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| "The Woman with an Issue of Blood" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: Wisdom 1:
13 - 15; 2: 23 - 24
13
Because God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death
of the living.
14
For he created all things that they might exist, and the generative
forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison
in them; and the dominion of Hades is not on earth.
15
For righteousness is immortal.
23
For God created man for incorruption, and made him in the image of
his own eternity,
24
but through the devil's envy death entered the world, and those who
belong to his party experience it.
PSALM:
Psalms 30: 2, 4 - 6, 11 - 13
2
O LORD my God, I cried to thee for help, and thou hast healed me.
4
Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his
holy name.
5
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
6
As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
11
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my
sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
12
that my soul may praise thee and not be silent.
13
O LORD my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever.
SECOND
READING: 2 Corinthians 8:
7, 9, 13 - 15
7
Now as you excel in everything--in faith, in utterance, in knowledge,
in all earnestness, and in your love for us--see that you excel in
this gracious work also.
9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was
rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you
might become rich.
13
I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened,
14
but that as a matter of equality your abundance at the present time
should supply their want, so that their abundance may supply your
want, that there may be equality.
15
As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing over, and he
who gathered little had no lack."
GOSPEL:
Mark 5: 21 - 43 Or
Mark 5: 21 - 24, 35
- 43
21
And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a
great crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea.
22
Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and
seeing him, he fell at his feet,
23
and besought him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of
death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well,
and live."
24
And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged
about him.
25
And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years,
26
and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all
that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.
27
She had heard the reports about Jesus, and came up behind him in the
crowd and touched his garment.
28
For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made
well."
29
And immediately the hemorrhage ceased; and she felt in her body that
she was healed of her disease.
30
And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him,
immediately turned about in the crowd, and said, "Who touched my
garments?"
31
And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing
around you, and yet you say, ' Who touched me?"
32
And he looked around to see who had done it.
33
But the woman, knowing what had been done to her, came in fear and
trembling and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.
34
And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go
in peace, and be healed of your disease."
35
While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some
who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any
further?"
36
But ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the
synagogue, "Do not fear, only believe."
37
And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John
the brother of James.
38
When they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, he saw a
tumult, and people weeping and wailing loudly.
39
And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why do you make a
tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping."
40
And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside, and took the
child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in
where the child was.
41
Taking her by the hand he said to her, "Talitha cumi";
which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise."
42
And immediately the girl got up and walked (she was twelve years of
age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement.
43
And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told
them to give her something to eat.
Or
21
And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a
great crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea.
22
Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and
seeing him, he fell at his feet,
23
and besought him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of
death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well,
and live."
24
And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged
about him.
35
While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some
who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any
further?"
36
But ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the
synagogue, "Do not fear, only believe."
37
And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John
the brother of James.
38
When they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, he saw a
tumult, and people weeping and wailing loudly.
39
And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why do you make a
tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping."
40
And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside, and took the
child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in
where the child was.
41
Taking her by the hand he said to her, "Talitha cumi";
which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise."
42
And immediately the girl got up and walked (she was twelve years of
age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement.
43
And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told
them to give her something to eat.
