Readings of the day

Mass readings

1. First reading 1 Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7

   ⁶As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music. ⁷The women sang to one another as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.” ⁸Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have credited David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?” ⁹Saul watched David from that day and forward. ¹Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, greatly delighted in David. ²Jonathan told David, saying, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, live in a secret place, and hide yourself. ³I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will talk with my father about you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.” ⁴Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Don’t let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you; ⁵for he put his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?” ⁶Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.” ⁷Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.

   WEB-C · World English Bible (Catholic). Public Domain. Source: eBible.org. Read in context: 1 Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7

2. Responsorial Psalm Psalms 56:2-3, 9-10ab, 10c-11, 12-13

   ¹For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. ²My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me. ⁸You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book? ⁹Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me. ¹⁰In God, I will praise his word. In the LORD, I will praise his word. ¹¹I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ¹²Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

   Some verses are read only in part; the whole verse is shown.

   WEB-C · World English Bible (Catholic). Public Domain. Source: eBible.org. Read in context: Psalms 56:2-3, 9-10ab, 10c-11, 12-13

3. Gospel acclamation 2 Timothy 1:10

4. Gospel Mark 3:7-12

   ⁷Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea, ⁸from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him. ⁹He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him. ¹⁰For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. ¹¹The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him and cried, “You are the Son of God!” ¹²He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.

   WEB-C · World English Bible (Catholic). Public Domain. Source: eBible.org. Read in context: Mark 3:7-12