Reading for the Day
2 Timothy 1:1-8

• ¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
• ² To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
• ³ I thank God whom I serve with a clear conscience, as did my fathers, when I remember you constantly in my prayers.
• ⁴ As I remember your tears, I long night and day to see you, that I may be filled with joy.
• ⁵ I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lo'is and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you.
• ⁶ Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands;
• ⁷ for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.
• ⁸ Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God,
  
  

OR

Titus 1:1-5

• ¹ Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness,
• ² in hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago
• ³ and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Savior;
• ⁴ To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
• ⁵ This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you,
  
  

Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 96:1-3, 7-8, 10

Response: Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.

• ¹ O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth!
• ² Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. R
• ³ Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
• ⁷ Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength! R
• ⁸ Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!
• ¹⁰ Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! Yea, the world is established, it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity." R
  
  

Gospel for the Day
Mark 3:31-35

• ³¹ And his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside they sent to him and called him.
• ³² And a crowd was sitting about him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you."
• ³³ And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"
• ³⁴ And looking around on those who sat about him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
• ³⁵ Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother."