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Thursday, January 11, 2024
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Weekday
First Reading
1 Samuel 4:1-11
1And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines; they encamped at Ebene'zer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek.
2The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who slew about four thousand men on the field of battle.
3And when the troops came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has the LORD put us to rout today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD here from Shiloh, that he may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies."
4So the people sent to Shiloh, and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phin'ehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5When the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded.
6And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, "What does this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?" And when they learned that the ark of the LORD had come to the camp,
7the Philistines were afraid; for they said, "A god has come into the camp." And they said, "Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before.
8Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who smote the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness.
9Take courage, and acquit yourselves like men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; acquit yourselves like men and fight."
10So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home; and there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.
11And the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phin'ehas, were slain.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 44:10-11, 14-15, 24-25
9Yet thou hast cast us off and abased us, and hast not gone out with our armies.
10Thou hast made us turn back from the foe; and our enemies have gotten spoil.
13Thou hast made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those about us.
14Thou hast made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
23Rouse thyself! Why sleepest thou, O Lord? Awake! Do not cast us off for ever!
24Why dost thou hide thy face? Why dost thou forget our affliction and oppression?
Gospel
Mark 1:40-45
40And a leper came to him beseeching him, and kneeling said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean."
41Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, "I will; be clean."
42And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.
43And he sternly charged him, and sent him away at once,
44and said to him, "See that you say nothing to any one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to the people."
45But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter.
