Category: January

2Sm 24:2, 9-17; Ps 32:1,2,5,6,7; Mk 6:1-6?“With glad cries of freedom you will ring me around!” Saint John Bosco could have easily prayed the words of the psalm, “Incline your ear, O LORD; answer me, for I am afflicted and poor.” This holy and compassionate priest early is still an inspiration centuries later. His fame […]

2Sm 18:9,10,14b,24,25a,30-19:3; Ps 86:1-6; Mk 5:21-43“Save your servant who trusts in you.” Could we pray the words of today’s responsorial psalm, “Incline your ear, O LORD; answer me, for I am afflicted and poor.” The words of this psalm are still an inspiration for people of faith in our day The mystery of the Cross […]

2Sm 12:1-7a,10-17; Ps 51:12-17; Mk 4:35-41“Give me a pure heart, O God!” David the King, the man after God’s own heart, let his lust overwhelm that heart and control his behavior. King David committed adultery. In our Responsorial Psalm we hear the story of his repentance. The King knew that without a clean heart and […]