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| "The Sick Awaiting the Passage of Jesus" -- by James Tissot |
Our
Lady of Lourdes (Optional
Memorial)
FIRST
READING: Genesis
1: 1 - 19
1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face
of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the
waters.
3
And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
4
And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from
the darkness.
5
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there
was evening and there was morning, one day.
6
And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the
waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
7
And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under
the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it
was so.
8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there
was morning, a second day.
9
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered
together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it
was so.
10
God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered
together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11
And God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants
yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed,
each according to its kind, upon the earth." And it was so.
12
The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to
their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each
according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
13
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14
And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the
heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs
and for seasons and for days and years,
15
and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light
upon the earth." And it was so.
16
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.
17
And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon
the earth,
18
to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light
from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19
And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
PSALM:
Psalms 104:
1 - 2, 5 - 6, 10, 12, 24, 35
1
Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, thou art very great! Thou
art clothed with honor and majesty,
2
who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who hast stretched
out the heavens like a tent,
5
Thou didst set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never
be shaken.
6
Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood
above the mountains.
10
Thou makest springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the
hills,
12
By them the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among
the branches.
24
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them
all; the earth is full of thy creatures.
35
Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no
more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!
GOSPEL:
Mark 6:
53 - 56
53
And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennes'aret, and
moored to the shore.
54
And when they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized
him,
55
and ran about the whole neighborhood and began to bring sick people
on their pallets to any place where they heard he was.
56
And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or country, they laid the
sick in the market places, and besought him that they might touch
even the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched it were made
well.
