Readings of the day

First Reading: Sirach 47, 2-13
Psalm: 17 (18), 31.47 & 50.51

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: 1 Kings 2, 1-4.10-12
Psalm: 1 Chron 29, 10.11ab.11d-12a.12bcd

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… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Sam 24, 2.9-17
Psalm: 31 (32), 1-2.5.6.7

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 »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Sam 18, 9-10.14b.21a.24-25a.30 – 19, 3
Psalm: 85 (86), 1-2.3-4.5-6

Gospel: Mk 5, 21-43

When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea. One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, “My daughter is at the point of death… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Sam 15, 13-14.30; 16, 5-13a
Psalm: 3, 2-3.4-5.6-7

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: 2 Sam 12, 1-7a.10-17
Psalm: 50 (51), 12-13.14-15.16-17

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: 2 Sam 11, 1-4a.5-10a.13-17
Psalm: 50 (51), 3-4.5-6a.6bc-7.10-11

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: 2 Sam 7, 18-19.24-29
Psalm: 131 (132), 1-2.3-5.11.12.13-14

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: 2 Sam 7, 4-17
Psalm: 88 (89), 4-5.27-28.29-30

Gospel: Mk 4, 1-20

On another occasion, 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 »