Our Lady of Lourdes (Optional Memorial)

Saints

• Our Lady of Lourdes

Daily Readings:

• First Reading

  1 Kings 10:1-10
  

  1Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.

  2She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

  3And Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from the king which he could not explain to her.

  4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,

  5the food of his table, the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, their clothing, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he offered at the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.

  6And she said to the king, “The report was true which I heard in my own land of your affairs and of your wisdom,

  7but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it; and behold, the half was not told me; your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report which I heard.

  8Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

  9Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD loved Israel for ever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”

  10Then she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones; never again came such an abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

• Responsorial Psalm

  Psalms 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40
  

  5Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.

  6He will bring forth your vindication as the light, and your right as the noonday.

  30The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

  31The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.

  39The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their refuge in the time of trouble.

  40The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked, and saves them, because they take refuge in him.

• Gospel

  Mark 7:14-23
  

  14And he called the people to him again, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:

  15there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him.”

  17And when he had entered the house, and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.

  18And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him,

  19since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

  20And he said, “What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.

  21For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery,

  22coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

  23All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man.”

• First Reading

  Isaiah 66:10-14
  

  10“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in joy, all you who mourn over her;

  11that you may suck and be satisfied with her consoling breasts; that you may drink deeply with delight from the abundance of her glory.”

  12For thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will extend prosperity to her like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you shall suck, you shall be carried upon her hip, and dandled upon her knees.

  13As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

  14You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice; your bones shall flourish like the grass; and it shall be known that the hand of the LORD is with his servants, and his indignation is against his enemies.

• Responsorial Psalm

  Judith 13:18-19
  

  18And Uzziʹah said to her, “O daughter, you are blessed by the Most High God above all women on earth; and blessed be the Lord God, who created the heavens and the earth, who has guided you to strike the head of the leader of our enemies.

  19Your hope will never depart from the hearts of men, as they remember the power of God.

• Gospel

  John 2:1-11
  

  1On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;

  2Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples.

  3When the wine failed, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”

  4And Jesus said to her, “O woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come.”

  5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

  6Now six stone jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

  7Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.

  8He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the steward of the feast.” So they took it.

  9When the steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward of the feast called the bridegroom

  10and said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first; and when men have drunk freely, then the poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.”

  11This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.