Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II)

Official Translation

Reading 1 – James 1.12-18

Blessed is the man
who endures temptation,
for when he has been proven,
he will receive the crown of life,
which the Lord promised
to those who love him.

Let no one say when they are tempted,
“I am tempted by God,”
for God cannot be tempted by evil,
and he himself tempts no one.
But each one is tempted,
when he is drawn away by his own desires,
and enticed.
Then the desire, when it has conceived,
bears sin;
and the sin, when it is full grown,
produces death.
Do not be deceived,
my beloved brothers.

Every good gift
and every perfect gift
is from above,
coming down from
the Father of lights,
with whom can be no variation,
nor shifting shadow.
Of his own will
he gave birth to us
by the word of truth,
that we should be
a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Responsorial – Psalm 94.12-13a, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12a

R. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord.

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord,
and teach with your law;
that you may give him rest from the days of adversity,

R. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord.


For the Lord will not reject his people,
nor will he forsake his inheritance.
For judgment will return to righteousness.
All the upright in heart shall follow it.

R. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord.

When I said, “My foot is slipping!”
Your loving kindness, the Lord, held me up.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me,
your comforts delight my soul.

R. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord.

Gospel – Mark 8.14-21

The disciples forgot to bring bread;
and they did not have
more than one loaf in the boat with them.
Jesus warned them, saying,
“Take heed:
beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and the leaven of Herod.”
They reasoned with one another, saying,
“It is because we have no bread.”

Jesus, perceiving it, said to them,
“Why do you reason that it is
because you have no bread?
Do you not perceive yet,
nor understand?
Are your hearts still hardened?
You have eyes; do you not see?
You have ears, do you not hear?
Do you not remember?
When I broke the five loaves
among the five thousand,
how many baskets
full of broken pieces did you take up?”
They told him, “Twelve.”
“When the seven loaves
fed the four thousand,
how many baskets
full of broken pieces did you take up?”
They told him, “Seven.”
He asked them, “Do you not yet understand?”