Daily Readings - February 21, 2012 - Tuesday
The Holy Face of Jesus
First Reading: James 4:1-10
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 55: 7-8, 9-10, 10-11, 23
Holy Gospel: Mark 9:30-37
Holy Gospel:
30 After leaving that place, they made their way through Galilee; but Jesus did not want people to know where he was 31 because he was teaching his disciples. And he told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into human hands. They will kill him, but three days after he has been killed, he will rise.” 32 The disciples, however, did not understand these words and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.
33 They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, Jesus asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they did not answer because they had been arguing about who was the greatest.
35 Then he sat down, called the Twelve and said to them, “If someone wants to be first, let him be last of all and servant of all.” 36 Then he took a little child, placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it he said to them, 37 “Whoever welcomes a child such as this in my name, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not me but the One who sent me.”
First Reading:
1 What causes these fights and quarrels among you? Is it not your cravings that make war within your own selves? 2 When you long for something you cannot have, you kill for it and when you do not get what you desire, you squabble and fight. The fact is, you do not have what you want because you do not pray for it. 3 You pray for something and you do not get it because you pray with the wrong motive of indulging your pleasures. 4 You adulterers! Don’t you know that making friends with the world makes you enemies of God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.
5 Can you not see the point of the saying in Scripture: “The longing of the spirit he sent to dwell in us is a jealous longing?” 6 But God has something better to give, and Scripture also says, God opposes the proud but he gives his favor to the humble. 7 Give in, then, to God; resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw close to God and he will come close to you. Clean your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you doubters. 9 Recognize your distress, be miserable and weep. Turn your laughter into tears and your joy into sadness. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will raise you up.
Responsorial Psalm:
7 I said, “If I had wings like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest;
8 I would seek a home in the desert 9 or hurry to find a cave for shelter from the tempest.”
10 O Lord, shatter their plans. In the city I see strife and violence; 11 day and night they prowl about its walls, while inside, evil prevails.
23 Place your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you, for he never allows the upright to fall.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 55: 7-8, 9-10, 10-11, 23
Holy Gospel: Mark 9:30-37
Holy Gospel:
30 After leaving that place, they made their way through Galilee; but Jesus did not want people to know where he was 31 because he was teaching his disciples. And he told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into human hands. They will kill him, but three days after he has been killed, he will rise.” 32 The disciples, however, did not understand these words and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.
33 They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, Jesus asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they did not answer because they had been arguing about who was the greatest.
35 Then he sat down, called the Twelve and said to them, “If someone wants to be first, let him be last of all and servant of all.” 36 Then he took a little child, placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it he said to them, 37 “Whoever welcomes a child such as this in my name, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not me but the One who sent me.”
First Reading:
1 What causes these fights and quarrels among you? Is it not your cravings that make war within your own selves? 2 When you long for something you cannot have, you kill for it and when you do not get what you desire, you squabble and fight. The fact is, you do not have what you want because you do not pray for it. 3 You pray for something and you do not get it because you pray with the wrong motive of indulging your pleasures. 4 You adulterers! Don’t you know that making friends with the world makes you enemies of God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.
5 Can you not see the point of the saying in Scripture: “The longing of the spirit he sent to dwell in us is a jealous longing?” 6 But God has something better to give, and Scripture also says, God opposes the proud but he gives his favor to the humble. 7 Give in, then, to God; resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw close to God and he will come close to you. Clean your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you doubters. 9 Recognize your distress, be miserable and weep. Turn your laughter into tears and your joy into sadness. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will raise you up.
Responsorial Psalm:
7 I said, “If I had wings like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest;
8 I would seek a home in the desert 9 or hurry to find a cave for shelter from the tempest.”
10 O Lord, shatter their plans. In the city I see strife and violence; 11 day and night they prowl about its walls, while inside, evil prevails.
23 Place your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you, for he never allows the upright to fall.
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