February 19, 2019

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

6:5Then 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,
6:6repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,
6:7he 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.”
6:8Yet truly, Noah found grace before the Lord.
7:1And 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.
7:2From 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.
7:3But 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.
7:4For 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.”
7:5Therefore, Noah did all things just as the Lord had commanded him.
7:10And when seven days had passed, the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.

Mark 8: 14- 21

8:14And they forgot to take bread. And they did not have any with them in the boat, except one loaf.
8:15And he instructed them, saying: “Consider and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.”
8:16And they discussed this with one another, saying, “For we have no bread.”
8:17And 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?
8:18Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? Do you not remember,
8:19when 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.”
8:21And he said to them, “How is it that you do not yet understand?”