Tuesday, February 25, 2025

DR Squared: Tuesday Of The Seventh Week In Ordinary Time (Year I)

First Reading:  Sirach 2:1-11
Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation. Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds. Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end. Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience. For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation. Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein. Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall. Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void. Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him: and mercy shall come to you for your delight. Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and your hearts shall be enlightened. My children behold the generations of men: and know ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded.
Responsorial Psalm:  Psalm 37 (36):5; V. 3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40
R. Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.

V. Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its               riches.
     Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.

V. The Lord knoweth the days of undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
     They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be           filled:

V. Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.
     For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved           for ever.

V. But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of             trouble.
    And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue them from the wicked,      and save them, because they have hoped in him. 
Gospel Reading:  Mark 9:30-37 (DR:  29-26)
And departing from thence, they passed through Galilee, and he would not that any man should know it. And he taught his disciples, and said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise again the third day. But they understood not the word, and they were afraid to ask him. And they came to Capharnaum. And when they were in the house, he asked them: What did you treat of in the way? But they held their peace, for in the way they had disputed among themselves, which of them should be the greatest. And sitting down, he called the twelve, and saith to them: If any man desire to be first, he shall be the last of all, and the minister of all. And taking a child, he set him in the midst of them. Whom when he had embraced, he saith to them:  Whosoever shall receive one such child as this in my name, receiveth me. And whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
The readings from the USCCB can be found here.

Monday, February 24, 2025

DR Squared: Monday Of The Seventh Week In Ordinary Time (Year I)

First Reading:  Sirach 1:1-10
All wisdom is from the Lord God, and hath been always with him, and is before all time. Who hath numbered the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of the world? Who hath measured the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the depth of the abyss? Who hath searched out the wisdom of God that goeth before all things? Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting. The word of God on high is the fountain of wisdom, and her ways are everlasting commandments. To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed, and who hath known her wise counsels? To whom hath the discipline of wisdom been revealed and made manifest? and who hath understood the multiplicity of her steps? There is one most high Creator Almighty, and a powerful king, and greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon his throne, and is the God of dominion. He created her in the Holy Ghost, and saw her, and numbered her, and measured her. And he poured her out upon all his works, and upon all flesh according to his gift, and hath given her to them that love him. 
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 93 (92):1a; V. 1ab, 1cd-2, 5
R. The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty:

V. The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty:
     the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself.

V. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.
    Thy throne is prepared from of old: thou art from everlasting.

V. Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible:
     holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.
Gospel Reading:  Mark 9:14-29
And presently all the people seeing Jesus, were astonished and struck with fear; and running to him, they saluted him. And he asked them: What do you question about among you? And one of the multitude, answering, said: Master, I have brought my son to thee, having a dumb spirit. Who, wheresoever he taketh him, dasheth him, and he foameth, and gnasheth with the teeth, and pineth away; and I spoke to thy disciples to cast him out, and they could not. Who answering them, said: O incredulous generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. And they brought him. And when he had seen him, immediately the spirit troubled him; and being thrown down upon the ground, he rolled about foaming. And he asked his father: How long time is it since this hath happened unto him? But he said: From his infancy:  And oftentimes hath he cast him into the fire and into waters to destroy him. But if thou canst do any thing, help us, having compassion on us. And Jesus saith to him: If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And immediately the father of the boy crying out, with tears said: I do believe, Lord: help my unbelief. And when Jesus saw the multitude running together, he threatened the unclean spirit, saying to him: Deaf and dumb spirit, I command thee, go out of him; and enter not any more into him. And crying out, and greatly tearing him, he went out of him, and he became as dead, so that many said: He is dead. But Jesus taking him by the hand, lifted him up; and he arose. And when he was come into the house, his disciples secretly asked him: Why could not we cast him out?  And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. And departing from thence, they passed through Galilee, and he would not that any man should know it. 
The reading from the USCCB can be found here.

Sunday, February 23, 2025

DR Squared: Seventh Sunday In Ordinary Time (Year C)

First Reading:  1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23
And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. So David and Abisai came to the people by night, and found Saul lying and sleeping in the tent, and his spear fixed in the ground at his head: and Abner and the people sleeping round about him. And Abisai said to David: God hath shut up thy enemy this day into thy hands: now then I will run him through with my spear even to the earth at once, and there shall be no need of a second time. And David said to Abisai: Kill him not: for who shall put forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and shall be guiltless? So David took the spear, and the cup of water which was at Saul's head, and they went away: and no man saw it, or knew it, or awaked, but they were all asleep, for a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them. And when David was gone over to the other side. and stood on the top of the hill afar off, and a good space was between them, And David answering, said: Behold the king's spear: let one of the king's servants come over and fetch it. And the Lord will reward every one according to his justice, and his faithfulness: for the Lord hath delivered thee this day into my hand, and I would not put forth my hand against the Lord's anointed.

Responsorial Psalm:  Psalm 103 (102):8a; V. 1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13
R. The Lord is compassionate and merciful:

V. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name.
    Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee.

V. Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.
    Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and                      compassion.

V. The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.
    He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our                  iniquities.

V. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.
    As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that        fear him:
Second Reading:  1 Corinthians 15:45-49
The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit. Yet that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; afterwards that which is spiritual. The first man was of the earth, earthly: the second man, from heaven, heavenly. Such as is the earthly, such also are the earthly: and such as is the heavenly, such also are they that are heavenly. Therefore as we have borne the image of the earthly, let us bear also the image of the heavenly.
Gospel Reading:  Luke 6:27-38
But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you. Bless them that curse you, and pray for them that calumniate you. And to him that striketh thee on the one cheek, offer also the other. And him that taketh away from thee thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also. Give to every one that asketh thee, and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them in like manner. And if you love them that love you, what thanks are to you? for sinners also love those that love them. And if you do good to them who do good to you, what thanks are to you? for sinners also do this. And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thanks are to you? for sinners also lend to sinners, for to receive as much. But love ye your enemies: do good, and lend, hoping for nothing thereby: and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful, and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven. Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.
The readings from the USCCB can be found here.

Saturday, February 22, 2025

DR Squared: Feast Of The Chair Of Saint Peter, Apostle

First Reading:  1 Peter 5:1-4
The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech, who am myself also an ancient, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come:  Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint, but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake, but voluntarily:  Neither as lording it over the clergy, but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart. And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory.
Responsorial Psalm:  Psalm 23 (22):1; V. 1-3a, 4, 5, 6
R. The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing.

V. The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing.
     He hath set me in a place of pasture.
     He hath brought me up, on the water of refreshment:
     He hath converted my soul.

V. For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils,
    for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me.

V. Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me.
    Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly      is it!

V. And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life.
    And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days.
Gospel Reading:  Matthew 16:13-19
And Jesus came into the quarters of Caesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
The readings from the USCCB can be found here.

Friday, February 21, 2025

DR Squared: Optional Memorial Of Saint Peter Damian, Bishop And Doctor Of The Church

First Reading:  2 Timothy 4:1-5
I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming, and his kingdom:  Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. For there shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears:  And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables. But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill thy ministry. Be sober.

Responsorial Psalm:  cf. Psalm 16 (15):5a; V. 1-2, 5, 7-8, 11
R. The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup:

V. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee.
    I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.
    The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my            inheritance to me.

V. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover my reins also have              corrected me even till night.
    I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.

V. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy                     countenance:
     at thy right hand are delights even to the end.
Gospel Reading:  John 15:1-8
I am the true vine; and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me, that beareth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now you are clean by reason of the word, which I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine: you the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and cast him into the fire, and he burneth. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be done unto you. In this is my Father glorified; that you bring forth very much fruit, and become my disciples. 
The readings from the USCCB can be found here.

DR Squared: Friday Of The Sixth Week In Ordinary Time (Year I)

First Reading:  Genesis 11:1-9
And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech. And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it. And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar. And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building. And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed. Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another's speech. And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city. And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.
Responsorial Psalm:  Psalm 33 (32):12; V. 10-11, 12-13, 14-15
R. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom he hath chosen for his           inheritance.

V. The Lord bringeth to naught the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of             people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.
     But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: the thoughts of his heart to all                         generations.

V. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom he hath chosen for his          inheritance.
    The Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath beheld all the sons of men.

V. From his habitation which he hath prepared, he hath looked upon all that dwell on the          earth.
    He who hath made the hearts of every one of them: who understandeth all their works.
Gospel Reading:  Mark 8:34-39
And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel, shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?  For he that shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation: the Son of man also will be ashamed of him, when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. And he said to them: Amen I say to you, that there are some of them that stand here, who shall not taste death, till they see the kingdom of God coming in power.
The readings from the USCCB can be found here.

Thursday, February 20, 2025

DR Squared: Thursday Of The Sixth Week In Ordinary Time (Year I)

First Reading:  Genesis 9:1-13
And God blessed Noe and his sons. And he said to them: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth. And let the fear and dread of you be upon all the beasts of the earth, and upon all the fowls of the air, and all that move upon the earth: all the fishes of the sea are delivered into your hand. And every thing that moveth and liveth shall be meat for you: even as the green herbs have I delivered them all to you: Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat. For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man, and of his brother, will I require the life of man. Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God. But increase you and multiply, and go upon the earth, and fill it. Thus also said God to Noe, and to his sons with him, Behold I will establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you:  And with every living soul that is with you, as well in all birds as in cattle and beasts of the earth, that are come forth out of the ark, and in all the beasts of the earth. I will establish my covenant with you, and all flesh shall be no more destroyed with the waters of a flood, neither shall there be from henceforth a flood to waste the earth. And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations. I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be the sign of a covenant between me, and between the earth.
Responsorial Psalm:  Psalm 102 (101):20b; V. 16-18, 19-21, 29 and 22-23
R. (F)rom heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.

V. And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
    For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.
    He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.

V. Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created       shall praise the Lord:
     Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath                 looked upon the earth.
     That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the                 children of the slain:

V. The children of thy servants shall continue: and their seed shall be directed for ever.
    That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;
    When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.
Gospel Reading:  Mark 8:27-33
And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi. And in the way, he asked his disciples, saying to them: Whom do men say that I am? Who answered him, saying: John the Baptist; but some Elias, and others as one of the prophets. Then he saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Peter answering said to him: Thou art the Christ. And he strictly charged them that they should not tell any man of him. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the ancients and by the high priests, and the scribes, and be killed: and after three days rise again. And he spoke the word openly. And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him. Who turning about and seeing his disciples, threatened Peter, saying: Go behind me, Satan, because thou savorest not the things that are of God, but that are of men.
The readings from the USCCB can be found here.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

DR Squared: Wednesday Of The Sixth Week In Ordinary Time (Year I)

First Reading:  Genesis 8:6-13, 20-22
And after that forty days were passed, Noe, opening the window of the ark which he had made, sent forth a raven:  Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were dried up upon the earth. He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth. But she, not finding where her foot might rest, returned to him into the ark: for the waters were upon the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and caught her, and brought her into the ark. And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark. And she came to him in the evening, carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth. And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him. Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noe opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried. And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done. All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.
Responsorial Psalm:  Psalm 116 (115):17a; V. 12-13, 14-15, 18-19
R. I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise,

V. What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things he hath rendered unto me?
     I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

V. I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:
    Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

V. I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:
     In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
Gospel Reading:  Mark 8:22-26
And they came to Bethsaida; and they bring to him a blind man, and they besought him that he would touch him. And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him out of the town; and spitting upon his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked him if he saw any thing. And looking up, he said: I see men as it were trees, walking. After that again he laid his hands upon his eyes, and he began to see, and was restored, so that he saw all things clearly. And he sent him into his house, saying: Go into thy house, and if thou enter into the town, tell nobody.
The readings from the USCCB can be found here.

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

DR Squared: Tuesday Of The Sixth Week In Ordinary Time (Year I)

First Reading:  Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10
And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times, It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart, He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noe found grace before the Lord. And the Lord said to him: Go in thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee I have seen just before me in this generation. Of all clean beasts take seven and seven, the male and the female. But of the beasts that are unclean two and two, the male and the female. Of the fowls also of the air seven and seven, the male and the female: that seed may be saved upon the face of the whole earth. For yet a while, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy every substance that I have made, from the face of the earth. And Noe did all things which the Lord had commanded him. And after the seven days were passed, the waters of the flood overflowed the earth. 
Responsorial Psalm:  Psalm 29 (28):11b; V. 1a, 2, 3ac-4, 3b & 9c-10
R. (T)he Lord will bless his people with peace.

V. Bring to the Lord, O ye children of God: bring to the Lord the offspring of rams.
     Bring to the Lord glory and honour: bring to the Lord glory to his name:
     adore ye the Lord in his holy court.

V. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; The Lord is upon many waters.
     The voice of the Lord is in power; the voice of the Lord in magnificence.

V. (T)he God of majesty hath thundered, and in his temple all shall speak his glory.
     The Lord maketh the flood to dwell: and the Lord shall sit king for ever.
Gospel Reading:  Mark 8:14-21
And they forgot to take bread; and they had but one loaf with them in the ship. And he charged them, saying: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. And they reasoned among themselves, saying: Because we have no bread. Which Jesus knowing, saith to them: Why do you reason, because you have no bread? do you not yet know nor understand? have you still your heart blinded? Having eyes, see you not? and having ears, hear you not? neither do you remember. When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up? They say to him, Twelve. When also the seven loaves among four thousand, how many baskets of fragments took you up? And they say to him, Seven. And he said to them: How do you not yet understand?
The reading from the USCCB can be found here.

Monday, February 17, 2025

DR Squared: Monday Of The Sixth Week In Ordinary Time (Year I)

First Reading:  Genesis 4:1-15, 25
And Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God. And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman. And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.  Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offerings. But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceedingly angry, and his countenance fell. And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door? but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it. And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him. And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered, I know not: am I my brother's keeper? And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the earth. Now, therefore, cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand. When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth. And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon. Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy face, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: every one, therefore, that findeth me, shall kill me. And the Lord said to him: No, it shall not be so: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him. Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me another seed, for Abel whom Cain slew.
Responsorial Psalm:  Psalm 50 (49):14a; V. 1,8, 16bc-17, 20-21
R. Offer to God the sacrifice of praise:

V. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of       the sun, to the going down thereof:
     I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.

V. Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth? 
     Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.

V. Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother's       son:
     These things hast thou done, and I was silent.
     Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set           before thy face. 
Gospel Reading:  Mark 8:11-13
And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, asking him a sign from heaven, tempting him. And sighing deeply in spirit, he saith: Why doth this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, a sign shall not be given to this generation. And leaving them, he went up again into the ship, and passed to the other side of the water. 
The readings from the USCCB can be found here.