Category: Daily Readings

Genesis 8: 6- 13, 20- 22

8:6	And when forty days had passed, Noah, opening the window that he had made in the ark, sent forth a raven,
8:7	which went forth and did not return, until the waters were dried up across the earth.
8:8	Likewise, he sent forth a dove after him, in order to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.
8:9	But when she did not find a place where her foot might rest, she returned to him in the ark. For the waters were upon the whole earth. And he extended his hand and caught her, and he brought her into the ark.
8:10	And then, having waited a further seven days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.
8:11	And she came to him in the evening, carrying in her mouth an olive branch with green leaves. Noah then understood that the waters had ceased upon the earth.
8:12	And nevertheless, he waited another seven days. And he sent forth the dove, which no longer returned to him.
8:13	Therefore, in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were diminished upon the earth. And Noah, opening the cover of the ark, gazed out and saw that the surface of the earth had become dry.

8:20	Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. And, taking from each of the cattle and birds that were clean, he offered holocausts upon the altar.
8:21	And the Lord smelled the sweet odor and said: “I will no longer curse the earth because of man. For the feelings and thoughts of the heart of man are prone to evil from his youth. Therefore, I will no longer pierce every living soul as I have done.
8:22	All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, will not cease.”

Mark 8: 22- 26

8:22	And they went to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to him. And they petitioned him, so that he would touch him.
8:23	And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him beyond the village. And putting spit on his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked him if he could see anything.
8:24	And looking up, he said, “I see men but they are like walking trees.”
8:25	Next he placed his hands again over his eyes, and he began to see. And he was restored, so that he could see everything clearly.
8:26	And he sent him to his house, saying, “Go into your own house, and if you enter into the town, tell no one.”

Genesis 6: 5- 8, 7: 1- 5, 10

6:5	Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times,
6:6	repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,
6:7	he said, “I will eliminate man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man to other living things, from animals even to the flying things of the air. For it grieves me that I have made them.”
6:8	Yet truly, Noah found grace before the Lord.

7:1	And the Lord said to him: “Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation.
7:2	From all the clean animals, take seven and seven, the male and the female. Yet truly, from animals that are unclean, take two and two, the male and the female.
7:3	But also from the birds of the air, take seven and seven, the male and the female, so that offspring may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.
7:4	For from that point, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. And I will wipe away every substance that I have made, from the surface of the earth.”
7:5	Therefore, Noah did all things just as the Lord had commanded him.

7:10	And when seven days had passed, the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.

Mark 8: 14- 21

8:14	And they forgot to take bread. And they did not have any with them in the boat, except one loaf.
8:15	And he instructed them, saying: “Consider and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.”
8:16	And they discussed this with one another, saying, “For we have no bread.”
8:17	And Jesus, knowing this, said to them: “Why do you consider that it is because you have no bread? Do you not yet know or understand? Do you still have blindness in your heart?
8:18	Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? Do you not remember,
8:19	when I broke the five loves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments you took up?” They said to him, “Twelve.”
8:20	“And when the seven loaves were among the four thousand, how many baskets of fragments did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.”
8:21	And he said to them, “How is it that you do not yet understand?”

Genesis 4: 1- 15, 25

4:1	Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.”
4:2	And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer.
4:3	Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth.
4:4	Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts.
4:5	Yet in truth, he did not look with favor on Cain and his gifts. And Cain was vehemently angry, and his countenance fell.
4:6	And the Lord said to him: “Why are you angry? And why is your face fallen?
4:7	If you behave well, will you not receive? But if you behave badly, will not sin at once be present at the door? And so its desire will be within you, and you will be dominated by it.”
4:8	And Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go outside.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and he put him to death.
4:9	And the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he responded: “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
4:10	And he said to him: “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to me from the land.
4:11	Now, therefore, you will be cursed upon the land, which opened its mouth and received the blood of your brother at your hand.
4:12	When you work it, it will not give you its fruit; a vagrant and a fugitive shall you be upon the land.”
4:13	And Cain said to the Lord: “My iniquity is too great to deserve kindness.
4:14	Behold, you have cast me out this day before the face of the earth, and from your face I will be hidden; and I will be a vagrant and a fugitive on the earth. Therefore, anyone who finds me will kill me.”
4:15	And the Lord said to him: “By no means will it be so; rather, whoever would kill Cain, will be punished sevenfold.” And the Lord placed a seal upon Cain, so that anyone who found him would not put him to death.

4:25	Adam also knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Seth, saying, “God has given me another offspring, in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”

Mark 8: 11- 13

8:11	And the Pharisees went out and began to contend with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, testing him.
8:12	And sighing deeply in spirit, he said: “Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, if only a sign will be given to this generation!”
8:13	And sending them away, he climbed into the boat again, and he went away across the sea.

