Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the ChurchMark 3: 22-30
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Reading 1 Hebrews 9:15, 24-28
Christ is mediator of a new
covenant: since a death has taken
place for deliverance from transgressions under the first
covenant, those who are called may receive the promised eternal
inheritance.
For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made by
hands, a copy of the true one, but heaven itself, that he might now appear
before God on our behalf. Not that he might offer himself repeatedly, as the high
priest enters each year into the sanctuary with blood that is not his own; if
that were so, he would have had to suffer repeatedly from the foundation of the
world. But now once for all he has appeared at the end of the ages to take away sin
by his sacrifice. Just as it is appointed that human beings die once, and after this
the judgment, so also Christ, offered once to take away the sins of many, will
appear a second time, not to take away sin but to bring salvation to those who eagerly
await him.
Psalm 98: 1, 2-3ab,
3cd-4, 5-6
R. (1a) Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous
deeds.
Sing
to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
His right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
R. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous
deeds.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his
justice.
He has
remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
toward the house of Israel.
R. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous deeds.
All
the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing
praise.
R. Sing to the Lord a new
song, for he has done marvelous deeds.
Sing praise to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and melodious
song.
With trumpets
and the sound of the horn
sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.
R. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous
deeds.
Gospel Mk 3: 22-30
The scribes
who had come from Jerusalem said of Jesus, "He
is possessed by Beelzebul," and "By the prince
of demons he drives out demons."
Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, "How can
Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot
stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to
stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot
stand; that is the end of him. But no one can enter a strong man's house to plunder
his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his
house. Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will
be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have
forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin." For they had said, "has an
unclean spirit."
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