1ST READING
Paul is encouraging Timothy and Titus in their role as leaders of
the Christian community in their respective cities. Leaders need to grow in love
for their communities or else the capacity and desire to serve well will
diminish over time. This love should also be reciprocated. We need to fervently
love and pray for our leaders. This is one of the greatest signs of love we can
give to people — to pray for them constantly.
2 Timothy 1:1-8 (or Titus 1:1-5)
1 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of
God for the promise of life in Christ Jesus, 2 to Timothy, my dear
child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscience as my
ancestors did, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day. 4 I yearn to see you again, recalling your tears, so that I may be
filled with joy, 5 as I recall your sincere faith that first lived
in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and that I am confident
lives also in you. 6 For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame
the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. 7 For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power
and love and self-control. 8 So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our
Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for
the Gospel with the strength that comes from God.
P S A L M
Psalm 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 10
R: Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.
1 Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord,
all you lands. 2 Sing to the Lord; bless his name. (R) Announce his salvation,
day after day. 3 Tell his glory among the nations; among all
peoples, his wondrous deeds. (R) 7 Give to the Lord, you families of nations, give to the Lord glory
and praise; 8 give to the Lord the glory due his name! (R) 10 Say among the nations: The Lord is king. He has
made the world firm, not to be moved; he governs the peoples with equity. (R)
GOSPEL
Mark reminds us to honor the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
One of the best ways to do this is to rejoice in the gifts that God gave to
each one of us in the Body of Christ. It is not possible for one person to have
every gift. We need to work with one another so that we will have the whole
range of gifts available for our work with the Gospel.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
The Lord sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor and to proclaim
liberty to captives.
Mark 3:22-30 (or Luke
10:1-9)
22The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said of
Jesus, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives
out demons.” 23 Summoning them, he began to speak to them in
parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided
against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is
divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he
cannot stand; that is the end of him. 27 But no one can enter a
strong man’s house to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong
man. Then he can plunder his house. 28 Amen, I say to you, all
sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them. 29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have
forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.” 30 For they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
think: Leaders need to grow
in love for their communities or else the capacity and desire to serve well
will diminish over time.
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 Acts 13-16
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