February 28, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 10:28-31
28 Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all, and have followed you."
29 Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,
30 but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.
31 But many who are first will be last; and the last first."
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Sirach 35:1-12
1 He that keeps the law multiplies offerings;
He that takes heed to the commandments sacrifices a peace offering.
2 He that requites a good turn offers fine flour;
And he that gives alms sacrifices a thank offering.
3 To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord;
And to depart from unrighteousness is a propitiation.
4 See that you appear not in the presence of the Lord empty.
5 For all these things are to be done because of the commandment.
6 The offering of the righteous makes the altar fat;
And the sweet savour thereof is before the Most High.
7 The sacrifice of a righteous man is acceptable;
And the memorial thereof shall not be forgotten.
8 Glorify the Lord with a good eye,
And stint not the first fruits of your hands.
9 In every gift show a cheerful countenance,
And dedicate your tithe with gladness.
10 Give to the Most High according as he has given;
And as your hand has found, give with a good eye.
11 For the Lord recompenses,
And he will recompense you sevenfold.
12 Think not to corrupt with gifts; for he will not receive them:
And set not your mind on an unrighteous sacrifice;
For the Lord is judge,
And with him is no respect of persons.
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* The World English Bible
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◇ February 28, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_28.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 28, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022817.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-28
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.10
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=10&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/
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2.28.2017
2.27.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 27, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 10:17-27
17 As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"
18 Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one?God.
19 You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honour your father and mother.'"☆
20 He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth."
21 Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross."
22 But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.
23 Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into God's Kingdom!"
24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into God's Kingdom!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into God's Kingdom."
26 They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, "Then who can be saved?"
27 Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."
☆10:19: Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
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Sirach 17:20-24
20 Their iniquities are not hid from him;
And all their sins are before the Lord. 21 ***
22 With him the alms of a man is as a signet;
And he will keep the bounty of a man as the apple of the eye. †††
23 Afterwards he will rise up and recompense them,
And render their recompense upon their head.
24 Howbeit to them that repent he granteth a return;
And he comforteth them that are losing patience.
†††17:22: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 27, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_27.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 27, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022717.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-27
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.10
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=10&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 10:17-27
17 As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"
18 Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one?God.
19 You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honour your father and mother.'"☆
20 He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth."
21 Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross."
22 But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.
23 Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into God's Kingdom!"
24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into God's Kingdom!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into God's Kingdom."
26 They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, "Then who can be saved?"
27 Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."
☆10:19: Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
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Sirach 17:20-24
20 Their iniquities are not hid from him;
And all their sins are before the Lord. 21 ***
22 With him the alms of a man is as a signet;
And he will keep the bounty of a man as the apple of the eye. †††
23 Afterwards he will rise up and recompense them,
And render their recompense upon their head.
24 Howbeit to them that repent he granteth a return;
And he comforteth them that are losing patience.
†††17:22: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 27, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_27.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 27, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022717.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-27
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.10
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=10&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/
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2.26.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 26, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34
24 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.
25 Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
27 "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment† to his lifespan?
28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,
29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
31 "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.
†6:27: literally, cubit
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Isaiah 49:14-15
14 But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me,
and the Lord has forgotten me."
15 "Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Yes, these may forget,
yet I will not forget you!
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1 Corinthians 4:1-5
1 So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries.
2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgement. Yes, I don't judge my own self.
4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 26, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_26.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 26, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022617.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-26
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.6
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=6&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34
24 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.
25 Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
27 "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment† to his lifespan?
28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,
29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
31 "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.
†6:27: literally, cubit
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Isaiah 49:14-15
14 But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me,
and the Lord has forgotten me."
15 "Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Yes, these may forget,
yet I will not forget you!
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1 Corinthians 4:1-5
1 So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries.
2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgement. Yes, I don't judge my own self.
4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 26, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_26.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 26, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022617.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-26
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.6
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=6&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/
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2.25.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 25, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Gospel: Mark 10:13-16
13 They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.
14 But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me! Don't forbid them, for God's Kingdom belongs to such as these.
15 Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive God's Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
16 He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
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Sirach 17:1-15
1 The Lord created man of the earth,
And turned him back to it again.
2 He gave them days by number, and a set time,
And gave them authority over the things that are thereon.
3 He endued them with strength proper to them;
And made them according to his own image.
4 He put the fear of * man upon all flesh,
And gave him to have dominion over beasts and fowls. 5 †
6 Counsel, and tongue, and eyes,
Ears, and heart, gave he them to understand withal.
7 He filled them with the knowledge of wisdom,
And showed them good and evil.
8 He set his eye upon their hearts,
To show them the majesty of his works. 9 ‡
10 And they shall praise the name of his holiness,
§ That they may declare the majesty of his works.
11 He added to them knowledge,
And gave them a law of life for a heritage.
12 He made an everlasting covenant with them,
And showed them his judgements.
13 Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory;
And their ear heard the glory of ** his voice.
14 And he said to them, Beware of all unrighteousness;
And he gave them commandment, each man concerning his neighbour.
15 Their ways are ever before him;
*17:4: Gr. him.
