Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time

Blessed Virgin Mary

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 4:22-43
Mass: Heb 4:12-16; Resp Ps 19; Mk 2:13-17

Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the eternal Father.

Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time

Beginning of the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch RB 4:1-21 The Tools for Good Works
Mass: Heb 4:1-5, 11; Resp Ps 78; Mk 2:1-12

Do not forget the works of the Lord.

Saint Antony, Abbot (251-356)

Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 3:7-13
Mass: Heb 3:7-14; Resp Ps 95; Mk 1:40-45

If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 3:1-6 Calling the Community for Counsel
Mass; Heb 2:14-18; Resp Ps 105; Mk 1:29-39

He left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.

Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time

Saints Maur and Placid, disciples of St Benedict

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 2:33-40
Mass: Heb 2:5-12; Resp Ps 8; Mk 1:21-28

Receive the word of God, not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God.

Monday of the First Week of Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 2:30-32
Mass: Heb 1:1-6; Resp Ps 97; Mk 1:14-20

Let all his angels worship him.

The Baptism of the Lord

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 2:23-29
Mass: Is 42:1-4, 6-7; Resp Ps 29; Ac 10:34-38 or, in Year C, Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Resp Ps 104; Tt 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Lk 3:15-16, 21-22

Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God.