Wednesday, 4th week in Ordinary Time, Year 1

Send us Fan MailWednesday 5 February 2025 Wednesday, 4th week in Ordinary Time, Year 1 Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr Antiphons on page 1900 and readings on page 786 of the Daily Missal.First Reading: Hebrews 12: 4-7, 11-15Brothers and sisters:In your struggle against sin  you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.  And have you forgotten the exhortation  which addresses you as sons?—“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him. For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”It is for discipline that you have to endure.  God is treating you as sons;  for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness  to those who have been trained by it.Therefore lift your drooping hands and  strengthen your weak knees,  and make straight paths for your feet,  so that what is lame may not be put out of joint  but rather be healed.  Strive for peace with all men,  and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.  See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God;  that no “root of bitterness” spring up and cause trouble,  and by it the many become defiled. The Word of the LordResponsorial psalm: Ps 103:1-2.13-14.17-18a (R. 17ab)Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all within me, his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all his benefits.As a father has compassion on his children, the Lord’s compassion is on those who fear him. For he knows of what we are made; he remembers that we are dust.But the mercy of the Lord is everlasting upon those who hold him in fear, upon children’s children his justice, for those who keep his covenant.R./ The mercy of the Lord is everlasting upon those who hold him in fear.Gospel: Mark 6:1-6At that time: Jesus came to his own country; and his disciples followed him. And on the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get all this? What is the wisdom given to him? What mighty works are wrought by his hands! Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offence at him.And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.” And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people and healed them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.The Gospel of the Lord