Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7
Psalm: 55 (56):2-3.9-10ab,10c-11.12-13

Gospel: Mark 3:7-12

In those days, Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him; hearing all that he was doing, they came to him in great numbers from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and the region around Tyre and Sidon. 

He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him; for he had cured many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and shouted, “You are the Son of God!” But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.  Read more »

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Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Samuel 17:32-33,37,40-51
Psalm: 143 (144):1,2,9-10

Gospel: Mark 3:1-6

In those days, Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.  … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Samuel 16:1-13
Psalm: 88 (89):20,21-22,27-28

Gospel: Mark 2:23-28

In those days, one Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 

And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions.” Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the Sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.” Read more »

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