Sunday: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jb 7:1-4, 6-7/1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23/Mk 1:29-39
“If I preach the gospel, this is no reason for me to boast, for an obligation has been imposed on me, and woe to me if I do not preach it! ”
1 Corinthians 9:16, NABRE
Monday
1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13/Mk 6:53-56
“Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the princes in the ancestral houses of the Israelites. They came to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (which is Zion).”
1 Kings 8:1, NABRE
Tuesday
1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30/Mk 7:1-13
“You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition.” He went on to say, “How well you have set aside the commandment of God in order to uphold your tradition!”
Mark 7:8-9, NABRE
Wednesday
1 Kgs 10:1-10/Mk 7:14-23
“Blessed be the Lord, your God, who has been pleased to place you on the throne of Israel. In his enduring love for Israel, the Lord has made you king to carry out judgment and justice.”
1 Kings 10:9, NABRE
Thursday
1 Kgs 11:4-13/Mk 7:24-30
“ He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” But she answered him, “Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” Then he said to her, “For saying that, you may go—the demon has left your daughter.” So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.”
Mark 7:27-30
Friday
1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19/Mk 7:31-37
“One tribe will remain his, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.”
1 Kings 11:32, NRSVCE
Saturday
1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34/Mk 8:1-10
“They had also a few small fish; and after blessing them, he ordered that these too should be distributed. They ate and were filled; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. “
Mark 8:7-8, NRSVCE
