June 4, 2015
We hope that today is a good day.
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Gospel: Mark 12:28b-34
28b One of the scribes came, asked him, "Which commandment is the greatest of all?"
29 Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:
30 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.'☆ This is the first commandment.
31 The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.'☆ There is no other commandment greater than these."
32 The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,
33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."
34 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from God's Kingdom."
No one dared ask him any question after that.
☆12:30: Deuteronomy 6:4-5
☆12:31: Leviticus 19:18
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Tobit 6:9-10a, 7:1, 9-17, 8:4-8
6:9 But when they drew near to Rages,
6:10a the angel said to the young man, Brother, today we shall lodge with Raguel, and he is your kinsman; and he has an only daughter, named Sarah.
7:1 And they came to Ecbatana, and arrived at the house of Raguel. But Sarah met them; and she saluted them, and they her; and she brought them into the house.
9 And he communicated the thing to Raguel: and Raguel said to Tobias, Eat and drink, and make merry:
10 for it appertains to you to take my child. Howbeit I will show you the truth.
11 I have given my child to seven men, and whenever they came in to her, they died in the night. But for the present be merry. And Tobias said, I will taste nothing here, until you? make covenant and enter into covenant with me.
12 And Raguel said, Take her to yourself from henceforth according to the manner: you are her brother, and she is your: but the merciful God shall give all good success to you.
13 And he called his daughter Sarah, and took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife to Tobias, and said, Behold, take her to yourself after the law of Moses, and lead her away to your father. And he blessed them;
14 And he called Edna his wife, and took a book, and wrote an instrument, and sealed it.
15 And they began to eat.
16 And Raguel called his wife Edna, and said to her, Sister, prepare the other chamber, and bring her in there.
17 And she did as he bade her, and brought her in there: and she wept, and she received the tears of her daughter, and said to her,
18 Be of good comfort, my child; the Lord of heaven and earth give you * favour for this your sorrow: be of good comfort, my daughter.
8:4 But after they were both shut in together, Tobias rose up from the bed, and said, Sister, arise, and let us pray that the Lord may have mercy on us.
5 And Tobias began to say, Blessed are you, O God of our fathers, and blessed is your holy and glorious name for ever; let the heavens bless you, and all your creatures.
6 You made Adam, and gave him Eve his wife for a helper and a stay: of them came the seed of men: you did say, it is not good that the man should be alone; let us make him a helper like to him.
7 And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but in truth: command that I may find mercy and grow old with her.
8 And she said with him, Amen. And they slept both that night.
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◇ The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ June 4, 2015 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/15_06_04.mp3
◇ Daily Readings June 4, 2015
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/060415.cfm
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.12
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=12&verse=
◇ The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/index.cfm
◇ Douay-Rheims Bible
http://www.drbo.org/
☆ The Jesus Film (English Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pGEv9qXVaY
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