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| "The Possessed Man in the Synagogue" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: Hebrews
2: 5 - 12
5
For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of
which we are speaking.
6
It has been testified somewhere, "What is man that thou art
mindful of him, or the son of man, that thou carest for him?
7
Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels, thou
hast crowned him with glory and honor,
8
putting everything in subjection under his feet."Now in putting
everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control.
As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.
9
But we see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the
angels, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of
death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every
one.
10
For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in
bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their
salvation perfect through suffering.
11
For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one
origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
12
saying, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethren, in the midst
of the congregation I will praise thee."
PSALM:
Psalms 8:
2, 5 - 9
2
by the mouth of babes and infants, thou hast founded a bulwark
because of thy foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
5
Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with
glory and honor.
6
Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast
put all things under his feet,
7
all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
8
the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along
the paths of the sea.
9
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth!
GOSPEL:
Mark 1:
21 - 28
21
And they went into Caper'na-um; and immediately on the sabbath he
entered the synagogue and taught.
22
And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one
who had authority, and not as the scribes.
23
And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean
spirit;
24
and he cried out, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of
Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy
One of God."
25
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!"
26
And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice,
came out of him.
27
And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves,
saying, "What is this? A new teaching! With authority he
commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him."
28
And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding
region of Galilee.
