Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23/1 Cor 15:45-49/Lk 6:27-38
“Thus it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit”
1 Corinthians 15:45, NRSVCE
Monday
Sir 1:1-10/Mk 9:14-29
“But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he was able to stand. When he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” He said to them, “This kind can come out only through prayer.””
Mark 9:27-29, NRSVCE
Tuesday
Sir 2:1-11/Mk 9:30-37
“My child, when you come to serve the Lord,
prepare yourself for testing.
Set your heart right and be steadfast,
and do not be impetuous in time of calamity.
Cling to him and do not depart,
so that your last days may be prosperous.”
Sirach 2:1-3, NRSVCE
Wednesday
Sir 4:11-19/Mk 9:38-40
“But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us.”
Mark 9:39-40, NRSVCE
Thursday
Sir 5:1-8/Mk 9:41-50
“Do not delay turning back to the Lord,
do not put it off day after day.
For suddenly his wrath will come forth;
at the time of vengeance, you will perish.
Do not rely on deceitful wealth,
for it will be no help on the day of wrath”
Sirach 5:7-8, NABRE
Friday
Sir 6:5-17/Mk 10:1-12
“He set out from there and went into the district of Judea [and] across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them. The Pharisees approached and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him. He said to them in reply, “What did Moses command you?””
Mark 10:1-3, NABRE
Saturday
Sir 17:1-15/Mk 10:13-16
“He set before them knowledge,
and allotted to them the law of life.
An everlasting covenant he made with them,
and his commandments he revealed to them.”
Ben Sira 17:11-12, NABRE
