FIRST
READING: 1 Kings 10:1-10
1
And the queen of Sheba, having; heard of the fame of Solomon in the
name of the Lord, came to try him with hard questions.
2
And entering into Jerusalem with a great train, and riches, and
camels that carried spices, and an immense quantity of gold, and
precious stones, she came to king Solomon, and spoke to him all that
she had in her heart.
3
And Solomon informed her of all the things she proposed to him: there
was not any word the king was ignorant of, and which he could not
answer her.
4
And when the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the
house which he had built,
5
And the meat of his table, and the apartments of his servants, and
the order of his ministers, and their apparel, and the cupbearers,
and the holocausts, which he offered in the house of the Lord: she
had no longer any spirit in her,
6
And she said to the king: The report is true, which I heard in my own
country,
7
Concerning thy words, and concerning thy wisdom. And I did not
believe them that told me, till I came myself, and saw with my own
eyes, and have found that the half hath not been told me: thy wisdom
and thy works, exceed the fame which I heard.
8
Blessed are thy men, and blessed are thy servants, who stand before
thee always, and hear thy wisdom.
9
Blessed be the Lord thy God, whom thou hast pleased, and who hath set
thee upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord hath loved Israel
for ever, and hath appointed thee king, to do judgment and justice.
10
And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of
spices a very great store, and precious stones: there was brought no
more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave
to king Solomon.
PSALM:
Psalms 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40
5
Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.
6
And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as
the noonday.
30
The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall
speak judgment.
31
The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be
supplanted.
39
But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their
protector in the time of trouble.
40
And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue them
from the wicked, and save them, because they have hoped in him.
GOSPEL:
Mark 7:14-23
14
And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them: Hear ye me
all, and understand.
15
There is nothing from without a man that entering into him, can
defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that
defile a man.
16
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17
And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his disciples
asked him the parable.
18
And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? understand
you not that every thing from without, entering into a man cannot
defile him:
19
Because it entereth not into his heart, but goeth into the belly, and
goeth out into the privy, purging all meats?
20
But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a
man.
21
For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts,
adulteries, fornications, murders,
22
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil
eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
23
All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.
