1ST READING
God
never stops speaking to His people. When we do not hear His voice for
an extended period of time, it is usually because we are not listening
well enough. It is God’s Word that will lead us through the mire of
temptations and the wealth of opportunities that will confront us in our
lives. As such, it makes a lot of sense for us to do all that we can to
learn how to discern His will, so that we will understand where He is
leading us and what He is calling us to do.
Hebrews 3:7-14
7 The Holy Spirit says: “Oh, that today you would hear his voice, 8 ‘Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion in the day of testing in the desert, 9 where your ancestors tested and tried me and saw my works 10 for forty years. Because of this I was provoked with that generation and I said, ‘They
have always been of erring heart, and they do not know my ways.’ 11 As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter into my rest.’” 12 Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil and unfaithful heart, so as to forsake the living God. 13 Encourage yourselves daily while it is still “today,” so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit of sin. 14 We have become partners of Christ if only we hold the beginning of the reality firm until the end.
P S A L M
Psalm 95:6-7, 8-9, 10-11
R: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
6 Come, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the Lord who made us. 7 For he is our God, and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides. (R) Oh, that today you would hear his voice: 8 “Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the desert,
9 where your fathers tempted me; they tested me though they had seen my works.” (R) 10 Forty years I was wearied of that generation, I said: “This people’s heart goes astray, they do not know my ways.” 11 Therefore I swore in my anger: “They shall never enter my rest.” (R)
GOSPEL
St.
Anthony of Egypt is often referred to as the “Father of Monasticism.”
He left the civilization of the city to embrace the solitude of the
desert in order to more clearly hear and understand the Word of God for
his life. The symbolism of his action is important for us to recognize,
as there will be times when we would need to dispense with the busyness
of the world and focus on the Word of God. Let us set aside times of
quiet to listen to the Holy Spirit on a regular basis.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom and cured every disease among the people.
Mark 1:40-45
40 A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” 41 Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” 42 The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. 43 Then, warning him
sternly, he dismissed him at once. 44 Then
he said to him, “See that you tell no one anything, but go, show
yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses
prescribed; that will be proof for them.” 45 The
man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the
report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town
openly. He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming
to him from everywhere.
LIST
think: We need to learn how to discern God’s will so that we will understand where He is leading us and what He is calling us to do.
T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST
Thank You Lord for: ___________________________
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God’s special verse/thought for me today_________
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Mark 1-4 BLESSING
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