Monday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1

Send us Fan MailMonday, 17 February 2025Monday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1 Antiphons on p. 823 and Readings on p. 830 of the Daily Missal.First Reading: Genesis 4:1-15.25Adam knew Eve his wife,  and she conceived and bore Cain, saying,  “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.”  And again, she bore his brother Abel.  Now Abel was a keeper of sheep,  and Cain a tiller of the ground. In the course of time, Cain brought to the Lord  an offering of the fruit of the ground,  and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock  and of their fat portions.  And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,  but for Cain and his offering, he had no regard.  So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.  The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry,  and why has your countenance fallen?  If you do well, will you not be accepted?  And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door;  its desire is for you,  but you must master it.” Cain said to Abel his brother,  “Let us go out to the field.”  And when they were in the field,  Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain,  “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know;  am I my brother’s keeper?”  And the Lord said, “What have you done?  The voice of your brother’s blood  is crying to me from the ground.  And now you are cursed from the ground,  which has opened its mouth  to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.  When you till the ground,  it shall no longer yield to you its strength;  you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” Cain said to the Lord,  “My punishment is greater than I can bear.  Behold, thou have driven me this day away from the ground;  and from your face, I shall be hidden;  and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth,  and whoever finds me will slay me.” Then the Lord said to him, “Not so!  If anyone slays Cain,  vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.”  And the Lord put a mark on Cain,  lest any who came upon him should kill him. And Adam knew his wife again,  and she bore a son and called his name Seth,  for she said,  “God has appointed for me another child instead of Abel,  for Cain slew him.”Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 50:1 & 8.16bc-17.20-21 (R. cf. 14a)R/. Give your praise as a sacrifice to God.“The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken and summoned the earth, from the rising of the sun to its setting. I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices; your offerings are always before me.”“How can you recite my commandments, and take my covenant on your lips, you who despise correction, and cast my words behind you?”“You who sit and malign your own brother, and slander your own mother's son? You do this, and should I keep silence? Do you think that I am like you? I accuse you, lay the charge before you.”R/. Give your praise as a sacrifice to God.Gospel: Mark 8:11-13At that time:  The Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus,  seeking from him a sign from heaven, to test him.  And he sighed deeply in