lord,
for we have sinned.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Mateo 4, 23;
Light from Light
Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth;
you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom.
Alleluia, alleluia.
GOSPEL:
Mark 4:26-34
Jesus said to the crowds:
“This is how it is with the Kingdom of God;
it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land
and would sleep and rise night and day
and the seed would sprout and grow,
he knows not how.
Of its own accord the land yields fruit,
first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once,
for the harvest has come.”
He said,
“To what shall we compare the Kingdom of God,
or what parable can we use for it?
It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground,
is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.
But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants
and puts forth large branches,
so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”
With many such parables
he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it.
Without parables he did not speak to them,
but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.
SONG FOR THE PREPARATION OF GIFTS:
Lord, We Gather Today (Misa Delgado Book 6)
Lester Delgado
Lord, we gather today
In Your house, we kneel down and pray
We ask for your mercy as we open our hearts
To receive Your forgiveness, O Lord
Lord, we lift up to You
All these gifts we offer for Your glory
We will eat this living bread,
We will drink this saving cup
And feel your presence, O Lord
As we offer this bread and as we bring You this wine
Bless them Lord Jesus, feed us now, give us life
Send us Your Spirit, the source of our lives
And together we will serve You with love
HOLY:
Holy (Light from Light)
Manoling Francisco
Holy, Holy, Holy
Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory,
full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna in the highest.
...
Blessed is he who comes in the name
of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna in the highest.
MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION:
When We Eat this Bread (Light from Light)
Manoling Francisco
When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup,
we proclaim Your Death, O Lord,
until You come again,
until You come again,
we proclaim Your Death, O Lord.
GRAN AMEN:
Dakilang Amen (Songs for Ordinary)
Arnel Aquino, S.J
THE LORD'S PRAYER
Our Father/For the Kingdom (Light from Light)
Manoling Francisco
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
...
but deliver us, deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power and the glory
are Yours now and forever.
LAMB OF GOD:
Lamb of God (Light from Light)
Manoling Francisco
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
grant us peace, grant us peace.
COMMUNIO 1:
One Bread, One Body
John Foley
Refrain:
One bread, one body, one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing which we bless.
And we, though many, throughout the earth,
we are one body in this one Lord.
Verse 1:
Gentile or Jew,
servant or free,
woman or man no more.
Refrain:
One bread, one body, one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing which we bless.
And we, though many, throughout the earth,
we are one body in this one Lord.
Verse 2:
Many the gifts,
many the works,
one in the Lord of all.
Refrain:
One bread, one body, one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing which we bless.
And we, though many, throughout the earth,
we are one body in this one Lord.
Verse 3:
Grain for the fields,
scattered and grown,
gathered to one for all.
Refrain:
One bread, one body, one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing which we bless.
And we, though many, throughout the earth,
we are one body in this one Lord.
COMMUNIO 2:
Behold the Lamb
Martin Willett
Verse 1:
Those who were in the dark
are thankful for the sunlight;
we who live, we who die
are grateful for His gift,
thankful for His love.
Refrain:
Behold, behold the Lamb of God.
All who eat, all who drink shall live;
and all, all who dwell in God
shall come to know His glory.
Verse 2:
Peaceful now, those whose hearts
are blessed with understanding
of the wheat, of the wine
united with His word
and the love we share.
Refrain:
Behold, behold the Lamb of God.
All who eat, all who drink shall live;
and all, all who dwell in God
shall come to know His glory.
Verse 3:
Gentle one, Child of God,
join with us at this table.
Bless our lives; nourish all
who hunger for this feast;
shelter them with peace.
Refrain:
Behold, behold the Lamb of God.
All who eat, all who drink shall live;
and all, all who dwell in God
shall come to know His glory.
RECESSIONAL:
Give Thanks (Misa Delgado Book 6)
Lester Delgado
Give thanks to the Lord and exult His name
Give thanks to the Lord, let us sing songs of praise
Shout with one voice and proclaim his words,
Give thanks to the Lord all our days.
Sing hallelujah, sing your song
Rejoice and be glad let us dance with joy.
For Christ is our Lord our Savoir and King
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is our God,
Give thanks to the Lord all our days,
Give thanks!
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