FIRST
READING: 2
Timothy 1: 1 - 8 Or
Titus 1:
1 - 5
1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the
promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
2
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the
Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3
I thank God whom I serve with a clear conscience, as did my fathers,
when I remember you constantly in my prayers.
4
As I remember your tears, I long night and day to see you, that I may
be filled with joy.
5
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your
grandmother Lo'is and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells
in you.
6
Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you
through the laying on of my hands;
7
for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power
and love and self-control.
8
Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his
prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God,
Or
1
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the
faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords
with godliness,
2
in hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago
3
and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching
with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Savior;
4
To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God
the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5
This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was
defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you,
PSALM:
Psalms 96:
1 - 3, 7 - 8, 10
1
O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth!
2
Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to
day.
3
Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all
the peoples!
7
Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD
glory and strength!
8
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and
come into his courts!
10
Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! Yea, the world is
established, it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with
equity."
GOSPEL:
Mark 3:
20 - 21
20
Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they
could not even eat.
21
And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for people
were saying, "He is beside himself."
