January 31, 2026
Have a good day!
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Memorial of Saint John Bosco, Priest
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☆ Gospel:Mark 4:35-41
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And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.
36
And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.
37
And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.
38
And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?
39
And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.
40
And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?
41
And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?
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☆ 2 Samuel 12:1-7a, 10-17
1
And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
2
The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;
3
But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
4
Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.
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And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:
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And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
7a
And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says,
10 So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
11
The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.
12
You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
13
And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.
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But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.
15
Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.
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So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.
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And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.
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