Saints
Daily Readings:
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First Reading
Sirach 4:11-19
11Wisdom exalts her sons and gives help to those who seek her. 12Whoever loves her loves life, and those who seek her early will be filled with joy. 13Whoever holds her fast will obtain glory, and the Lord will bless the place she enters. 14Those who serve her will minister to the Holy One; the Lord loves those who love her. 15He who obeys her will judge the nations, and whoever gives heed to her will dwell secure. 16If he has faith in her he will obtain her; and his descendants will remain in possession of her. 17For at first she will walk with him on tortuous paths, she will bring fear and cowardice upon him, and will torment him by her discipline until she trusts him, and she will test him with her ordinances. 18Then she will come straight back to him and gladden him, and will reveal her secrets to him. 19If he goes astray she will forsake him, and hand him over to his ruin. -
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 119:165, 168, 171-172, 174-175
165Great peace have those who love thy law; nothing can make them stumble. 168I keep thy precepts and testimonies, for all my ways are before thee. 171My lips will pour forth praise that thou dost teach me thy statutes. 172My tongue will sing of thy word, for all thy commandments are right. 174I long for thy salvation, O LORD, and thy law is my delight. 175Let me live, that I may praise thee, and let thy ordinances help me. -
Gospel
Mark 9:38-40
38John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us." 39But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me. 40For he that is not against us is for us.
