1ST READING
David’s
sin is that he trusted in his own strength rather than the Word of God.
He sincerely repented and chose the punishment that made him fall into
the hands of the Lord. David knows that God is merciful and loving, and
for him it is much better to fall into God’s hands rather than those of
his enemies.
2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17
2 King
David said to Joab and the leaders of the army who were with him, “Tour
all the tribes in Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba and register the
people, that I may know their number.” 9 Joab
then reported to the king the number of people registered: in Israel,
eight hundred thousand men fit for military service; in Judah, five
hundred thousand. 10 Afterward, however, David regretted having numbered the people, and said to the Lord: “I have sinned grievously in what I have
done. But now, Lord, forgive the guilt of your servant, for I have been very foolish.” 11 When David rose in the morning, the Lord had spoken to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying: 12 “Go
and say to David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I offer you three
alternatives; choose one of them, and I will inflict it on you.’” 13 Gad
then went to David to inform him. He asked: “Do you want a three years’
famine to come upon your land, or to flee from your enemy three months
while he pursues you, or to have a three
days’ pestilence in your land? Now consider and decide what I must reply
to him who sent me.” 14 David
answered Gad: “I am in very serious difficulty. Let us fall by the hand
of God, for he is most merciful; but let me not fall by the hand of
man.” 15 Thus
David chose the pestilence. Now it was the time of the wheat harvest
when the plague broke out among the people. The Lord then sent a
pestilence over Israel from morning until the time appointed, and
seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beer-sheba died. 16 But
when the angel
stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord
regretted the calamity and said to the angel causing the destruction
among the people, “Enough now! Stay your hand.” The angel of the Lord
was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 17 When
David saw the angel who was striking the people, he said to the Lord:
“It is I who have sinned; it is I, the shepherd, who have done wrong.
But these are sheep; what have they done? Punish me and my kindred.”
P S A L M
Psalm 32: 1-2, 5, 6, 7
R: Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.
1 Blessed is he whose fault is taken away, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed the man to whom the Lord imputes not guilt, in whose spirit there is no guile. (R) 5 Then
I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I covered not. I said, “I
confess my faults to the Lord,” and you took away the guilt of my sin. (R) 6 For this
shall every faithful man pray to you in time of stress. Though deep waters overflow, they shall not reach him. (R) 7 You are my shelter; from distress you will preserve me; with glad cries of freedom you will ring me round. (R)
GOSPEL
The
people who know Jesus when He was just a boy marvel led at His wisdom
and capacity to perform miracles. Even with this evidence, they still
refused to believe that He is the Son of God. Sometimes the hardest
people to convince about the Gospel are those who know us best. That was
the challenge all prophets had to face. Let us pray for the grace to
never give up sharing the Gospel to those we love the most.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me.
Mark 6:1-6
1 Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples. 2 When
the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard
him were astonished. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What
kind of wisdom has been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his
hands! 3 Is
he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and
Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And
they took offense at
him. 4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.” 5 So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them. 6 He was amazed at their lack of faith.
think: Let us pray for the grace to never give up sharing the Gospel to those we love the most.
T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Romans 9-12
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