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Readings for Sunday, February 5, 2012
~ Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The miracles Jesus performed during his public ministry were not feats of magic. They were significant events because they were signs of his God-given power to heal. The miracles of Jesus were also a living, loving, and tangible sign that the Kingdom of God had finally arrived on earth. Jesus shows his loving concern in today's Gospel by healing Simon's mother-in-law, who was ill with a fever. Jesus approaches the woman, and in the presence of Simon, Andrew, James and John, takes her hand and helps her up; by this very action of healing, the fever left her, and as the Gospel account tells us, "she waited on them" Jesus' action of healing was the foreshadowing of his resurrection, in which we will all share at the end of time.
In what ways are you in need of healing? Allow Jesus to take you by the hand and raise you up.
First Reading: Job 7:1-4, 6-7
A reading from the Book of Job
Job spoke, saying:
Is not man's life on earth a drudgery?
Are not his days those of hirelings?
He is a slave who longs for the shade,
a hireling who waits for his wages.
So I have been assigned months of misery,
and troubled nights have been allotted to me.
If in bed I say, "When shall I arise?"
then the night drags on;
I am filled with restlessness until the dawn.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle;
they come to an end without hope.
Remember that my life is like the wind;
I shall not see happiness again.
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23
A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians
Brothers and sisters:
If I preach the gospel, this is no reason for me to boast,
for an obligation has been imposed on me,
and woe to me if I do not preach it!
If I do so willingly, I have a recompense,
but if unwillingly, then I have been entrusted with a stewardship.
What then is my recompense?
That, when I preach,
I offer the gospel free of charge
so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
Although I am free in regard to all,
I have made myself a slave to all
so as to win over as many as possible.
To the weak I became weak, to win over the weak.
I have become all things to all, to save at least some.
All this I do for the sake of the gospel,
so that I too may have a share in it.
Gospel Reading: Mark 1:29-39
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark
On leaving the synagogue
Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
Simon's mother-in-law lay sick with a fever.
They immediately told him about her.
He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up.
Then the fever left her and she waited on them.
When it was evening, after sunset,
they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons.
The whole town was gathered at the door.
He cured many who were sick with various diseases,
and he drove out many demons,
not permitting them to speak because they knew him.
Rising very early before dawn, he left
and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.
Simon and those who were with him pursued him
and on finding him said, "Everyone is looking for you."
He told them, "Let us go on to the nearby villages
that I may preach there also.
For this purpose have I come."
So he went into their synagogues,
preaching and driving out demons throughout the whole of Galilee.
Readings for Sunday, February 12, 2012
1st Reading: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46
1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1
Gospel Reading: Mark 1:40-45
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