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| "The Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: Jeremiah
1: 17 - 19
17
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all
that I command thee. Be not afraid at their presence: for I will make
thee not to fear their countenance.
18
For behold I have made thee this day a fortified city, and a pillar
of iron, and a wall of brass, over all the land, to the kings of
Juda, to the princes thereof, and to the priests, and to the people
of the land.
19
And they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am
with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
PSALM:
Psalms 71:
1 – 6, 15, 17
1
In thee, O Lord, I have hoped, let me never be put to confusion:
2
Deliver me in thy justice, and rescue me. Incline thy ear unto me,
and save me.
3
Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a place of strength: that
thou mayst make me safe. For thou art my firmament and my refuge.
4
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the sinner, and out of the
hand of the transgressor of the law and of the unjust.
5
For thou art my patience, O Lord: my hope, O Lord, from my youth;
6
By thee have I been confirmed from the womb: from my mother's womb
thou art my protector. Of thee shall I continually sing:
15
My mouth shall shew forth thy justice; thy salvation all the day
long. Because I have not known learning,
17
Thou hast taught me, O God, from my youth: and till now I will
declare thy wonderful works.
GOSPEL:
Mark 6: 17 - 29
17
For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in
prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother,
because he had married her.
18
For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy
brother's wife.
19
Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to
death, and could not.
20
For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and
kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him
willingly.
21
And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his
birthday, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee.
22
And when the daughter of the same Herodias had come in, and had
danced, and pleased Herod, and them that were at table with him, the
king said to the damsel: Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it
thee.
23
And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee,
though it be the half of my kingdom.
24
Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But
she said: The head of John the Baptist.
25
And when she was come in immediately with haste to the king, she
asked, saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish, the head
of John the Baptist.
26
And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of
them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:
27
But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be
brought in a dish.
28
And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish:
and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother.
29
Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it in a
tomb.
