January 15, 2016
Friday of the First Week in Ordinary
Time
Saints of the Day: Saint Remigius, Archbishop (438-533), Saint Paul, the First Hermit (342)
Reading 1
4All the elders of Israel came in a
body to Samuel at Ramah 5and said to him, “Now that you are
old, and your sons do not follow your
example, appoint a king over us, as other
nations have, to judge us.”
6Samuel was displeased when they
asked for a king to judge them. He prayed to the LORD, however, 7who
said in answer: “Grant the people’s every request. It is not you they reject, they are
rejecting me as their king.”
10Samuel delivered the message of the
LORD in full to those who were asking him for a
king. 11He told them: “The rights of the king who will rule
you will be as follows: He will take your sons and assign
them to his chariots and horses, and they will run before his chariot.
12He will also appoint from among
them his commanders of groups of a thousand and of a hundred
soldiers. He will set them to do his plowing
and his harvesting,
and to make his implements of war and
the equipment of his chariots.
13He will use your daughters as
ointment makers, as cooks, and as bakers. 14He will take the best of your
fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his officials.
15He will tithe your crops and your
vineyards, and give the revenue to his eunuchs
and his slaves.
16He will take your male and female
servants, as well as your best oxen and your
asses, and use them to do his work.
17He will tithe your flocks and you
yourselves will become his slaves.
18When this takes place, you will complain against the king
whom you have chosen, but on that day the LORD will not
answer you.”
19The people, however, refused to
listen to Samuel’s warning and said, “Not so! There must be a king over
us. 20We too must be like other nations, with a king to rule us and to lead us
in warfare and fight our battles.”
21When Samuel had listened to all the
people had to say, he repeated it to the LORD, 22who
then said to him, “Grant their request and appoint a
king to rule them.”
Responsorial
Psalm
R. (2) For ever I will sing the
goodness of the Lord.
16Blessed the people who know the
joyful shout; in the light of your countenance, O
LORD, they walk. 17At your name they rejoice all the
day, and through your justice they are
exalted.
R. For ever I will sing the goodness
of the Lord.
19For you are the splendor of their
strength, and by your favor our horn is
exalted.
20For to the LORD belongs our shield, and to the Holy One of Israel, our
King.
R. For ever I will sing the goodness
of the Lord.
Alleluia Luke 7:16
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
A great prophet has arisen in our
midst and God has visited His people.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
1When Jesus returned to Capernaum
after some days, it became known that He was at home.[1][2]
2Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even
around the door, and He preached the word to them.
3They came bringing to Him a
paralytic carried by four men. 4Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they
opened up the roof above Him. After they had broken through, they let down the
mat on which the paralytic was lying. 5When Jesus saw their faith, He said
to him, “Child, your sins are forgiven.”[3]
6Now some of the scribes were sitting
there asking themselves,[4]7“Why
does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive
sins?”[5]
8Jesus immediately knew in His mind
what they were thinking to themselves, so He said, “Why are you thinking such
things in your hearts? 9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins
are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, pick up your mat and walk’? 10But that you may
know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth” 11–he said to
the paralytic, “I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home.”
12He rose, picked up his mat at once,
and went away in the sight of everyone. They were all astounded and glorified
God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”
Notes on Readings:
[1] Mark 2:1 - 3:6 This section relates a series of conflicts
between Jesus and the scribes and Pharisees in which the growing opposition of
the latter leads to their plot to put Jesus to death (Mark 3:6.
[2] Mark 2:1 - He was at home: to the crowds that gathered in
and outside the house Jesus preached the word, that is the gospel concerning the
nearness of the kingdom and the necessity of repentance and faith (Mark 1:14).
[3] Mark 2:5 - It was the faith of the paralytic and those
who carried him that moved Jesus to heal the sick man. Accounts of other
miracles of Jesus reveal more and more His emphasis on faith as the requisite
for exercising His healing powers (Mark 5:34; 9:23-24; 10:52.
[4] Mark 2:6 - Scribes: trained in oral interpretation of the
written law; in Mark's gospel, adversaries of Jesus, with one exception (Mark 12:28, 34).
[5] Mark 2:7 - He is blaspheming: an accusation made here and
repeated during the trial of Jesus (Mark 14:60-64).
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And the saddest part of it, is that, it affected the POOREST of the POOR to even extremely be more poorer, in exchange of the affluent to be more richer.
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