Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our texts describe three men or small groups who receive a vision of God. The pattern is the same: they are undone by it (and often pardoned) and they are given a mission. If this in some form or other characterized the Church it would become what it is, the transformed people of God on mission.
Title
Outline
People like to talk about the important people they have met
Isaiah saw YHWH in the temple
Paul is describing the gospel message
Simon and Andrew were just washing their nets when Jesus asked a favor
Sisters, this pattern is paradigmatic for the life of the follower of Jesus
Readings
FIRST READING
Isaiah 6:1–2a, 3–8
CHAPTER 6
1 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple. 2 Seraphim were stationed above; each of them had six wings: with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they hovered.
3 One cried out to the other:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts!
All the earth is filled with his glory!”
4 At the sound of that cry, the frame of the door shook and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, holding an ember which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
7 He touched my mouth with it. “See,” he said, “now that this has touched your lips, your wickedness is removed, your sin purged.”
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” “Here I am,” I said; “send me!”
RESPONSE
Psalm 138:1c
1 Of David.
I thank you, Lord, with all my heart;
in the presence of the angels to you I sing.
PSALM
Psalm 138:1–5, 7–8
1 Of David.
I thank you, Lord, with all my heart;
in the presence of the angels to you I sing.
2 I bow low toward your holy temple;
I praise your name for your mercy and faithfulness.
For you have exalted over all
your name and your promise.
3 On the day I cried out, you answered;
you strengthened my spirit.
4 All the kings of earth will praise you, LORD,
when they hear the words of your mouth.
5 They will sing of the ways of the LORD:
“How great is the glory of the LORD!”
7 Though I walk in the midst of dangers,
you guard my life when my enemies rage.
You stretch out your hand;
your right hand saves me.
8 The LORD is with me to the end.
LORD, your mercy endures forever.
Never forsake the work of your hands!
SECOND READING
Option A
1 Corinthians 15:1–11
CHAPTER 15*
1 Now I am reminding you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you indeed received and in which you also stand. 2 Through it you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 3 For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures; 4 that he was buried; that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures; 5 that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 After that he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one born abnormally, he appeared to me. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been ineffective. Indeed, I have toiled harder than all of them; not I, however, but the grace of God [that is] with me. 11 Therefore, whether it be I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Matthew 4:19
19 He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
GOSPEL
Luke 5:1–11
1 While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. 2 He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. 4 After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” 5 Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” 6 When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. 7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that they were in danger of sinking. 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” 9 For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him and all those with him, 10 and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” 11 When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.
Notes
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2022 | ORDINARY TIME
FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
YEAR C | ROMAN MISSAL | LECTIONARY
First Reading Isaiah 6:1–2a, 3–8
Response Psalm 138:1c
Psalm Psalm 138:1–5, 7–8
Second Reading 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 or 1 Corinthians 15:3–8, 11
Gospel Acclamation Matthew 4:19
Gospel Luke 5:1–11