†17:5: Verse 5 is omitted by the best authorities.
‡17:9: Verse 9 is omitted by the best authorities.
§17:10: This line is added by the best authorities.
**17:13: Some ancient authorities read their.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 25, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_25.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 25, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022517.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-25
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.10
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=10&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Gospel: Mark 10:13-16
13 They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.
14 But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me! Don't forbid them, for God's Kingdom belongs to such as these.
15 Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive God's Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
16 He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
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Sirach 17:1-15
1 The Lord created man of the earth,
And turned him back to it again.
2 He gave them days by number, and a set time,
And gave them authority over the things that are thereon.
3 He endued them with strength proper to them;
And made them according to his own image.
4 He put the fear of * man upon all flesh,
And gave him to have dominion over beasts and fowls. 5 †
6 Counsel, and tongue, and eyes,
Ears, and heart, gave he them to understand withal.
7 He filled them with the knowledge of wisdom,
And showed them good and evil.
8 He set his eye upon their hearts,
To show them the majesty of his works. 9 ‡
10 And they shall praise the name of his holiness,
§ That they may declare the majesty of his works.
11 He added to them knowledge,
And gave them a law of life for a heritage.
12 He made an everlasting covenant with them,
And showed them his judgements.
13 Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory;
And their ear heard the glory of ** his voice.
14 And he said to them, Beware of all unrighteousness;
And he gave them commandment, each man concerning his neighbour.
15 Their ways are ever before him;
*17:4: Gr. him.
†17:5: Verse 5 is omitted by the best authorities.
‡17:9: Verse 9 is omitted by the best authorities.
§17:10: This line is added by the best authorities.
**17:13: Some ancient authorities read their.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 25, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_25.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 25, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022517.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-25
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.10
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=10&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/
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2.24.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 24, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 10:1-12
1 He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.
2 Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
3 He answered, "What did Moses command you?"
4 They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."
5 But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
6 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.☆
7 For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,
8 and the two will become one flesh,☆ so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
10 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
11 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
12 If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery."
☆10:6: Genesis 1:27
☆10:8: Genesis 2:24
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Sirach 6:5-17
5 † Sweet words will multiply ‡ a man's friends;
And a fair-speaking tongue will multiply courtesies.
6 Let those that are at peace with you be many;
But your counsellors one of a thousand.
7 If you would get you a friend, get him § by proving,
And be not in haste to trust him.
8 For there is a friend that is so for his own occasion;
And he will not continue in the day of your affliction.
9 And there is a friend that turns to enmity;
And he will discover strife to your reproach.
10 And there is a friend that is a companion at the table;
And he will not continue in the day of your affliction.
11 And in your prosperity he will be as yourself,
And will be bold over your servants:
12 If you shall be brought low, he will be against you,
And will hide himself from your face.
13 Separate yourself from your enemies;
And beware of your friends.
14 A faithful friend is a strong ** defence;
And he that has found him has found a treasure.
15 There is nothing that can be taken in exchange for a faithful friend;
And his excellency is beyond †† price.
16 A faithful friend is a medicine of life;
And they that fear the Lord shall find him.
17 He that fears the Lord directs his friendship aright;
For as he is, so is his neighbour also.
†6:5: Gr. A sweet throat.
‡6:5: Gr. his.
§6:7: Or, in the time of trial
**6:14: Or, covert
††6:15: Gr. weight.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 24, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_24.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 24, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022417.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-24
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.10
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=10&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 10:1-12
1 He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.
2 Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
3 He answered, "What did Moses command you?"
4 They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."
5 But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
6 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.☆
7 For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,
8 and the two will become one flesh,☆ so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
10 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
11 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
12 If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery."
☆10:6: Genesis 1:27
☆10:8: Genesis 2:24
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Sirach 6:5-17
5 † Sweet words will multiply ‡ a man's friends;
And a fair-speaking tongue will multiply courtesies.
6 Let those that are at peace with you be many;
But your counsellors one of a thousand.
7 If you would get you a friend, get him § by proving,
And be not in haste to trust him.
8 For there is a friend that is so for his own occasion;
And he will not continue in the day of your affliction.
9 And there is a friend that turns to enmity;
And he will discover strife to your reproach.
10 And there is a friend that is a companion at the table;
And he will not continue in the day of your affliction.
11 And in your prosperity he will be as yourself,
And will be bold over your servants:
12 If you shall be brought low, he will be against you,
And will hide himself from your face.
13 Separate yourself from your enemies;
And beware of your friends.
14 A faithful friend is a strong ** defence;
And he that has found him has found a treasure.
15 There is nothing that can be taken in exchange for a faithful friend;
And his excellency is beyond †† price.
16 A faithful friend is a medicine of life;
And they that fear the Lord shall find him.
17 He that fears the Lord directs his friendship aright;
For as he is, so is his neighbour also.
†6:5: Gr. A sweet throat.
‡6:5: Gr. his.
