CNA - Daily Readings

First Reading - 1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

29 So it came to paste at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahias the Silonite, clad with a new garment, found him in the way: and they two were alone in the held.30 And Ahias taking his new garment, wherewith he was clad, divided it into twelve parts:31 And he said to Jeroboam: Take to thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Behold I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give thee ten tribes.32 But one tribe shall remain to him for the sake of my servant David, and Jerusalem the city, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:33 Because he hath forsaken me, and hath adored Astarthe the goddess of the Sidonians, and Chamos the god of Moab, and Moloch the god of the children of Ammon: and hath not walked in my ways, to do justice before me, and to keep my precepts, and judgments as did David his father.34 Yet I will not take away all the kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my precepts.35 But I will take away the kingdom out of his son's hand and will give thee ten tribes:36 And to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp for my servant David before me always in Jerusalem the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there.37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel.38 If then thou wilt hearken to all that I shall command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do what is right before me, keeping my commandments and my precepts, as David my servant did: I will be with thee, and will build thee up a faithful house, as I built a house for David, and I will deliver Israel to thee:39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but yet not for ever.40 Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam: but he arose, and fled into Egypt to Sesac the king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.41 And the rest of the words of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom: behold they are all written in the book of the words of the days of Solomon.42 And the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel, were forty years.43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father, and Roboam his son reigned in his stead.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Psalm - Ps 81:10-11ab,12-13,14-15

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

10 There shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.11ab For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.12 But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.13 So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.14 If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:15 I should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that troubled them.

Gospel - Mk 7:31-37

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

31 And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.32 And they bring to him one deaf and dumb; and they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him.33 And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, he touched his tongue:34 And looking up to heaven, he groaned, and said to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened.35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke right.36 And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal did they publish it.37 And so much the more did they wonder, saying: He hath done all things well; he hath made both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.