January 6, 2023

By faith Abraham obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. Hebrews 11:8 NIV

Bible verses for today, Genesis 11-12, Mark 2:13-17, to finish the Bible in one year. (The Catholic Bible, the original one that includes all the books not included in Bibles used by other Christians.)

Also read the verses, if you like.

Genesis 11

Tower of Babel.*

1The whole world had the same language and the same words.

2When they were migrating from the east, they came to a valley in the land of Shinar* and settled there.

3They said to one another, “Come, let us mold bricks and harden them with fire.” They used bricks for stone, and bitumen for mortar.

4Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky,* and so make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered all over the earth.”

5The LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had built.

6Then the LORD said: If now, while they are one people and all have the same language, they have started to do this, nothing they presume to do will be out of their reach.

7Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that no one will understand the speech of another.

8So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

9That is why it was called Babel,* because there the LORD confused the speech of all the world. From there the LORD scattered them over all the earth.

Descendants from Shem to Abraham.*

10a These are the descendants of Shem. When Shem was one hundred years old, he begot Arpachshad, two years after the flood.

11Shem lived five hundred years after he begot Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters.

12When Arpachshad was thirty-five years old, he begot Shelah.*

13Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he begot Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters.

14When Shelah was thirty years old, he begot Eber.

15Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he begot Eber, and he had other sons and daughters.

16When Eber* was thirty-four years old, he begot Peleg.

17Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he begot Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters.

18When Peleg was thirty years old, he begot Reu.

19Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he begot Reu, and he had other sons and daughters.

20When Reu was thirty-two years old, he begot Serug.

21Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he begot Serug, and he had other sons and daughters.

22When Serug was thirty years old, he begot Nahor.

23Serug lived two hundred years after he begot Nahor, and he had other sons and daughters.

24When Nahor was twenty-nine years old, he begot Terah.

25Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he begot Terah, and he had other sons and daughters.

26When Terah was seventy years old, he begot Abram,* Nahor and Haran.b

II. THE STORY OF THE ANCESTORS OF ISRAEL

Terah.

27These are the descendants of Terah.* Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran begot Lot.

28Haran died before Terah his father, in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.*

29Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai,* and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.c

30Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go to the land of Canaan. But when they reached Haran, they settled there.d

32The lifetime of Terah was two hundred and five years; then Terah died in Haran.*

Genesis 12

Abram’s Call and Migration.

1The LORD said to Abram: Go forth* from your land, your relatives, and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you.a

2* I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.b

3c I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will find blessing in you.*

4d Abram went as the LORD directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

5* Abram took his wife Sarai, his brother’s son Lot, all the possessions that they had accumulated, and the persons they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

6* Abram passed through the land as far as the sacred place at Shechem, by the oak of Moreh. The Canaanites were then in the land.

7The LORD appeared to Abram and said: To your descendants I will give this land. So Abram built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him.e

8From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel, pitching his tent with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar there to the LORD and invoked the LORD by name.

9Then Abram journeyed on by stages to the Negeb.*

Abram and Sarai in Egypt.*

10There was famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, since the famine in the land was severe.f

11When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: “I know that you are a beautiful woman.

12When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife’; then they will kill me, but let you live.

13Please say, therefore, that you are my sister,* so that I may fare well on your account and my life may be spared for your sake.”g

14When Abram arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

15When Pharaoh’s officials saw her they praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

16Abram fared well on her account, and he acquired sheep, oxen, male and female servants, male and female donkeys, and camels.*

17But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.h

18Then Pharaoh summoned Abram and said to him: “How could you do this to me! Why did you not tell me she was your wife?

19Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now, here is your wife. Take her and leave!”

20Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him.

Mark 2:13-17

The Call of Levi.

13* c Once again he went out along the sea. All the crowd came to him and he taught them.

14d As he passed by,* he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.

15While he was at table in his house,* many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him.

16* Some scribes who were Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors and said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

17Jesus heard this and said to them [that], “Those who are well do not need a physician,* but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”

The complete Book of Genesis

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Words from August 3, and 4,

Dr. Myles Munroe

Myles Munroe’s Message shortly before his Death! Chilling

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Rosary Mysteries

Joyful Mysteries

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Luminous Mysteries

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Sorrowful Mysteries

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Glorious Mysteries

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Prayers of the Rosary

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord;

Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried,

He descended into hell; the third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into Heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty, from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

(this prayer is optional and may be said after all Glory Be to the Fathers…..)

O my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of hell.

Lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are in most need of thy mercy.

Console the souls in Purgatory, particularly those most abandoned. Amen

Hail Mary,

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

The Hail, Holy Queen

Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life our sweetness and our hope.

To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;

To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.

Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!

That we maybe made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Closing Prayer

O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation.

Grant, we beseech Thee, that while meditating on these mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

that we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

(The Fatima Prayer:)

Most Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – I adore thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference’s whereby He is offended. And through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners.

Prayer to St. Michael

Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do you, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.

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