§6:7: Or, in the time of trial
**6:14: Or, covert
††6:15: Gr. weight.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 24, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_24.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 24, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022417.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-24
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.10
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=10&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/
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2.23.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 23, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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St. Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr (Memorial)
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Gospel: Mark 9:41-50
41 For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
42 Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, * into the unquenchable fire,
44 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' ☆†
45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, ‡ into the fire that will never be quenched?
46 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' §
47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into God's Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna** of fire,
48 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' ☆
49 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
*9:43: or, Hell
☆9:44: Isaiah 66:24
†9:44: NU omits verse 44.
‡9:45: or, Hell
§9:46: NU omits verse 46.
**9:47: or, Hell
☆9:48: Isaiah 66:24
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Sirach 5:1-8
1 Set not your heart upon your goods;
And say not, They are sufficient for me.
2 Follow not your own mind and your strength,
To walk in the desires of your heart;
3 And say not, Who shall have dominion over me?
For the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.
4 Say not, I sinned, and what happened to me?
For the Lord is longsuffering. *
5 Concerning atonement, be not without fear,
To add sin upon sins:
6 And say not, His compassion is great;
He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins:
For mercy and wrath are with him,
And his indignation will rest upon sinners.
7 Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord;
And put not off from day to day:
For suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth; †
And you shall perish in the time of vengeance.
8 Set not your heart upon unrighteous gains:
For you shall profit nothing in the day of calamity.
*5:4: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
†5:7: A line of this verse is here omitted by the best authorities.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 23, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_23.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 23, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022317.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-23
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.9
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=9&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
-----
St. Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr (Memorial)
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Gospel: Mark 9:41-50
41 For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
42 Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, * into the unquenchable fire,
44 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' ☆†
45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, ‡ into the fire that will never be quenched?
46 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' §
47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into God's Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna** of fire,
48 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' ☆
49 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
*9:43: or, Hell
☆9:44: Isaiah 66:24
†9:44: NU omits verse 44.
‡9:45: or, Hell
§9:46: NU omits verse 46.
**9:47: or, Hell
☆9:48: Isaiah 66:24
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Sirach 5:1-8
1 Set not your heart upon your goods;
And say not, They are sufficient for me.
2 Follow not your own mind and your strength,
To walk in the desires of your heart;
3 And say not, Who shall have dominion over me?
For the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.
4 Say not, I sinned, and what happened to me?
For the Lord is longsuffering. *
5 Concerning atonement, be not without fear,
To add sin upon sins:
6 And say not, His compassion is great;
He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins:
For mercy and wrath are with him,
And his indignation will rest upon sinners.
7 Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord;
And put not off from day to day:
For suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth; †
And you shall perish in the time of vengeance.
8 Set not your heart upon unrighteous gains:
For you shall profit nothing in the day of calamity.
*5:4: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
†5:7: A line of this verse is here omitted by the best authorities.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 23, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_23.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 23, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022317.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-23
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.9
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=9&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/
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Today's Bible story *
February 23, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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St. Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr (Memorial)
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Gospel: Mark 9:41-50
41 For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
42 Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, * into the unquenchable fire,
44 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' ☆†
45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, ‡ into the fire that will never be quenched?
46 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' §
47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into God's Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna** of fire,
48 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' ☆
49 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
*9:43: or, Hell
☆9:44: Isaiah 66:24
†9:44: NU omits verse 44.
‡9:45: or, Hell
§9:46: NU omits verse 46.
**9:47: or, Hell
☆9:48: Isaiah 66:24
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Sirach 5:1-8
1 Set not your heart upon your goods;
And say not, They are sufficient for me.
2 Follow not your own mind and your strength,
To walk in the desires of your heart;
3 And say not, Who shall have dominion over me?
For the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.
4 Say not, I sinned, and what happened to me?
For the Lord is longsuffering. *
5 Concerning atonement, be not without fear,
To add sin upon sins:
6 And say not, His compassion is great;
He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins:
For mercy and wrath are with him,
And his indignation will rest upon sinners.
7 Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord;
And put not off from day to day:
For suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth; †
And you shall perish in the time of vengeance.
8 Set not your heart upon unrighteous gains:
For you shall profit nothing in the day of calamity.
*5:4: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
†5:7: A line of this verse is here omitted by the best authorities.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 23, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_23.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 23, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022317.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-23
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.9
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=9&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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St. Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr (Memorial)
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Gospel: Mark 9:41-50
41 For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
42 Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, * into the unquenchable fire,
44 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' ☆†
45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, ‡ into the fire that will never be quenched?
46 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' §
47 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into God's Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna** of fire,
48 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' ☆
49 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
*9:43: or, Hell
☆9:44: Isaiah 66:24
†9:44: NU omits verse 44.
‡9:45: or, Hell
§9:46: NU omits verse 46.
**9:47: or, Hell
☆9:48: Isaiah 66:24
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Sirach 5:1-8
1 Set not your heart upon your goods;
And say not, They are sufficient for me.
2 Follow not your own mind and your strength,
To walk in the desires of your heart;
3 And say not, Who shall have dominion over me?
For the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.
