Reading
The Letter of Saint James 1: 12-18
1:12 | Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him. |
1:13 | No one should say, when he is tempted, that he was tempted by God. For God does not entice toward evils, and he himself tempts no one. |
1:14 | Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away. |
1:15 | Thereafter, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Yet truly sin, when it has been consummated, produces death. |
1:16 | And so, do not choose to go astray, my most beloved brothers. |
1:17 | Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration. |
1:18 | For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures. |
Gospel
The Holy Gospel According to 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?” |