Jeremiah 17: 5-8

17:5	Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is a man who trusts in man, and who establishes what is flesh as his right arm, and whose heart withdraws from the Lord.
17:6	For he will be like a saltcedar tree in the desert. And he will not perceive it, when what is good has arrived. Instead, he will live in dryness, in a desert, in a land of salt, which is uninhabitable.
17:7	Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, for the Lord will be his confidence.
17:8	And he will be like a tree planted beside waters, which sends out its roots to moist soil. And it will not fear when the heat arrives. And its leaves will be green. And in the time of drought, it will not be anxious, nor will it cease at any time to bear fruit.

First Corinthians 15: 12, 16- 20

15:12	Now if Christ is preached, that he rose again from the dead, how is it that some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
15:16	For if the dead do not rise again, then neither has Christ risen again.
15:17	But if Christ has not risen, then your faith is vain; for you would still be in your sins.
15:18	Then, too, those who have fallen asleep in Christ would have perished.
15:19	If we have hope in Christ for this life only, then we are more miserable than all men.
15:20	But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep.

Luke 6: 17, 20- 26

6:17	And descending with them, he stood in a level place with a multitude of his disciples, and a copious multitude of people from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast, and Tyre and Sidon,
6:20	And lifting up his eyes to his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
6:21	Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you shall laugh.
6:22	Blessed shall you be when men will have hated you, and when they will have separated you and reproached you, and thrown out your name as if evil, because of the Son of man.
6:23	Be glad in that day and exult. For behold, your reward is great in heaven. For these same things their fathers did to the prophets.
6:24	Yet truly, woe to you who are wealthy, for you have your consolation.
6:25	Woe to you who are satisfied, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
6:26	Woe to you when men will have blessed you. For these same things their fathers did to the false prophets.

Genesis 3: 9- 24

3:9	And the Lord God called Adam and said to him: “Where are you?”
3:10	And he said, “I heard your voice in Paradise, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and so I hid myself.”
3:11	He said to him, “Then who told you that you were naked, if you have not eaten of the tree from which I instructed you that you should not eat?”
3:12	And Adam said, “The woman, whom you gave to me as a companion, gave to me from the tree, and I ate.”
3:13	And the Lord God said to the woman, “Why have you done this?” And she responded, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
3:14	And the Lord God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, you are cursed among all living things, even the wild beasts of the earth. Upon your breast shall you travel, and the ground shall you eat, all the days of your life.
3:15	I will put enmities between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. She will crush your head, and you will lie in wait for her heel.”
3:16	To the woman, he also said: “I will multiply your labors and your conceptions. In pain shall you give birth to sons, and you shall be under your husband’s power, and he shall have dominion over you.”
3:17	Yet truly, to Adam, he said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, from which I instructed you that you should not eat, cursed is the land that you work. In hardship shall you eat from it, all the days of your life.
3:18	Thorns and thistles shall it produce for you, and you shall eat the plants of the earth.
3:19	By the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken. For dust you are, and unto dust you shall return.”
3:20	And Adam called the name of his wife, ‘Eve,’ because she was the mother of all the living.
3:21	The Lord God also made for Adam and his wife garments from skins, and he clothed them.
3:22	And he said: “Behold, Adam has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Therefore, now perhaps he may put forth his hand and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live in eternity.”
3:23	And so the Lord God sent him away from the Paradise of enjoyment, in order to work the earth from which he was taken.
3:24	And he cast out Adam. And in front of the Paradise of enjoyment, he placed the Cherubim with a flaming sword, turning together, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Mark 8: 1- 10

8:1	In those days, again, when there was a great crowd, and they did not have anything to eat, calling together his disciples, he said to them:
8:2	“I have compassion for the multitude, because, behold, they have persevered with me now for three days, and they do not have anything to eat.
8:3	And if I were to send them away fasting to their home, they might faint on the way.” For some of them came from far away.
8:4	And his disciples answered him, “From where would anyone be able to obtain enough bread for them in the wilderness?”
8:5	And he questioned them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”
8:6	And he instructed the crowd to sit down to eat on the ground. And taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, he broke and gave it to his disciples in order to place before them. And they placed these before the crowd.
8:7	And they had a few small fish. And he blessed them, and he ordered them to be placed before them.
8:8	And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up what had been leftover from the fragments: seven baskets.
8:9	And those who ate were about four thousand. And he dismissed them.
8:10	And promptly climbing into a boat with his disciples, he went into the parts of Dalmanutha.

