Catholic Daily Readings for June 7 2023: Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time – Lectionary: 355
| Catholic Daily Readings for June 7 2023, Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time | |
|---|---|
| 1st Reading | Tobit 3:1-11A, 16-17A |
| Responsorial Psalm | Psalms 25:2-3, 4-5AB, 6 AND 7BC, 8-9 |
| Alleluia | John 11:25A, 26 |
| Gospel | Mark 12:18-27 |
Daily Mass Readings for June 7 2023, Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
1st Reading – Tobit 3:1-11A, 16-17A
1 I was so embarrassed and ashamed that I, Tobit, sighed and began to cry. Then, as I choked back my tears, I prayed:
2 “You are righteous, O Lord! You are merciful in all you do, faithful in all your ways. You are the judge of this world.
3 And now, O Lord, may you be mindful of me, and look with favor upon me. Punish me not for my sins, nor for my inadvertent offenses, nor for those of my ancestors. “We sinned against you,
4 and disobeyed your commandments. So you handed us over to plundering, exile, and death, till you made us the talk and reproach of all the nations among whom you had dispersed us.
5 “Yes, your judgments are many and true in dealing with me as my sins and those of my ancestors deserve. For we have not kept your commandments, nor have we trodden the paths of truth before you.
6 “Now treat me as you please. Take my life away and free me from this world; let my body return to the earth. I would be better off dead. I am tormented by insults I don’t deserve, and weighed down with despair. Lord, give the command – bring all my troubles to an end, take me to my eternal rest. Don’t reject my prayer. I would rather die than live in misery and face such cruel insults.”
7 That same day in the city of Ecbatana in Media, it happened that Sarah, the daughter of a man named Raguel, was insulted by one of her father’s servant women.
8 Sarah had been married seven times, but the evil demon, Asmodeus, killed each husband before the marriage could be consummated. The servant woman said to Sarah, “You husband-killer! Look at you! You’ve already had seven husbands, but not one of them lived long enough to give you a son.
9 Why should you take it out on us? Why don’t you go and join your dead husbands? I hope we never see a child of yours!”
10 Sarah was so depressed that she burst into tears and went upstairs determined to hang herself. But when she thought it over, she said to herself, “No, I won’t do it! People would insult my father and say, ‘You had only one child, a daughter whom you loved dearly, but she hanged herself because she felt so miserable.’ Such grief would bring my grey-haired father to his grave, and I would be responsible. I won’t kill myself; I’ll just beg the Lord to let me die. Then I won’t have to listen to those insults any longer!”
11A At that time, then, she spread out her hands, and facing the window, poured out her prayer: “Blessed are you, O Lord, merciful God, and blessed is your holy and honorable name. Blessed are you in all your works for ever!”
16 As Tobit and Sarah were praying, God in heaven heard their prayers
17A and sent his angel Raphael to help them. He was sent to remove the white film from Tobit’s eyes, so that he could see again, and to arrange a marriage between Sarah and Tobit’s son Tobias, who, as her cousin, had the right to marry her. Raphael was also ordered to expel the demon Asmodeus from Sarah.
Responsorial Psalm – Psalms 25:2-3, 4-5AB, 6 AND 7BC, 8-9
R. (1) To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
2 In you I trust; let me not be put to shame,
let not my enemies exult over me.
3 No one who waits for you shall be put to shame;
those shall be put to shame who heedlessly break faith.
R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
4 Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
5AB Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.
R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
6 Remember that your compassion, O LORD,
and your kindness are from of old.
7BC In your kindness remember me,
because of your goodness, O LORD.
R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
8 Good and upright is the LORD;
thus he shows sinners the way.
9 He guides the humble to justice,
he teaches the humble his way.
R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
Alleluia – John 11:25A, 26
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
25A I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord;
26 whoever believes in me will never die.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Mark 12:18-27
18 Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said,
19 “Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man’s brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man’s children.’
20 Once there were seven brothers; the eldest got married and died without having children.
21 Then the second one married the woman, and he also died without having children. The same thing happened to the third brother,
22 and then to the rest: all seven brothers married the woman and died without having children. Last of all, the woman died.
23 At the resurrection when they arise whose wife will she be? For all seven had been married to her.”
24 Jesus said to them, “Are you not misled because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
25 When they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven.
26 Now, as for the dead being raised: haven’t you ever read in the Book of Moses the passage about the burning bush? There it is written that God said to Moses, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
27 He is the God of the living, not of the dead. You are completely wrong!”
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