Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
01th February 2024 (Thursday)
(Saint Henry Morse)
Psalter: Week 4
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | 1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12 |
| Response | O Lord, you rule over all.. |
| Gospel | Mark 6:7-13 |
First Reading
1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12
When David’s time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying, “I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn, that the Lord may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’” Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned for seven years in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem. So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.
Responsorial Psalm
1 Chronicles 29:10b, 11ab, 11d-12a, 12bcd (R. 12b)
R/. O Lord, you rule over all.
Blessed are you, O Lord,
the God of Israel our father,
for ever and ever. R/.
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power,
and the glory and the victory and the majesty,
for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. R/.
You are exalted as head above all.
Both riches and honour come from you. R/.
You rule over all.
In your hand are power and might,
and in your hand it is to make great
and to give strength to all. R/.
Alleluia
Mark 1:15
V/. Alleluia R/. Alleluia
V/.The kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
R/. Alleluia
Gospel
Mark 6:7-13
At that time: Jesus called the twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. And he said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there. And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.” So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent. And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.
