Daily Readings - February 18, 2012 - Saturday
First Reading: James 3: 1-10
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 12: 2-3, 4-5, 7-8
Holy Gospel: Mark 9: 2-13
Holy Gospel:
2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain. There his appearance was changed before their eyes. 3 Even his clothes shone, becoming as white as no bleach of this world could make them. 4 Elijah and Moses appeared to them; the two were talking with Jesus.
5 Then Peter spoke and said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 6 For he did not know what to say; they were overcome with awe. 7 But a cloud formed, covering them in a shadow, and from the cloud came this word, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him.” 8 And suddenly, as they looked around, they no longer saw anyone except Jesus with them.
9 As they came down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man be risen from the dead. 10 So they kept this to themselves, although they discussed with one another what ‘to rise from the dead’ could mean.
11 Finally they asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah must come first?” 12 Jesus answered them, “Of course, Elijah will come first so that everything may be as it should be… But, why do the Scriptures say that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised? 13 I tell you that Elijah has already come and they have treated him as they pleased, as the Scriptures say of him.”
First Reading:
1 My brothers and sisters, don’t all be teachers! You know that, as teachers, we will be judged most strictly; 2 in fact, we make mistakes, like everybody else. A person who commits no offense in speech is perfect and capable of ruling the whole self. 3 We put a bit into the horse’s mouth to master it and, with this, we control its whole body. 4 The same is true of ships: however big they are and driven by strong winds, they are guided by a tiny rudder. 5 In the same way, the tongue is a tiny part of the body but it is capable of great things.
A small flame is enough to set a huge forest on fire. 6 The tongue is a similar flame; it is in itself a whole world of evil. It infects the whole being and sets fire to our world with the very fire of hell. 7 Wild animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures of every kind are and have been ruled by the human species. 8 Nobody, however, can control the tongue; it is an untiring whip, full of deadly poison. 9 We use it to bless God, our Father, and also to curse those made in God’s likeness. 10 From the same mouth come both blessing and curse.
Responsorial Psalm:
2 Help us, O Lord, none of the godly are left, the faithful have vanished. 3 Everyone lies; with flattering lips they speak from a double heart.
4 May the Lord cut off insincere lips, every glib tongue that utters deceit.
5 Many say, “Our strength lies in our tongue, we know how to speak, who will lord it over us?”
7 The promises of the Lord are sure and lasting – silver refined in the furnace seven times and freed from dross.
8 Hold us, O Lord, in your keeping; protect us always from this generation
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 12: 2-3, 4-5, 7-8
Holy Gospel: Mark 9: 2-13
Holy Gospel:
2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain. There his appearance was changed before their eyes. 3 Even his clothes shone, becoming as white as no bleach of this world could make them. 4 Elijah and Moses appeared to them; the two were talking with Jesus.
5 Then Peter spoke and said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 6 For he did not know what to say; they were overcome with awe. 7 But a cloud formed, covering them in a shadow, and from the cloud came this word, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him.” 8 And suddenly, as they looked around, they no longer saw anyone except Jesus with them.
9 As they came down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man be risen from the dead. 10 So they kept this to themselves, although they discussed with one another what ‘to rise from the dead’ could mean.
11 Finally they asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah must come first?” 12 Jesus answered them, “Of course, Elijah will come first so that everything may be as it should be… But, why do the Scriptures say that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised? 13 I tell you that Elijah has already come and they have treated him as they pleased, as the Scriptures say of him.”
First Reading:
1 My brothers and sisters, don’t all be teachers! You know that, as teachers, we will be judged most strictly; 2 in fact, we make mistakes, like everybody else. A person who commits no offense in speech is perfect and capable of ruling the whole self. 3 We put a bit into the horse’s mouth to master it and, with this, we control its whole body. 4 The same is true of ships: however big they are and driven by strong winds, they are guided by a tiny rudder. 5 In the same way, the tongue is a tiny part of the body but it is capable of great things.
A small flame is enough to set a huge forest on fire. 6 The tongue is a similar flame; it is in itself a whole world of evil. It infects the whole being and sets fire to our world with the very fire of hell. 7 Wild animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures of every kind are and have been ruled by the human species. 8 Nobody, however, can control the tongue; it is an untiring whip, full of deadly poison. 9 We use it to bless God, our Father, and also to curse those made in God’s likeness. 10 From the same mouth come both blessing and curse.
Responsorial Psalm:
2 Help us, O Lord, none of the godly are left, the faithful have vanished. 3 Everyone lies; with flattering lips they speak from a double heart.
4 May the Lord cut off insincere lips, every glib tongue that utters deceit.
5 Many say, “Our strength lies in our tongue, we know how to speak, who will lord it over us?”
7 The promises of the Lord are sure and lasting – silver refined in the furnace seven times and freed from dross.
8 Hold us, O Lord, in your keeping; protect us always from this generation
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