Second Reading - 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23 16 For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me, for a necessity lieth upon me: for woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel.17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me:18 What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I...
First Reading - Job 7:1-4, 6-7 1 The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling.2 As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work;3 So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights.4 If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: When...
Psalm - Ps 147:1-2,3-4,5-6 1 Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise.2 The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem: he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.3 Who healeth the broken of heart, and bindeth up their bruises.4 Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names.5 Great is our Lord, and...
Gospel - Mk 1:29-39 29 And immediately going out of the synagogue they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.30 And Simon's wife's mother lay in a fit of a fever: and forthwith they tell him of her.31 And coming to her, he lifted her up, taking her by the hand; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto...
Saint of the Day
St. Paul Miki and Companions Born in a wealthy family in 1562 at Tounucumada, Japan, the son of a military leader, Paul Miki felt a call to religious life from his youth. He became a Jesuit in 1580 after being educated at the Jesuit college at Anziquiama. He became a successful evangelist, and when the political...
