First Reading

Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15

4For you have not yet resisted unto blood, while striving against sin. 5And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.” 6For whomever the Lord loves, he chastises. And every son whom he accepts, he scourges. 7Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct? 8But if you are without that discipline in which all have become sharers, then you are of adultery, and you are not sons. 9Then, too, we have certainly had the fathers of our flesh as instructors, and we reverenced them. Should we not obey the Father of spirits all the more, and so live? 10And indeed, for a few days and according to their own wishes, they instructed us. But he does so to our benefit, so that we may receive his sanctification. 11Now every discipline, in the present time, does not seem a gladness, of course, but a grief. But afterwards, it will repay a most peaceful fruit of justice to those who become trained in it. 12Because of this, lift up your lazy hands and your lax knees, 13and straighten the path of your feet, so that no one, being lame, may wander astray, but instead may be healed. 14Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God. 15Be contemplative, lest anyone lack the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up and impede you, and by it, many might be defiled,

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 102

1To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and bless his holy name, all that is within me. 2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his recompenses. 3He forgives all your iniquities. He heals all your infirmities. 4He redeems your life from destruction. He crowns you with mercy and compassion. 5He satisfies your desire with good things. Your youth will be renewed like that of the eagle. 6The Lord accomplishes mercies, and his judgment is for all who patiently endure injuries. 7He has made his ways known to Moses, his will to the sons of Israel. 8The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy. 9He will not be angry forever, and he will not threaten for eternity. 10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, and he has not repaid us according to our iniquities. 11For according to the height of the heavens above the earth, so has he reinforced his mercy toward those who fear him. 12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our iniquities from us. 13As a father is compassionate to his sons, so has the Lord been compassionate to those who fear him. 14For he knows our form. He has called to mind that we are dust. 15Man: his days are like hay. Like the flower of the field, so will he flourish. 16For the spirit in him will pass away, and it will not remain, and he will know his place no longer. 17But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity, and even unto eternity, upon those who fear him. And his justice is with the sons of the sons,

Gospel

Mark 6:1-6

1And departing from there, he went away to his own country; and his disciples followed him. 2And when the Sabbath arrived, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many, upon hearing him, were amazed at his doctrine, saying: “Where did this one get all these things?” and, “What is this wisdom, which has been given to him?” and, “Such powerful deeds, which are wrought by his hands!” 3“Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joseph, and Jude, and Simon? Are not his sisters also here with us?” And they took great offense at him. 4And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred.” 5And he was not able to perform any miracles there, except that he cured a few of the infirm by laying his hands on them. 6And he wondered, because of their unbelief, and he traveled around in the villages, teaching.