4 Say not, I sinned, and what happened to me?
For the Lord is longsuffering. *
5 Concerning atonement, be not without fear,
To add sin upon sins:
6 And say not, His compassion is great;
He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins:
For mercy and wrath are with him,
And his indignation will rest upon sinners.
7 Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord;
And put not off from day to day:
For suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth; †
And you shall perish in the time of vengeance.
8 Set not your heart upon unrighteous gains:
For you shall profit nothing in the day of calamity.
*5:4: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
†5:7: A line of this verse is here omitted by the best authorities.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 23, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_23.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 23, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022317.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-23
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.9
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=9&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/
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2.22.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 22, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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The Chair of St. Peter, Apostle (Feast)
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Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19
13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"
14 They said, "Some say John the Baptiser, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."
15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
17 Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
18 I also tell you that you are Peter,* and on this rock † I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades‡ will not prevail against it.
19 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven."
*16:18: Peter's name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.
†16:18: Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.
‡16:18: or, Hell
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1 Peter 5:1-4
1 Therefore I exhort the elders amongst you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
2 Shepherd the flock of God which is amongst you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
3 neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
4 When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 22, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_22.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 22, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022217.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-22
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.16
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=16&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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The Chair of St. Peter, Apostle (Feast)
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Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19
13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"
14 They said, "Some say John the Baptiser, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."
15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
17 Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
18 I also tell you that you are Peter,* and on this rock † I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades‡ will not prevail against it.
19 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven."
*16:18: Peter's name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.
†16:18: Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.
‡16:18: or, Hell
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1 Peter 5:1-4
1 Therefore I exhort the elders amongst you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
2 Shepherd the flock of God which is amongst you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
3 neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
4 When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 22, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_22.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 22, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022217.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-22
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.16
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=16&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/
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2.21.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 21, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 9:30-37
30 They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn't want anyone to know it.
31 For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again."
32 But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33 He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you arguing amongst yourselves on the way?"
34 But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.
35 He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."
36 He took a little child, and set him in the middle of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,
37 "Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me."
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Sirach 2:1-11
1 My son, if you come to serve the Lord,
Prepare your soul for temptation.
2 Set your heart aright, and constantly endure,
And make not haste in time of calamity.
3 Cleave to him, and depart not,
That you may be increased at your latter end.
4 Accept whatever is brought upon you,
And be longsuffering * when you passest into humiliation.
5 For gold is tried in the fire,
And acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
6 Put your trust in him, and he will help you:
Order your ways aright, and set your hope on him.
7 You? that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy;
And turn not aside, lest you? fall.
8 You? that fear the Lord, put your trust in him;
And your reward shall not fail.
9 You? that fear the Lord, hope for good things,
And for eternal gladness and mercy.
10 Look at the generations of old, and see:
Who did ever put his trust in the Lord, and was ashamed?
Or who did abide in his fear, and was forsaken?
Or who did call upon him, and he despised him?
11 For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy;
And he forgives sins, and saves in time of affliction.
*2:4: Gr. in the changes of your humiliation.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 21, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_21.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 21, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022117.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-21
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.9
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=9&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 9:30-37
30 They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn't want anyone to know it.
31 For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again."
32 But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33 He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you arguing amongst yourselves on the way?"
34 But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.
35 He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."
36 He took a little child, and set him in the middle of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,
37 "Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me."
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Sirach 2:1-11
1 My son, if you come to serve the Lord,
Prepare your soul for temptation.
2 Set your heart aright, and constantly endure,
And make not haste in time of calamity.
3 Cleave to him, and depart not,
That you may be increased at your latter end.
4 Accept whatever is brought upon you,
And be longsuffering * when you passest into humiliation.
5 For gold is tried in the fire,
And acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
6 Put your trust in him, and he will help you:
Order your ways aright, and set your hope on him.
7 You? that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy;
And turn not aside, lest you? fall.
8 You? that fear the Lord, put your trust in him;
And your reward shall not fail.
9 You? that fear the Lord, hope for good things,
And for eternal gladness and mercy.
10 Look at the generations of old, and see:
Who did ever put his trust in the Lord, and was ashamed?
Or who did abide in his fear, and was forsaken?
Or who did call upon him, and he despised him?
11 For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy;
And he forgives sins, and saves in time of affliction.
*2:4: Gr. in the changes of your humiliation.
-----
* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 21, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_21.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 21, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022117.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-21
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.9
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=9&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/
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2.20.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 20, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 9:14-29
14 Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.
15 Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him.
16 He asked the scribes, "What are you asking them?"
17 One of the multitude answered, "Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
18 and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."
19 He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."
20 They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
21 He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?"
He said, "From childhood.
22 Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us."
23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
24 Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, "I believe. Help my unbelief!"
25 When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"
26 Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."
27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
28 When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"
29 He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."
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Sirach 1:1-10
1 All wisdom comes from the Lord,
And is with him forever.
2 The sand of the seas, and the drops of rain,
And the days of eternity, who shall count?
3 The height of the heaven, and the breadth of the earth,
And the deep, and wisdom, who shall search them out?
4 Wisdom has been created before all things,
And the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
5 †
6 To whom has the root of wisdom been revealed?
And who has known her shrewd counsels?
