Readings of the day

First Reading: Genesis 2:4b-9,15-17
Psalm: 103 (104):1-2a,27-28,29bc-30

Gospel: Mark 7:14-23

Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person, but the things that come out from within are what defile.”

When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned him about the parable… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Genesis 1:20 – 2:4a
Psalm: 8:4-5,6-7,8-9

Gospel: Mark 7:1-13

When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,
they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews, do not eat without carefully washing their hands, keeping the tradition of the elders… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Genesis 1:1-19
Psalm: 103 (104):1-2a,5-6,10 and 12,24 and 35c

Gospel: Mark 6:53-56

After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognised him. They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hebrews 13:15-17,20-21
Psalm: 22 (23):1-3a,3b-4,5,6

Gospel: Mark 6:30-34

The Apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hebrews 13:1-8
Psalm: 26 (27):1,3,5,8b-9abc

Gospel: Mark 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 »

Presentation of the Lord – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Malachi 3:1-4
Psalm: 23:7-10

Gospel: Luke 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 12:4-7,11-15
Psalm: 102 (103):1-2,13-14,17-18a

Gospel: Mark 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: Hebrews 12:1-4
Psalm: 21 (22):26b-27,28 & 30,31-32

Gospel: Mark 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: Hebrews 11:32-40
Psalm: 30 (31):20,21,22,23,24

Gospel: Mark 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 »