HOLY MASS WEDNESDAY FIRST WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2019

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Wednesday, 2019-01-16:

• St. Berard, OFM, Priest and Companions, Protomartyrs 2019:

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Hebrews 4:1-5, 11

  1Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it.2For good news came to us just as to them;but the message which they heard did not benefit them, because it did not meet with faith in the hearers.3For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, `They shall never enter my rest, '"although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.4For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way, "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."5And again in this place he said, "They shall never enter my rest."11Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, that no one fall by the same sort of disobedience.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  Psalms 78:3, 4, 6-8

  3things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. 4We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders which he has wrought. 6that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, 7so that they should set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments;8and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Mark 2:1-12

  1And when he returned to Caper'na-um after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door;and he was preaching the word to them. 3And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him;and when they had made an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay. 5And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven." 6Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7"Why does this man speak thus? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 8And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you question thus in your hearts? 9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, `Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, `Rise, take up your pallet and walk'? 10But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- he said to the paralytic -- 11"I say to you, rise, take up your pallet and go home." 12And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all;so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

• WEDNESDAY FIRST WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2019:

  Ordinary Time.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Heb 2:14-18

  Since the children share in blood and Flesh,
  Jesus likewise shared in them,
  that through death he might destroy the one
  who has the power of death, that is, the Devil,
  and free those who through fear of death
  had been subject to slavery all their life.
  Surely he did not help angels
  but rather the descendants of Abraham;
  therefore, he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every way,
  that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest before God
  to expiate the sins of the people.
  Because he himself was tested through what he suffered,
  he is able to help those who are being tested.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9

  R.(8a) The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name;
  make known among the nations his deeds.
  Sing to him, sing his praise,
  proclaim all his wondrous deeds.
  R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  Glory in his holy name;
  rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!
  Look to the LORD in his strength;
  seek to serve him constantly.
  R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  You descendants of Abraham, his servants,
  sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
  He, the LORD, is our God;
  throughout the earth his judgments prevail.
  R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  He remembers forever his covenant
  which he made binding for a thousand generations—
  Which he entered into with Abraham
  and by his oath to Isaac.
  R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  
  

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  mk 1:29-39

  On leaving the synagogue
  Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
  Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever.
  They immediately told him about her.
  He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up.
  Then the fever left her and she waited on them.
  
  When it was evening, after sunset,
  they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons.
  The whole town was gathered at the door.
  He cured many who were sick with various diseases,
  and he drove out many demons,
  not permitting them to speak because they knew him.
  
  Rising very early before dawn,
  he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.
  Simon and those who were with him pursued him
  and on finding him said, “Everyone is looking for you.”
  He told them, “Let us go on to the nearby villages
  that I may preach there also.
  For this purpose have I come.”
  So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons
  throughout the whole of Galilee.