Saints Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop (Memorial)

Saints

• Sts. Cyril and Methodius
• St. Valentine

Daily Readings:

• First Reading

  1 Kings 12:26-32; 13:33-34
  

  12

  26And Jeroboʹam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David;

  27if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, to Rehoboʹam king of Judah, and they will kill me and return to Rehoboʹam king of Judah.”

  28So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

  29And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

  30And this thing became a sin, for the people went to the one at Bethel and to the other as far as Dan.

  31He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites.

  32And Jeroboʹam appointed a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices upon the altar; so he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.

  13

  33After this thing Jeroboʹam did not turn from his evil way, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people; any who would, he consecrated to be priests of the high places.

  34And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboʹam, so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.

• Responsorial Psalm

  Psalms 106:6-7, 19-22
  

  6Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

  7Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider thy wonderful works; they did not remember the abundance of thy steadfast love, but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea.

  19They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a molten image.

  20They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

  21They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

  22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red Sea.

• Gospel

  Mark 8:1-10
  

  1In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him, and said to them,

  2“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat;

  3and if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come a long way.”

  4And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these men with bread here in the desert?”

  5And he asked them, “How many loaves have you?” They said, “Seven.”

  6And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd.

  7And they had a few small fish; and having blessed them, he commanded that these also should be set before them.

  8And they ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

  9And there were about four thousand people.

  10And he sent them away; and immediately he got into the boat with his disciples, and went to the district of Dalmanuʹtha.

• First Reading

  Acts 13:46-49
  

  46And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

  47For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’ ”

  48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of God; and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

  49And the word of the Lord spread throughout all the region.

• Responsorial Psalm

  Psalms 117:1-2
  

  1Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples!

  2For great is his steadfast love toward us; and the faithfulness of the LORD endures for ever. Praise the LORD!

• Gospel

  Luke 10:1-9
  

  1After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.

  2And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

  3Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.

  4Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and salute no one on the road.

  5Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’

  6And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you.

  7And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages; do not go from house to house.

  8Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you;

  9heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’