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| "Saint Mark" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING:
1 Peter 5:
5-14
5
In like manner, ye young men, be subject to the ancients. And do you
all insinuate humility one to another, for God resisteth the proud,
but to the humble he giveth grace.
6
Be you humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may
exalt you in the time of visitation:
7
Casting all your care upon him, for he hath care of you.
8
Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.
9
Whom resist ye, strong in faith: knowing that the same affliction
befalls your brethren who are in the world.
10
But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory
in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself
perfect you, and confirm you, and establish you.
11
To him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.
12
By Sylvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I think, I have written
briefly: beseeching and testifying that this is the true grace of
God, wherein you stand.
13
The church that is in Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth
you: and so doth my son Mark.
14
Salute one another with a holy kiss. Grace be to all you, who are in
Christ Jesus. Amen.
PSALM:
Psalms 89:
2-3, 6-7, 16-17
2
The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy
truth with my mouth to generation and generation.
3
For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens:
thy truth shall be prepared in them.
6
The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the
church of the saints.
7
For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the
sons of God shall be like to God?
16
Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O
Lord, in the light of thy countenance:
17
And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice
they shall be exalted.
GOSPEL:
Mark 16:
15-20
15
And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and preach the
gospel to every creature.
16
He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that
believeth not shall be condemned.
17
And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name they shall
cast out devils: they shall speak with new tongues.
18
They shall take up serpents; and if they shall drink any deadly
thing, it shall not hurt them: they shall lay their hands upon the
sick, and they shall recover.
19
And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into
heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God.
20
But they going forth preached everywhere: the Lord working withal,
and confirming the word with signs that followed.
