First reading Genesis 9:8-15 ·
'There shall be no flood to destroy the earth again'
God spoke to Noah and his sons, ‘See, I establish my Covenant with you, and
with your descendants after you; also with every living creature to be found
with you, birds, cattle and every wild beast with you: everything that came out
of the ark, everything that lives on the earth. I establish my Covenant with
you: no thing of flesh shall be swept away again by the waters of the flood.
There shall be no flood to destroy the earth again.’
God said, ‘Here is the sign of the Covenant I make between
myself and you and every living creature with you for all generations: I set my
bow in the clouds and it shall be a sign of the Covenant between me and the
earth. When I gather the clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the
clouds, I will recall the Covenant between myself and you and every living
creature of every kind. And so the waters shall never again become a flood to
destroy all things of flesh.’
The word of the Lord
Your ways, Lord, are faithfulness and love for those who keep your covenant.
Lord, teach me your paths.
Make me walk in your truth, and teach me:
for you are God my saviour.
and the love you have shown from of old.
In your love remember me,
because of your goodness, O Lord.
He shows the path to those who stray,
He guides the humble in the right path,
He teaches his way to the poor.
Your ways, Lord, are faithfulness and love for those who keep your covenant.
Second reading 1 Peter 3:18-22 ·
The water on which the Ark floated is a type of the baptism which saves you
now
Christ himself, innocent though he was, died once for sins, died for the
guilty, to lead us to God. In the body he was put to death, in the spirit he
was raised to life, and, in the spirit, he went to preach to the spirits in
prison. Now it was long ago, when Noah was still building that ark which saved
only a small group of eight people ‘by water’, and when God was still waiting
patiently, that these spirits refused to believe. That water is a type of the
baptism which saves you now, and which is not the washing off of physical dirt
but a pledge made to God from a good conscience, through the resurrection of
Jesus Christ, who has entered heaven and is at God’s right hand, now that he
has made the angels and Dominations and Powers his subjects.
The word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation Mt 4:4
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Gospel Mark 1:12-15
Jesus was tempted by Satan, and the angels looked after him
The Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for
forty days, and was tempted by Satan. He was with the wild beasts, and the
angels looked after him.
After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he
proclaimed the Good News from God. ‘The time has come’ he said ‘and the kingdom
of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
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