Readings of the day

First Reading: Hebrews 13, 1-8
Psalm: 26 (27), 1.3.5.8b-9abc

Gospel: Mk 6, 14-29

King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; That is why mighty powers are at work in him.” Others were saying, “He is Elijah”; still others, “He is a prophet like any of the prophets.”
But when Herod learned of it, he said, “It is John whom I beheaded… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hebrews 12, 18-19.21-24
Psalm: 47 (48), 2-3a.3b-4.9.10-11

Gospel: Mk 6, 7-13

Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick: no food, no sack, no money in their belts. They were, however, to wear sandals but not a second tunic… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hebrews 12, 4-7.11-15
Psalm: 102 (103), 1-2.13-14.17-18a

Gospel: Mk 6, 1-6

Jesus departed from there and came to his native place,  accompanied by his disciples. When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? … Read more »

Presentation of the Lord – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Mal 3,1-4
Psalm: 23, 7-10

Gospel: Lk 2, 22-40

When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,” and to offer the sacrifice of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hebrews 11, 32-40
Psalm: 30 (31), 20.21.22.23.24

Gospel: Mk 5, 1-20

Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes.
When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him. The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hebrews 11, 1-2.8-19
Psalm: Lk 1, 69-70.71-72.73-75

Gospel: Mk 4, 35-41

On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.”
Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hebrews 10, 32-39
Psalm: 36 (37), 3-4.5-6.23-24.39-40

Gospel: Mk 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… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hebrews 10, 19-25
Psalm: 23 (24), 1-2.3-4ab.5-6

Gospel: Mk 4, 21-25

Jesus said to his disciples, “Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hebrews 10, 11-18
Psalm: 109 (110), 1.2.3.4

Gospel: Mk 4, 1-20

In those days, Jesus began to teach by the sea. A very large crowd gathered around him  so that he got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the whole crowd was beside the sea on land. And he taught them at length in parables, and in the course of his instruction he said to them, “Hear this! … Read more »