Genesis 3: 1- 8

3:1	However, the serpent was more crafty than any of the creatures of the earth that the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Why has God instructed you, that you should not eat from every tree of Paradise?”
3:2	The woman responded to him: “From the fruit of the trees which are in Paradise, we eat.
3:3	Yet truly, from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of Paradise, God has instructed us that we should not eat, and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we may die.”
3:4	Then the serpent said to the woman: “By no means will you die a death.
3:5	For God knows that, on whatever day you will eat from it, your eyes will be opened; and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.”
3:6	And so the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and beautiful to the eyes, and delightful to consider. And she took from its fruit, and she ate. And she gave to her husband, who ate.
3:7	And the eyes of them both were opened. And when they realized themselves to be naked, they joined together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
3:8	And when they had heard the voice of the Lord God taking a walk in Paradise in the afternoon breeze, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of Paradise.

Mark 7: 31- 37

7:31	And again, departing from the borders of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the area of the Ten Cities.
7:32	And they brought someone who was deaf and mute to him. And they begged him, so that he would lay his hand upon him.
7:33	And taking him away from the crowd, he put his fingers into his ears; and spitting, he touched his tongue.
7:34	And gazing up to heaven, he groaned and said to him: “Ephphatha,” which is, “Be opened.”
7:35	And immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke correctly.
7:36	And he instructed them not to tell anyone. But as much as he instructed them, so much more did they preach about it.
7:37	And so much more did they wonder, saying: “He has done all things well. He has caused both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

Genesis 2: 18- 25

2:18	The Lord God also said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.”
2:19	Therefore, the Lord God, having formed from the soil all the animals of the earth and all the flying creatures of the air, brought them to Adam, in order to see what he would call them. For whatever Adam would call any living creature, that would be its name.
2:20	And Adam called each of the living things by their names: all the flying creatures of the air, and all the wild beasts of the land. Yet truly, for Adam, there was not found a helper similar to himself.
2:21	And so the Lord God sent a deep sleep upon Adam. And when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and he completed it with flesh for it.
2:22	And the Lord God built up the rib, which he took from Adam, into a woman. And he led her to Adam.
2:23	And Adam said: “Now this is bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh. This one shall be called woman, because she was taken from man.”
2:24	For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.
2:25	Now they were both naked: Adam, of course, and his wife. And they were not ashamed.

Mark 7: 24- 30

7:24	And rising up, he went from there to the area of Tyre and Sidon. And entering into a house, he intended no one to know about it, but he was not able to remain hidden.
7:25	For a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit, as soon as she heard about him, entered and fell prostrate at his feet.
7:26	For the woman was a Gentile, by birth a Syro-Phoenician. And she petitioned him, so that he would cast the demon from her daughter.
7:27	And he said to her: “First allow the sons to have their fill. For it is not good to take away the bread of the sons and throw it to the dogs.”
7:28	But she responded by saying to him: “Certainly, Lord. Yet the young dogs also eat, under the table, from the crumbs of the children.”
7:29	And he said to her, “Because of this saying, go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”
7:30	And when she had gone to her house, she found the girl lying on the bed; and the demon had gone away.

Genesis 2: 4- 9, 15- 17

2:4	These are the generations of heaven and earth, when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made heaven and earth,
2:5	and every sapling of the field, before it would rise up in the land, and every wild plant, before it would germinate. For the Lord God had not brought rain upon the earth, and there was no man to work the land.
2:6	But a fountain ascended from the earth, irrigating the entire surface of the land.
2:7	And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
2:8	Now the Lord God had planted a Paradise of enjoyment from the beginning. In it, he placed the man whom he had formed.
2:9	And from the soil the Lord God produced every tree that was beautiful to behold and pleasant to eat. And even the tree of life was in the midst of Paradise, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

2:15	Thus, the Lord God brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, so that it would be attended and preserved by him.
2:16	And he instructed him, saying: “From every tree of Paradise, you shall eat.
2:17	But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death.”

Mark 7: 14- 23

7:14	And again, calling the crowd to him, he said to them: “Listen to me, all of you, and understand.
7:15	There is nothing from outside a man which, by entering into him, is able to defile him. But the things which procede from a man, these are what pollute a man.
7:16	Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”
7:17	And when he had entered into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable.
7:18	And he said to them: “So, are you also without prudence? Do you not understand that everything entering to a man from outside is not able to pollute him?
7:19	For it does not enter into his heart, but into the gut, and it exits into the sewer, purging all foods.”
7:20	“But,” he said “the things which go out from a man, these pollute a man.
7:21	For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
7:22	thefts, avarice, wickedness, deceitfulness, homosexuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, self-exaltation, foolishness.
7:23	All these evils procede from within and pollute a man.”

