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First Week In Ordinary Time
Saturday | The First Reading for today is
from the first book of Samuel
9:1-4.17-19; 10:1.
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The Lord told Samuel, “That is the man of whom I told you; Saul shall rule my people”.
Among the men of Benjamin there was a man called Kish son of Aliel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah; a Benjaminite and a man of rank. He had a son named Saul, a handsome man in the prime of life. Of all the Israelites there was no one more handsome than he; he stood head and shoulders taller than the rest of the people. Now some of the she-donkeys of Saul's father Kish had strayed, so Kish said to Saul, “My son, take one of the servants with you and be off; go and look for the she-donkeys.” They passed through the highlands of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shaalim, they were not there; they passed through the land of Benjamin, but did not find them.
When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, “That is the man of whom I told you; he shall rule my people.” Saul accosted Samuel in the gateway and said, “Tell me, please, where the seer's house is?” Samuel replied to Saul, “I am the seer. Go up ahead of me to the high place. You are to eat with me today. In the morning I shall take leave of you and tell you all that is in your heart.”
Samuel took a phial of oil and poured it on Saul's head; then he kissed him, saying, “Has not the Lord anointed you prince over his people Israel? You are the man who must rule the Lord's people, and who must save them from the power of the enemies surrounding them.”
This is the Word of the Lord.
| The Responsorial Psalm is Ps 20:2-7 R v.2
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O Lord, your strength gives joy to the king.
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O Lord, your strength gives joy to the king;
how your saving help makes him glad!
You have granted him his heart's desire;
you have not refused the prayer of his lips. R
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You came to meet him with the blessings of success,
you have set on his head a crown of pure gold.
He asked you for life and this you have given,
days that will last from age to age. R
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Your saving help has given him glory.
You have laid upon him majesty and splendour,
you have granted your blessings to him for ever.
You have made him rejoice with the joy of your presence. R
| The Second Reading for today is No second reading.
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This is the Word of the Lord.
| The Gospel Acclamation for today is Ps 118:29.35
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Alleluia, alleluia!
Bend my heart to your will, O Lord,
and teach me your law.
Alleluia! | A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark
2:13-17.
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I did not come to call the virtuous, but sinners.
Jesus went out to the shore of the lake, and all the people came to him, and he taught them., As he was walking on he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus, sitting by the customs house, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.
When Jesus was at dinner in his house, a number of tax collectors and sinners were also sitting at the table with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many of them among his followers. When the scribes of the Pharisee party saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” When Jesus heard this he said to them, “It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. I did not come to call the virtuous, but sinners.”
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
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Reproduced by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Limited
© 1981. William Collins Sons and Company Limited and Cassell Limited
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