February 13, 2015

Reading

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.

Gospel

 

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.”