Saturday of the Second week in Ordinary Time

2nd book of Samuel

1,1-4.11-12.19.23-27.

David returned from his defeat of the Amalekites and spent two days in Ziklag.
On the third day a man came from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. Going to David, he fell to the ground in homage.
David asked him, "Where do you come from?" He replied, "I have escaped from the Israelite camp."
"Tell me what happened," David bade him. He answered that the soldiers had fled the battle and that many of them had fallen and were dead, among them Saul and his son Jonathan.
David seized his garments and rent them, and all the men who were with him did likewise.
They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the soldiers of the LORD of the clans of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
"Alas! the glory of Israel, Saul, slain upon your heights; how can the warriors have fallen!
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and cherished, separated neither in life nor in death, swifter than eagles, stronger than lions!
Women of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and in finery, who decked your attire with ornaments of gold.
"How can the warriors have fallen-- in the thick of the battle, slain upon your heights!
"I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother! most dear have you been to me; More precious have I held love for you than love for women.
"How can the warriors have fallen, the weapons of war have perished!"

Psalms

80(79),2-3.5-7.

Shepherd of Israel, listen!
From your throne upon the cherubim, shine forth
Rouse your power,
come to save us.
LORD of hosts, how long will you burn with anger
while your people pray?
You have fed them the bread of tears,
made them drink tears in abundance.
You have left us to be fought over by our neighbors;
our enemies deride us.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark

3,20-21.

Jesus came with his disciples into the house. Again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat.
When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

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St. Vincent(Deacon and Martyr (+ 304))

SAINT VINCENT Deacon and Martyr (+ 304) St. Vincent was archdeacon of the church in Saragossa. The bishop, Valerian, had a speech impediment, so Vincent preached in his stead. When Diocletian's persecution erupted, they were both arrested and tried beforey Dacian. As punishment for being Christian, Valerian was banished and Vincent was condemned to death by torture. First, St. Vincent was stretched on the rack; and when almost torn asunder, was mocked for resisting. St. Vincent was alive in love for Jesus Christ, so Dacian goaded his executioners to redouble the torture. St. Vincent's flesh was torn with hooks. Later, he was fastened to a chair of red-hot iron. Afterward, lard and salt were rubbed into his wounds. Amidst the torture, St. Vincent kept his eyes raised to heaven - remaining unmoved. St. Vincent was at length cast into a solitary dungeon with his feet in the stocks; but the angels of Christ illuminated the darkness, and assured St. Vincent that he was near triumph. After the apparitions, St. Vincent's wounds were tended to prepare him for fresh torture; and others were permitted to see his mangled body. Those who beheld St. Vincent kissed him and carried away cloths dipped in his blood as relics.Before the tortures recommenced, St. Vincent's hour came; and he breathed forth his soul to God. The dead bodies of the saints are precious in the sight of God, and the hand of iniquity cannot touch them. A raven guarded the body of St. Vincent where it lay flung upon the earth. When his body was sunk out at sea, the waves carried it ashore; and his relics are preserved to this day in the Augustinian monastery at Lisbon.

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