First Reading
Daniel 7:13-14
13As
the visions during the night continued, I saw One like a son of man coming, on
the clouds of heaven; When he reached the Ancient One and was presented before
him, 14He received dominion, glory, and kingship; nations and
peoples of every language serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that shall not be taken away, his kingship shall not be destroyed.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 93:1-2, 5
1The
LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed, he is girded with
strength. Yea, the world is established; it shall never be moved; 2thy
throne is established from of old; thou art from everlasting. 5Thy
decrees are very sure; holiness befits thy house, O LORD, for evermore.
Second Reading
Revelation 1:5-8
5and
from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the
ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by
his blood 6and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to
him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7Behold, he is
coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, every one who pierced him;
and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. 8"I
am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who
is to come, the Almighty.
Gospel
John 18:33-37
33Pilate
entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you
the King of the Jews?" 34Jesus answered, "Do you say this
of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?" 35Pilate
answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed
you over to me; what have you done?" 36Jesus answered,
"My kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my
servants would fight, that I might not be handed over to the Jews; but my
kingship is not from the world." 37Pilate said to him,
"So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king.
For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness
to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice."
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