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Saints Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.
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1 Kings 12:26-32; 13:33-34
Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.
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Psalm 106:6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22
The psalm is meant to be prayed, not rushed. If the wording feels older, focus on the main movement of the prayer: trust, praise, sorrow, gratitude, or hope.
19They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.
20And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.
21They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
22wonderful works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.
Mark 8:1-10
The Gospel is the center of the reading set. Pay close attention to what Jesus says, what Jesus does, and what response he is asking for.
1In those days again, when there was a great crowd, and had nothing to eat; calling his disciples together, he says to them:
2I have compassion on the crowd, for look they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat.
3And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way; for some of them came from afar off.
4And his disciples answered him: From whence can any one fill them here with bread in the wilderness?
5And he asked them: How many bread have you? Who said: Seven.
6And taking the seven bread, giving thanks, he broke, and gave to his disciples for to set before them; and they set them before the people.
7And they had a few little fishes; and he blessed them, and commanded them to be set before them.
8And they did eat and were satisfied; and they took up that which was left of the fragments, seven baskets.
9And those who had eaten were about four thousand; and he sent them away.
10And immediately going up into a ship with his disciples, he came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
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