1ST READING
Choices,
choices, choices! We face them every day. What we do with them will
determine how we are remembered. At the same time, our choices will
determine the fruits that we bear in our lives. The author of the Letter
to the Hebrews exhorts us to be obedient because he knows that
obedience is at the heart of the call to be a disciple of Jesus and so
essential to our faith. Let us pray that our faith will be deepened so
our obedience will be fuller.
Hebrews 4:1-5, 11
1 Let us be on our guard while the promise of entering into his rest remains, that none of you seem to have failed. 2 For
in fact we have received the Good News just as our ancestors did. But
the Word that they heard did not profit them, for they were not united
in faith with those who listened. 3 For we who believed enter into that rest, just as he has said: “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter
into my rest,’” and yet his works were accomplished at the foundation of the world. 4 For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this manner, “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works”; 5 and again, in the previously mentioned place, “They shall not enter into my rest.” 11 Therefore, let us strive to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall after the same example of disobedience.
P S A L M
Psalm 78:3, 4, 6-7, 8
R: Do not forget the works of the Lord!
3 What we have heard and know, and what our fathers have declared to us, 4 we will declare to the generation to come: The glorious deeds of the Lord and his strength, (R) 6 That they too may rise and declare to their sons 7 that they should put their hope in God, and not forget
the deeds of God but keep his commands, (R) 8 and
not be like their fathers, a generation wayward and rebellious, a
generation that kept not its heart steadfast nor its spirit faithful
toward God. (R)
GOSPEL
The
exclamation at the end of the Gospel is very informative. It tells us
that Mark wants the reader to reflect upon the signs of the Messiah as
they are revealed in the Old Testament. In beginning to see them in the
life of Jesus, Mark expects that the reader will put the clues together
and begin to understand that Jesus is the Messiah and see the true
significance of His ministry.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
A great prophet has arisen in our midst and God has visited his people.
Mark 2:1-12
1 When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home. 2 Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even around the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 Unable
to get near Jesus because of the
crowd, they opened up the roof above him. After they had broken through,
they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him, “Child, your sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves, 7 “Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins?” 8 Jesus immediately knew in his mind what they were
thinking to themselves, so he said, “Why are you thinking such things in
your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins
are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, pick up your mat and walk’?” 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth” — 11 he said to the paralytic, “I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home.” 12 He rose, picked up his mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone. They were all
astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”
READING 2nd READING
TODAY’S
BLESSING
LIST
think: Obedience is at the heart of the call to be a disciple of Jesus.
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 5-8
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