Monday, February 16
Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time – Year A
First Reading – James 1:1-11
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greeting. Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord. Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like the flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 119:67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76
℟ Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.
Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I keep your word.
℟ Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.
You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
℟ Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.
It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.
℟ Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
℟ Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.
I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
℟ Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.
Let your mercy be ready to comfort me according to your promise to your servant.
℟ Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.
Alleluia – John 14:6
℟ Alleluia!
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.
℟ Alleluia!
Gospel – Mark 8:11-13
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.” And he left them, and getting into the boat again he departed to the other side.
Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition, Ignatius Press, Copyright ⓒ 2006.
