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Thursday, January 21, 2016
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St. Agnes, Virgin, Martyr (Memorial)
First Option
Second Option
First Reading
1 Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7
18
6As they were coming home, when David returned from slaying the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with timbrels, with songs of joy, and with instruments of music.
7And the women sang to one another as they made merry, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
8And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands; and what more can he have but the kingdom?”
9And Saul eyed David from that day on.
19
1And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted much in David.
2And Jonathan told David, “Saul my father seeks to kill you; therefore take heed to yourself in the morning, stay in a secret place and hide yourself;
3and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to my father about you; and if I learn anything I will tell you.”
4And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been of good service to you;
5for he took his life in his hand and he slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?”
6And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan; Saul swore, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.”
7And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 56:2-3, 9-13
1Be gracious to me, O God, for men trample upon me; all day long foemen oppress me;
2my enemies trample upon me all day long, for many fight against me proudly.
8Thou hast kept count of my tossings; put thou my tears in thy bottle! Are they not in thy book?
9Then my enemies will be turned back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.
10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
11in God I trust without a fear. What can man do to me?
12My vows to thee I must perform, O God; I will render thank offerings to thee.
Gospel
Mark 3:7-12
7Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed; also from Judea
8and Jerusalem and Idumeʹa and from beyond the Jordan and from about Tyre and Sidon a great multitude, hearing all that he did, came to him.
9And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they should crush him;
10for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him.
11And whenever the unclean spirits beheld him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”
12And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
First Reading
1 Corinthians 1:26-31
26For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth;
27but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong,
28God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
29so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
30He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption;
31therefore, as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast of the Lord.”
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 23:1-6
1The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want;
2he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters;
3he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou anointest my head with oil, my cup overflows.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Gospel
Matthew 13:44-46
44“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
45“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls,
46who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.