Genesis 1: 20- 2: 4

1:20	And then God said, “Let the waters produce animals with a living soul, and flying creatures above the earth, under the firmament of heaven.”
1:21	And God created the great sea creatures, and everything with a living soul and the ability to move that the waters produced, according to their species, and all the flying creatures, according to their kind. And God saw that it was good.
1:22	And he blessed them, saying: “Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea. And let the birds be multiplied above the land.”
1:23	And it became evening and morning, the fifth day.
1:24	God also said, “Let the land produce living souls in their kind: cattle, and animals, and wild beasts of the earth, according to their species.” And so it became.
1:25	And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their species, and the cattle, and every animal on the land, according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
1:26	And he said: “Let us make Man to our image and likeness. And let him rule over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and the wild beasts, and the entire earth, and every animal that moves on the earth.”
1:27	And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.
1:28	And God blessed them, and he said, “Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
1:29	And God said: “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant upon the earth, and all the trees that have in themselves the ability to sow their own kind, to be food for you,
1:30	and for all the animals of the land, and for all the flying things of the air, and for everything that moves upon the earth and in which there is a living soul, so that they may have these on which to feed.” And so it became.
1:31	And God saw everything that he had made. And they were very good. And it became evening and morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 2

2:1	And so the heavens and the earth were completed, with all their adornment.
2:2	And on the seventh day, God fulfilled his work, which he had made. And on the seventh day he rested from all his work, which he had accomplished.
2:3	And he blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. For in it, he had ceased from all his work: the work whereby God created whatever he should make.
2:4	These are the generations of heaven and earth, when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made heaven and earth,

Mark 7: 1- 13

7:1	And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, arriving from Jerusalem, gathered together before him.
7:2	And when they had seen certain ones from his disciples eating bread with common hands, that is, with unwashed hands, they disparaged them.
7:3	For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat without repeatedly washing their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders.
7:4	And when returning from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which have been handed down to them to observe: the washings of cups, and pitchers, and bronze containers, and beds.
7:5	And so the Pharisees and the scribes questioned him: “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but they eat bread with common hands?”
7:6	But in response, he said to them: “So well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, just as it has been written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7:7	And in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and precepts of men.’
7:8	For abandoning the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men, to the washing of pitchers and cups. And you do many other things similar to these.”
7:9	And he said to them: “You effectively nullify the precept of God, so that you may observe your own tradition.
7:10	For Moses said: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever will have cursed father or mother, let him die a death.’
7:11	But you say, ‘If a man will have said to his father or mother: Korban, (which is a gift) whatever is from me will be to your benefit,’
7:12	then you do not release him to do anything for his father or mother,
7:13	rescinding the word of God through your tradition, which you have handed down. And you do many other similar things in this way.”

Genesis 1: 1- 19

1:1	In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.
1:2	But the earth was empty and unoccupied, and darknesses were over the face of the abyss; and so the Spirit of God was brought over the waters.
1:3	And God said, “Let there be light.” And light became.
1:4	And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses.
1:5	And he called the light, ‘Day,’ and the darknesses, ‘Night.’ And it became evening and morning, one day.
1:6	God also said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters.”
1:7	And God made a firmament, and he divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament. And so it became.
1:8	And God called the firmament ‘Heaven.’ And it became evening and morning, the second day.
1:9	Truly God said: “Let the waters that are under heaven be gathered together into one place; and let the dry land appear.” And so it became.
1:10	And God called the dry land, ‘Earth,’ and he called the gathering of the waters, ‘Seas.’ And God saw that it was good.
1:11	And he said, “Let the land spring forth green plants, both those producing seed, and fruit-bearing trees, producing fruit according to their kind, whose seed is within itself, over all the earth.” And so it became.
1:12	And the land brought forth green plants, both those producing seed, according to their kind, and trees producing fruit, with each having its own way of sowing, according to its species. And God saw that it was good.
1:13	And it became evening and the morning, the third day.
1:14	Then God said: “Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven. And let them divide day from night, and let them become signs, both of the seasons, and of the days and years.
1:15	Let them shine in the firmament of heaven and illuminate the earth.” And so it became.
1:16	And God made two great lights: a greater light, to rule over the day, and a lesser light, to rule over the night, along with the stars.
1:17	And he set them in the firmament of heaven, to give light over all the earth,
1:18	and to rule over the day as well as the night, and to divide light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
1:19	And it became evening and morning, the fourth day.

Mark 6: 53- 56

6:53	And when they had crossed over, they arrived in the land of Genesaret, and they reached the shore.
6:54	And when they had disembarked from the boat, the people immediately recognized him.
6:55	And running throughout that entire region, they began to carry on beds those who had maladies, to where they heard that he would be.
6:56	And in whichever place he entered, in towns or villages or cities, they placed the infirm in the main streets, and they pleaded with him that they might touch even the hem of his garment. And as many as touched him were made healthy.