7 ‡
8 There is one wise, greatly to be feared,
The Lord sitting upon his throne:
9 He created her,
And saw, and counted her,
And poured her out upon all his works.
10 She is with all flesh according to his gift;
And he gave her freely to them that love him.
†1:5: Verses 5 and 7 are omitted by the best authorities
‡1:7: Verses 5 and 7 are omitted by the best authorities
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 20, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_20.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 20, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022017.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-20
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.9
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=9&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 9:14-29
14 Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.
15 Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him.
16 He asked the scribes, "What are you asking them?"
17 One of the multitude answered, "Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
18 and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."
19 He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."
20 They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
21 He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?"
He said, "From childhood.
22 Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us."
23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
24 Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, "I believe. Help my unbelief!"
25 When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"
26 Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."
27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
28 When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"
29 He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."
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Sirach 1:1-10
1 All wisdom comes from the Lord,
And is with him forever.
2 The sand of the seas, and the drops of rain,
And the days of eternity, who shall count?
3 The height of the heaven, and the breadth of the earth,
And the deep, and wisdom, who shall search them out?
4 Wisdom has been created before all things,
And the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
5 †
6 To whom has the root of wisdom been revealed?
And who has known her shrewd counsels?
7 ‡
8 There is one wise, greatly to be feared,
The Lord sitting upon his throne:
9 He created her,
And saw, and counted her,
And poured her out upon all his works.
10 She is with all flesh according to his gift;
And he gave her freely to them that love him.
†1:5: Verses 5 and 7 are omitted by the best authorities
‡1:7: Verses 5 and 7 are omitted by the best authorities
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 20, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_20.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 20, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022017.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-20
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.9
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=9&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/
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2.19.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 19, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48
38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'☆
39 But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
41 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
42 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbour ‡‡‡ and hate your enemy.'§§§
44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
47 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors* do the same?
48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
☆5:38: Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21
‡‡‡5:43: Leviticus 19:18
§§§5:43: not in the Bible, but see Qumran Manual of Discipline Ix, 21-26
*5:47: NU reads "Gentiles" instead of "tax collectors".
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Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18
1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I, the LORD your God, am holy.
17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbour, and not bear sin because of him.
18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbour as yourself. I am the LORD.
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1 Corinthians 3:16-23
16 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?
17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise amongst you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."☆
20 And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."☆
21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
☆3:19: Job 5:13
☆3:20: Psalm 94:11
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 19, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_19.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 19, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021917.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-19
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.5
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=5&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48
38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'☆
39 But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
41 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
42 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbour ‡‡‡ and hate your enemy.'§§§
44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
47 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors* do the same?
48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
☆5:38: Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21
‡‡‡5:43: Leviticus 19:18
§§§5:43: not in the Bible, but see Qumran Manual of Discipline Ix, 21-26
*5:47: NU reads "Gentiles" instead of "tax collectors".
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Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18
1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I, the LORD your God, am holy.
17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbour, and not bear sin because of him.
18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbour as yourself. I am the LORD.
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1 Corinthians 3:16-23
16 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?
17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise amongst you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."☆
20 And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."☆
21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
☆3:19: Job 5:13
☆3:20: Psalm 94:11
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 19, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_19.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 19, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021917.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-19
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.5
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=5&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/
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2.18.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 18, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Gospel: Mark 9:2-13
2 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.
3 His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
4 Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.
5 Peter answered Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
6 For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.
7 A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."
8 Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only.
9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
10 They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.
11 They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
12 He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?
13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."
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Hebrews 11:1-7
1 Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
2 For by this, the elders obtained testimony.
3 By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
4 By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.
5 By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
6 Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear,* prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
*11:7: or, reverence
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 18, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_18.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 18, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021817.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-18
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.9
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=9&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Gospel: Mark 9:2-13
2 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.
3 His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
4 Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.
5 Peter answered Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
6 For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.
7 A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."
8 Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only.
9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
10 They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.
11 They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
12 He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?
13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."
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Hebrews 11:1-7
1 Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
2 For by this, the elders obtained testimony.
3 By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
4 By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.
5 By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
6 Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear,* prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
*11:7: or, reverence
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 18, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_18.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 18, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021817.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-18
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.9
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=9&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/
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2.17.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 17, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 8:34--9:1
8：34 He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
36 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
37 For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
38 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father's glory, with the holy angels."
9：1 He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see God's Kingdom come with power."
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Genesis 11:1-9
1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 As they travelled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
3 They said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
4 They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6 The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
7 Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 17, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_17.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 17, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021717.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-17
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.8
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=8&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 8:34--9:1
8：34 He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
36 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
37 For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
38 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father's glory, with the holy angels."
9：1 He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see God's Kingdom come with power."
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Genesis 11:1-9
1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 As they travelled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
3 They said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
4 They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6 The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
7 Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 17, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_17.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 17, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021717.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-17
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.8
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=8&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/
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2.16.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 16, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 8:27-33
27 Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"
28 They told him, "John the Baptiser, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."
29 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Peter answered, "You are the Christ."
