June 6, 2022

Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary

A Reading From the Book of Genesis     3: 9-15, 20

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.”
3:20 And Adam called the name of his wife, ‘Eve,’ because she was the mother of all the living.

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Acts 1: 12- 14

1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain, which is called Olivet, which is next to Jerusalem, within a Sabbath day’s journey.
1:13 And when they had entered into the cenacle, they ascended to the place where Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Jude of James, were staying.
1:14 All these were persevering with one accord in prayer with the women, and with Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

John 19: 25- 34

19:25 And standing beside the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, and Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
19:26 Therefore, when Jesus had seen his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son.”
19:27 Next, he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour, the disciple accepted her as his own.
19:28 After this, Jesus knew that all had been accomplished, so in order that the Scripture might be completed, he said, “I thirst.”
19:29 And there was a container placed there, full of vinegar. Then, placing a sponge full of vinegar around hyssop, they brought it to his mouth.
19:30 Then Jesus, when he had received the vinegar, said: “It is consummated.” And bowing down his head, he surrendered his spirit.
19:31 Then the Jews, because it was the preparation day, so that the bodies would not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), they petitioned Pilate in order that their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away.
19:32 Therefore, the soldiers approached, and, indeed, they broke the legs of the first one, and of the other who was crucified with him.
19:33 But after they had approached Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
19:34 Instead, one of the soldiers opened his side with a lance, and immediately there went out blood and water.