February 17, 2014
We hope that today is a good day.
◇Daily Readings February 17, 2014
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◇February 17, 2014 Daily Mass Reading
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The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
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◇The World English Bible
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Gospel Mark 8:11-13
11 The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
12 He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation *The word translated "generation" here (genea) could also be translated "people", "race", or "family". seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."
13 He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side.
*8:12: The word translated "generation" here (genea) could also be translated "people", "race", or "family".
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James 1:1-11
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers,*The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings." when you fall into various temptations,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
7 For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
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◇King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=8&verse=
◇Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.8
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◇Douay-Rheims Bible
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