30 He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
31 He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32 He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
33 But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."
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Genesis 9:1-13
1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2 The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.
3 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
4 But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
5 I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
6 Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
7 Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it."
8 God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
9 "As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
10 and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth.
11 I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth."
12 God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 16, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_16.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 16, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021617.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-16
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.8
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=8&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/
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 8:27-33
27 Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"
28 They told him, "John the Baptiser, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."
29 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Peter answered, "You are the Christ."
30 He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
31 He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32 He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
33 But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."
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Genesis 9:1-13
1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2 The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.
3 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
4 But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
5 I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
6 Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
7 Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it."
8 God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
9 "As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
10 and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth.
11 I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth."
12 God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 16, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_16.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 16, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021617.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-16
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.8
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=8&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/
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2.15.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 15, 2017
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 8:22-26
22 He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him.
23 He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
24 He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them like trees walking."
25 Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
26 He sent him away to his house, saying, "Don't enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village."
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Genesis 8:6-13, 20-22
6 At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,
7 and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.
8 He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,
9 but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ship, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.
10 He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.
11 The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.
12 He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn't return to him anymore.
13 In the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.
20 Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, as I have done.
22 While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease."
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 15, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_15.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 15, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021517.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-15
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.8
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=8&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 8:22-26
22 He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him.
23 He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
24 He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them like trees walking."
25 Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
26 He sent him away to his house, saying, "Don't enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village."
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Genesis 8:6-13, 20-22
6 At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,
7 and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.
8 He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,
9 but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ship, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.
10 He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.
11 The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.
12 He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn't return to him anymore.
13 In the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.
20 Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, as I have done.
22 While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease."
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 15, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_15.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 15, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021517.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-15
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.8
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=8&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/
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2.14.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 14, 2017
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Saints Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop (Memorial)
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Gospel: Mark 8:14-21
14 They forgot to take bread; and they didn't have more than one loaf in the boat with them.
15 He warned them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."
16 They reasoned with one another, saying, "It's because we have no bread."
17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?
18 Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?
19 When I broke the five loaves amongst the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?"
They told him, "Twelve."
20 "When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?"
They told him, "Seven."
21 He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"
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Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10
6：5 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man's heart was continually only evil.
6 The LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
7 The LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground?man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky?for I am sorry that I have made them."
8 But Noah found favour in the LORD's eyes.
7：1 The LORD said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
2 You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.
3 Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
4 In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
5 Noah did everything that the LORD commanded him.
10 After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 14, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_14.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 14, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021417.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-14
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.8
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=8&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Saints Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop (Memorial)
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Gospel: Mark 8:14-21
14 They forgot to take bread; and they didn't have more than one loaf in the boat with them.
15 He warned them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."
16 They reasoned with one another, saying, "It's because we have no bread."
17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?
18 Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?
19 When I broke the five loaves amongst the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?"
They told him, "Twelve."
20 "When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?"
They told him, "Seven."
21 He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"
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Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10
6：5 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man's heart was continually only evil.
6 The LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
7 The LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground?man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky?for I am sorry that I have made them."
8 But Noah found favour in the LORD's eyes.
7：1 The LORD said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
2 You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.
3 Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
4 In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
5 Noah did everything that the LORD commanded him.
10 After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 14, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_14.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 14, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021417.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-14
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.8
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=8&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/
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2.13.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 13, 2017
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Weekday
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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 * 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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Genesis 4:1-15, 25
1 The man knew* Eve his wife. She conceived,† and gave birth to Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man with the LORD's help."
2 Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 As time passed, Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the ground.
4 Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. The LORD respected Abel and his offering,
5 but he didn't respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.
6 The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
7 If you do well, won't it be lifted up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it."
8 Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field." While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.
9 The LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?"
He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
10 The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
11 Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
12 From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
13 Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14 Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me."
15 The LORD said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone finding him would not strike him.
25 Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, "for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
*4:1: or, lay with, or, had relations with
†4:1: or, became pregnant
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 13, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_13.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 13, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021317.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-13
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.8
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=8&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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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 * 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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Genesis 4:1-15, 25
1 The man knew* Eve his wife. She conceived,† and gave birth to Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man with the LORD's help."
2 Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 As time passed, Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the ground.
4 Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. The LORD respected Abel and his offering,
5 but he didn't respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.
6 The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
7 If you do well, won't it be lifted up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it."
8 Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field." While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.
9 The LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?"
He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
10 The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
11 Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
12 From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
13 Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14 Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me."
15 The LORD said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone finding him would not strike him.
25 Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, "for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
*4:1: or, lay with, or, had relations with
†4:1: or, became pregnant
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 13, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_13.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 13, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021317.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-13
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.8
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=8&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/
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2.12.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 12, 2017
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Gospel: Matthew 5:17-37
17 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter† or one tiny pen stroke‡ shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
19 Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
21 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;'☆ and 'Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgement.'
22 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause § will be in danger of the judgement; and whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' ** will be in danger of the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna. ††
23 "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.
26 Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.‡‡
27 "You have heard that it was said, §§ 'You shall not commit adultery;'☆
28 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.***
30 If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.†††
31 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'☆
32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'
34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.
