Wednesday, 5th week in Ordinary Time, Year 1

Send us Fan MailWednesday 12 February 2025 Wednesday, 5th week in Ordinary Time, Year 1 Antiphons on page 798 and Readings on page 812Daily Missal First Reading: Genesis 2: 4b-9.15-17In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet in the earth  and no herb of the field had yet sprung up— for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth,  and there was no man to till the ground;  but a mist went up from the earth  and watered the whole face of the ground— then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.  And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east;  and there he put the man whom he had formed.  And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow  every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food,  the tree of life also in the midst of the garden,  and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The Lord God took man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.  And the Lord God commanded the man, saying,  “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;  but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil  you shall not eat,  for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.” Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 104:1-2a.27-28.29bc-30 (R. 1a)R/. Bless the Lord, O my soul!Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, how great you are, clothed in majesty and honour, wrapped in light as with a robe!All of these look to you to give them their food in due season. You give it, they gather it up; you open wide your hand, they are well filled.You take away their breath, they die, returning to the dust from which they came. You send forth your spirit, and they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.R/. Bless the Lord, O my soul!Gospel: Mark 7:14-23At that time:  Jesus called the people to him again, and said to them,  “Hear me, all of you, and understand:  there is nothing outside a person which by going into them can defile them; but the things which come out of a person are what defile him.” And when he had entered the house and left the people,  his disciples asked him about the parable.  And he said to them,  “Then are you also without understanding?  Do you not see  that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile them,  since it enters, not their heart but their stomach, and so passes on?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)  And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.  For from within, out of the heart of a person,  come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery,  coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness,  envy, slander, pride, foolishness.  All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”