Daily Mass Reading Podcast for January 15, 2026

USCCB Daily Readings Podcast

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Daily Mass Reading Podcast for January 15, 2026 by USCCB/NAB

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0:00.0	January 15, 2006, Thursday of the first week in ordinary time.
0:07.0	A reading from the first book of Samuel.
0:11.0	The Philistines gathered for an attack on Israel.
0:15.0	Israel went out to engage them in battle, encamped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at
0:22.0	Afeck.
0:24.1	The Philistines then drew up in battle formation against Israel.
0:29.0	After a fierce struggle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who slew about 4,000 men
0:36.4	on the battlefield.
0:40.1	When the troops retired to the camp,
0:42.3	the elders of Israel said,
0:47.5	Why has the Lord permitted us to be defeated today by the Philistines?
0:51.4	Let us fetch the Ark of the Lord from Shiloh,
0:53.9	that it may go into battle among us and save us from the grasp of our
0:56.4	enemies. So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the Ark of the Lord of hosts,
1:04.5	who is enthroned upon the cherubim. The two sons of Eli, Hoffnye and Phineas, were with the Ark of God.
1:13.6	When the Ark of the Lord arrived in the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly that the earth resounded.
1:22.6	The Philistines, hearing the noise of shouting, asked, what can this loud shouting in the camp of the
1:30.9	Hebrews mean? On learning that the Ark of the Lord had come into the camp, the Philistines were
1:38.3	frightened. They said, gods have come to their camp.' They said also,
1:45.7	"'Wow to us!
1:47.4	This has never happened before.
1:49.8	Woe to us!
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