37 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
‡5:18: or, serif
☆5:21: Exodus 20:13
§5:22: NU omits "without a cause".
**5:22: "Raca" is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty" and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.
††5:22: or, Hell
‡‡5:26: literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow's mites)?not enough to buy very much of anything.
§§5:27: TR adds "to the ancients".
☆5:27: Exodus 20:14
***5:29: or, Hell
†††5:30: or, Hell
☆5:31: Deuteronomy 24:1
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Sirach 15:15-20
15 If you will, you shall keep the commandments;
And to perform faithfulness is of your own good pleasure.
16 He has set fire and water before you:
You shall stretch forth your hand to whichever you will.
17 Before man is life and death;
And whichever he likes, it shall be given him.
18 For great is the wisdom of the Lord:
He is mighty in power, and sees all things;
19 And his eyes are upon them that fear him;
And he will take knowledge of every work of man.
20 He has not commanded any man to be ungodly;
And he has not given any man licence to sin.
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1 Corinthians 2:6-10
6 We speak wisdom, however, amongst those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.
7 But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,
8 which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written,
"Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear,
which didn't enter into the heart of man,
these God has prepared for those who love him."☆
10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
☆2:9: Isaiah 64:4
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 12, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_12.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 12, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/021217.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-12
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.5
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=5&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Gospel: Matthew 5:17-37
17 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter† or one tiny pen stroke‡ shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
19 Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
21 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;'☆ and 'Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgement.'
22 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause § will be in danger of the judgement; and whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' ** will be in danger of the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna. ††
23 "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.
26 Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.‡‡
27 "You have heard that it was said, §§ 'You shall not commit adultery;'☆
28 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.***
30 If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.†††
31 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'☆
32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'
34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.
37 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
‡5:18: or, serif
☆5:21: Exodus 20:13
§5:22: NU omits "without a cause".
**5:22: "Raca" is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty" and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.
††5:22: or, Hell
‡‡5:26: literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow's mites)?not enough to buy very much of anything.
§§5:27: TR adds "to the ancients".
☆5:27: Exodus 20:14
***5:29: or, Hell
†††5:30: or, Hell
☆5:31: Deuteronomy 24:1
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Sirach 15:15-20
15 If you will, you shall keep the commandments;
And to perform faithfulness is of your own good pleasure.
16 He has set fire and water before you:
You shall stretch forth your hand to whichever you will.
17 Before man is life and death;
And whichever he likes, it shall be given him.
18 For great is the wisdom of the Lord:
He is mighty in power, and sees all things;
19 And his eyes are upon them that fear him;
And he will take knowledge of every work of man.
20 He has not commanded any man to be ungodly;
And he has not given any man licence to sin.
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1 Corinthians 2:6-10
6 We speak wisdom, however, amongst those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.
7 But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,
8 which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written,
"Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear,
which didn't enter into the heart of man,
these God has prepared for those who love him."☆
10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
☆2:9: Isaiah 64:4
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2.11.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 11, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Our Lady of Lourdes (Optional Memorial)
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Gospel: Mark 8:1-10
1?In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,
2? "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
3? If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."
4?His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"
5?He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?"
They said, "Seven."
6?He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.
7?They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
8?They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
9?Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.
10?Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
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Genesis 3:9-24
9?The LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
10?The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
11?God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
12?The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
13?The LORD God said to the woman, "What have you done?"
The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
14?The LORD God said to the serpent,
"Because you have done this,
you are cursed above all livestock,
and above every animal of the field.
You shall go on your belly
and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
15?I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring.
He will bruise your head,
and you will bruise his heel."
16?To the woman he said,
"I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth.
In pain you will bear children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you."
17?To Adam he said,
"Because you have listened to your wife's voice,
and ate from the tree,
about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,'
the ground is cursed for your sake.
You will eat from it with much labour all the days of your life.
18?It will yield thorns and thistles to you;
and you will eat the herb of the field.
19?By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken.
For you are dust,
and to dust you shall return."
20?The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.
21?The LORD God made coats of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
22?The LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
23?Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
24?So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim* at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
*3:24: cherubim are powerful angelic creatures, messengers of God with wings. See Ezekiel 10.
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Our Lady of Lourdes (Optional Memorial)
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Gospel: Mark 8:1-10
1?In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,
2? "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
3? If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."
4?His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"
5?He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?"
They said, "Seven."
6?He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.
7?They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
8?They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
9?Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.
10?Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
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Genesis 3:9-24
9?The LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
10?The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
11?God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
12?The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
13?The LORD God said to the woman, "What have you done?"
The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
14?The LORD God said to the serpent,
"Because you have done this,
you are cursed above all livestock,
and above every animal of the field.
You shall go on your belly
and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
15?I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring.
He will bruise your head,
and you will bruise his heel."
16?To the woman he said,
"I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth.
In pain you will bear children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you."
17?To Adam he said,
"Because you have listened to your wife's voice,
and ate from the tree,
about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,'
the ground is cursed for your sake.
You will eat from it with much labour all the days of your life.
