June 3, 2013
Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
We hope that today is a good day.
Today's Bible story based on the calendar of the Catholic Church.
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★Zondervan King James Audio Bible
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+ Saints: St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs of Uganda
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint.php?n=488
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Gospel: Mark 12:1-12
1 He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
2 When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.
5 Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.
6 Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
7 But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
8 They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
10 Haven't you even read this Scripture:
'The stone which the builders rejected,
the same was made the head of the corner.
11 This was from the Lord,
it is marvelous in our eyes'?"☆
12 They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.
☆12:11: Psalm 118:22-23
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Tobit 1:3; 2:1a-8
1:3 I Tobit walked in the ways of truth and righteousness all the days of my life, and I did many alms deeds to my brethren and my nation, who went with me into the land of the Assyrians, to Nineveh.
2:1b which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared me, and I sat down to eat.
2 And I saw abundance of meat, and I said to my son, Go and bring what poor man soever you shall find of our brethren, who is mindful of the Lord; and behold, I wait for you.
3 And he came, and said, Father, one of our race is strangled, and is cast out in the marketplace.
4 And before I had tasted anything, I sprang up, and took him up into a chamber until the sun was set.
5 And I returned, and washed myself, and ate my bread in heaviness,
6 and remembered the prophecy of Amos, as he said,
☆Your feasts shall be turned into mourning,
And all your mirth into lamentation.
7 And I wept: and when the sun was set, I went and made a grave, and buried him.
8 And my neighbors mocked me, and said, He is no longer afraid to be put to death for this matter: and yet he fled away: and, behold, he buries the dead again.
☆2:6: Amos viii. 10.
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* James 2:14-26
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
16 and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled"; and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
18 Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
21 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness";☆ and he was called the friend of God.
24 You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.
25 In the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
☆2:23: Genesis 15:6
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