Thursday of the Fourth week in Ordinary Time

1st book of Kings

2,1-4.10-12.

When the time of David's death drew near, he gave these instructions to his son Solomon:
"I am going the way of all flesh. Take courage and be a man.
Keep the mandate of the LORD, your God, following his ways and observing his statutes, commands, ordinances, and decrees as they are written in the law of Moses, that you may succeed in whatever you do, wherever you turn,
and the LORD may fulfill the promise he made on my behalf when he said, 'If your sons so conduct themselves that they remain faithful to me with their whole heart and with their whole soul, you shall always have someone of your line on the throne of Israel.'
David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.
The length of David's reign over Israel was forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
When Solomon was seated on the throne of his father David, with his sovereignty firmly established,

1st book of Chronicles

29,10.11ab.11d-12a.12bcd.

?Blessed may you be, O LORD,
God of Israel our father,
from eternity to eternity.?
?Yours, O LORD, are grandeur and power,
majesty, splendor, and glory.
?LORD, you are exalted over all.
Yours, O LORD, is the sovereignty;
you are exalted as head over all.
Riches and honor are from you.?
"You have dominion over all,
In your hand are power and might;
it is yours to give grandeur and strength to all.?

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

6,7-13.

Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick--no food, no sack, no money in their belts.
They were, however, to wear sandals but not a second tunic.
He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave from there.
Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, leave there and shake the dust off your feet in testimony against them."
So they went off and preached repentance.
They drove out many demons, and they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.

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St. Blase(Bishop & Martyr (+ 316))

SAINT BLAISE Bishop and Martyr (+ 316) St. Blaise devoted the early part of his life to philosophy, but later became a physician. While practicing, he apprehended the darkness that people experienced in their suffering, often the result of spiritual deprivation, finding it unmeaningful, vanity and human error. In selfless love, St. Blaise committed to serving God the remainder of his days, turning from a healer of physical ailment into a physician of souls. When the Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia passed away, St. Blaise was appointed to succeed him. Apart from inspired words, St. Blaise taught by example. His sanctity was attested by coversions and miracles. By edict of Emperor Licinius, a persecution against Christians came into effect. Agricolaus, the grovernor of Cappadocia and Lesser Armenia, arrested St. Blaise and cast him into prison. On the way, a mother whose child was dying of a throat disease implored St. Blaise's intercession. Touched by her grief, St. Blaise offered up his prayers, and the woman's child was cured. For refusing to worship pagan gods, St. Blaise was scourged. His body was torn with hooks; and lastly he was beheaded. Interceding for us at the right hand of God, he is the patron saint of physicians and those treating throat illness.

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St. Ansgar()

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