18?It will yield thorns and thistles to you;
and you will eat the herb of the field.
19?By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken.
For you are dust,
and to dust you shall return."
20?The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.
21?The LORD God made coats of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
22?The LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
23?Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
24?So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim* at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
*3:24: cherubim are powerful angelic creatures, messengers of God with wings. See Ezekiel 10.
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2.10.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 10, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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St. Scholastica, Virgin (Memorial)
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Gospel: Mark 7:31-37
31 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the region of Decapolis.
32 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.
33 He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.
34 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"
35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
36 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
37 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"
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Genesis 3:1-8
1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,
3 but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, 'You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.'"
4 The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,
5 for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.
7 Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.
8 They heard the LORD God's voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
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* The World English Bible
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◇ Douay-Rheims Bible
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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St. Scholastica, Virgin (Memorial)
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Gospel: Mark 7:31-37
31 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the region of Decapolis.
32 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.
33 He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.
34 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"
35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
36 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
37 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"
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Genesis 3:1-8
1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,
3 but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, 'You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.'"
4 The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,
5 for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.
7 Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.
8 They heard the LORD God's voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
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2.09.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 9, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 7:24-30
24 From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice.
25 For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
28 But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
29 He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."
30 She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
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Genesis 2:18-25
18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to‡ him."
19 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.
20 The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.
21 The LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
22 the LORD God made a woman from the rib which had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of Man."
24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
‡2:18: or, suitable for, or appropriate for.
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* The World English Bible
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◇ Daily Readings February 9, 2017
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◇ Douay-Rheims Bible
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 7:24-30
24 From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice.
25 For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
28 But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
29 He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."
30 She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
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Genesis 2:18-25
18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to‡ him."
19 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.
20 The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.
21 The LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
22 the LORD God made a woman from the rib which had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of Man."
24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
‡2:18: or, suitable for, or appropriate for.
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* The World English Bible
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◇ Daily Readings February 9, 2017
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◇ King James Version Bible Online
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◇ Douay-Rheims Bible
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2.08.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 8, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 7:14-23
14 He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.
15 There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"†
17 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,
19 because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods‡?"
20 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
†7:16: NU omits verse 16.
‡7:19: or, "making all foods clean". NU ends Jesus' direct quote and question after "latrine", ending the verse with "Thus he declared all foods clean.
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Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17
4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD* God made the earth and the heavens.
5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
6 but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 Out of the ground the LORD God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
15 The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
17 but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die."
*2:4: When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, "LORD" or "GOD" is the translation of God's Proper Name.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 8, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_08.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 8, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/020817.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-08
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.7
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=7&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Weekday
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Gospel: Mark 7:14-23
14 He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.
15 There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"†
17 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,
19 because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods‡?"
20 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
†7:16: NU omits verse 16.
‡7:19: or, "making all foods clean". NU ends Jesus' direct quote and question after "latrine", ending the verse with "Thus he declared all foods clean.
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Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17
4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD* God made the earth and the heavens.
5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
6 but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 Out of the ground the LORD God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
15 The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
17 but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die."
*2:4: When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, "LORD" or "GOD" is the translation of God's Proper Name.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 8, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_08.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 8, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/020817.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-08
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.7
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=7&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/
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2.07.2017
Today's Bible story *
February 7, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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St. Colette of Corbie, Virgin (Memorial)
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Gospel: Mark 7:1-13
1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.
3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
4 They don't eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
6 He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,
'This people honours me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7 But they worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'☆
8 "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men?the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."
9 He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
10 For Moses said, 'Honour your father and your mother;'☆ and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'☆
11 But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,* that is to say, given to God";'
12 then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."
☆7:7: Isaiah 29:13
☆7:10: Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
☆7:10: Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
*7:11: Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.
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Genesis 1:20--2:4a
1:20 God said, "Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
21 God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 God said, "Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind"; and it was so.
25 God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
27 God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
29 God said, "Behold,† I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
30 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.
31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
2:1 The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
3 God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
4a This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created,
†1:29: "Behold", from "??????", means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 7, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_07.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 7, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/020717.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-07
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.7
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=7&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/
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I hope you have a nice day today too.
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St. Colette of Corbie, Virgin (Memorial)
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Gospel: Mark 7:1-13
1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.
3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
4 They don't eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
6 He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,
'This people honours me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7 But they worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'☆
8 "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men?the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."
9 He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
10 For Moses said, 'Honour your father and your mother;'☆ and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'☆
11 But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,* that is to say, given to God";'
12 then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."
☆7:7: Isaiah 29:13
☆7:10: Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
☆7:10: Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
*7:11: Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.
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Genesis 1:20--2:4a
1:20 God said, "Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
21 God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 God said, "Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind"; and it was so.
25 God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
27 God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
29 God said, "Behold,† I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
30 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.
31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
2:1 The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
3 God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
4a This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created,
†1:29: "Behold", from "??????", means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ February 7, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_02_07.mp3
◇ Daily Readings February 7, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/020717.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-02-07
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Mark.7
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Mark&chapter=7&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/
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