Catholic Missal of the day: Monday, February 16 2026

Monday of the Sixth week in Ordinary Time

Letter of James

James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion, greetings.
Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and he will be given it.
But he should ask in faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind.
For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
since he is a man of two minds, unstable in all his ways.
The brother in lowly circumstances should take pride in his high standing,
and the rich one in his lowliness, for he will pass away "like the flower of the field."
For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass, its flower droops, and the beauty of its appearance vanishes. So will the rich person fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

Psalms

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I hold to your promise.
You are good and bountiful;
teach me your statutes.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
that I may learn your statutes.
The law of your mouth is to me more precious
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
I know, O LORD, that your ordinances are just,
and in your faithfulness you have afflicted me.
Let your kindness comfort me
in accord with your promise to your servant.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation."
Then he left them, got into the boat again, and went off to the other shore.

St. Onesimus(Disciple of St. Paul)

SAINT ONESIMUSDisciple of St. Paul(1st century) St. Onesimus was born in Phrygia, west-central Anatolia, now Turkey. He was a slave of Philemon, a wealthy churchman in Colossæ who St. Paul had converted. After robbing Philemon and fleeing, Onesimus met St. Paul in Rome.St. Paul converted and baptized Onesimus and sent him with a canonical letter to Philemon. Philemon pardoned Onesimus and gave the latter his freedom. Onesimus then immediatelty returned to St. Paul. He proclaimed the Gospel together with Tychicus and was the bearer of St. Paul's Epistle to the Colossians. Afterward, as St. Jerome and other Fathers testify, Onesimus preached the Gospel and was consecrated bishop. Onesimus received the martyr's crown in Rome around 95 A.D., during the reign of Emperor Domitian.

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