Reading for the Day
Jonah 3:1-5, 10
- 1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,
- 2 "Arise, go to Nin'eveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you."
- 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nin'eveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nin'eveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth.
- 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he cried, "Yet forty days, and Nin'eveh shall be overthrown!"
- 5 And the people of Nin'eveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
- 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 25:4-9
Response: Teach me your ways, O Lord.
- 4 Make me to know thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
- 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me, for thou art the God of my salvation; for thee I wait all the day long. R
- 6 Be mindful of thy mercy, O LORD, and of thy steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
- 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, or my transgressions; according to thy steadfast love remember me, for thy goodness' sake, O LORD! R
- 8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
- 9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. R
Second Reading for the Day
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
- 29 I mean, brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; from now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
- 30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods,
- 31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the form of this world is passing away.
Gospel for the Day
Mark 1:14-20
- 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,
- 15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel."
- 16 And passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.
- 17 And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men."
- 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
- 19 And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zeb'edee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets.
- 20 And immediately he called them; and they left their father Zeb'edee in the boat with the hired servants, and followed him.
