A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 1:40-45
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and said to him, “I do will it.
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and said to him, “I do will it.
During the time young Samuel was minister to the Lord under Eli, a revelation of the Lord was uncommon and vision infrequent.
On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
Hannah rose after a meal at Shiloh, and presented herself before the Lord; at the time, Eli the priest was sitting on a chair near the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.
Jesus came to Capernaum with his followers, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.
After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment.
There was a certain man from Ramathaim, Elkanah by name, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim.
Thus says the Lord:/ Here is my servant whom I uphold,/ my chosen one with whom I am pleased,/ upon whom I have put my spirit;/ he shall bring forth justice to the nations,/ not crying out, not shouting,/ not making his voice heard in the street./ A bruised reed he shall not break,/ and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,/ until he establishes justice on the earth;/ the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
Peter proceeded to speak to those gathered in the house of Cornelius, saying: “In truth, I see that God shows no partiality.
Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.