January 16, 2026
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Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
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☆ Gospel:Mark 2:1-12
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And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house.
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And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.
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And four men came to him with one on a bed who had no power of moving.
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And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.
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And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.
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But there were certain of the scribes seated there, and reasoning in their hearts,
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Why does this man say such things? he has no respect for God: from whom does forgiveness come but from God only?
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And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?
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Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go?
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But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,)
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I say to you, Get up, take up your bed, and go to your house.
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And he got up, and straight away took up the bed and went out before them all, so that they were all full of wonder, and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this.
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☆ 1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22a
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Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,
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And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.
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But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord.
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And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.
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And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.
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And he said, This is the sort of king who will be your ruler: he will take your sons and make them his servants, his horsemen, and drivers of his war-carriages, and they will go running before his war-carriages;
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And he will make them captains of thousands and of fifties; some he will put to work ploughing and cutting his grain and making his instruments of war and building his war-carriages.
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Your daughters he will take to be makers of perfumes and cooks and bread-makers.
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He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.
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He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.
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He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.
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He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you will be his servants.
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Then you will be crying out because of your king whom you have taken for yourselves; but the Lord will not give you an answer in that day.
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But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,
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So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.
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Then Samuel, after hearing all the people had to say, went and gave an account of it to the Lord.
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And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to their voice and make a king for them.
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