January 7, 2023

And I praying that you being rooted and established in love, May have power to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. Ephesians 3:17,18 NIV

Bible verses for today, Genesis 13-15, Mark 2:18-28, 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.)

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Genesis 13

Abram and Lot Part.

1From Egypt Abram went up to the Negeb with his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot went with him.a

2* Now Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.b

3From the Negeb he traveled by stages toward Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly stood,

4the site where he had first built the altar; and there Abram invoked the LORD by name.c

5Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,

6so that the land could not support them if they stayed together; their possessions were so great that they could not live together.

7There were quarrels between the herders of Abram’s livestock and the herders of Lot’s livestock. At this time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.

8So Abram said to Lot: “Let there be no strife between you and me, or between your herders and my herders, for we are kindred.

9Is not the whole land available? Please separate from me. If you prefer the left, I will go to the right; if you prefer the right, I will go to the left.”

10Lot looked about and saw how abundantly watered the whole Jordan Plain was as far as Zoar, like the LORD’s own garden, or like Egypt. This was before the LORD had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

11Lot, therefore, chose for himself the whole Jordan Plain and set out eastward. Thus they separated from each other.

12Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the Plain, pitching his tents near Sodom.

13Now the inhabitants of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.d

14After Lot had parted from him, the LORD said to Abram: Look about you, and from where you are, gaze to the north and south, east and west;e

15all the land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.f

16I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth; if anyone could count the dust of the earth, your descendants too might be counted.g

17Get up and walk through the land, across its length and breadth, for I give it to you.

18Abram moved his tents and went on to settle near the oak of Mamre, which is at Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD.h

Genesis 14

The Four Kings.

1* When Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim

2made war on Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar),

3all the latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea*).

4For twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

5In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

6and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, as far as El-paran, close by the wilderness.a

7They then turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they subdued the whole country of both the Amalekites and the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

8Thereupon the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out, and in the Valley of Siddim they went into battle against them:

9against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.

10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah fled, they fell into these, while the rest fled to the mountains.

11The victors seized all the possessions and food supplies of Sodom and Gomorrah and then went their way.

12They took with them Abram’s nephew Lot, who had been living in Sodom, as well as his possessions, and departed.b

13A survivor came and brought the news to Abram the Hebrew,* who was camping at the oak of Mamre the Amorite, a kinsman of Eshcol and Aner; these were allies of Abram.

14When Abram heard that his kinsman had been captured, he mustered three hundred and eighteen of his retainers,* born in his house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

15He and his servants deployed against them at night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

16He recovered all the possessions. He also recovered his kinsman Lot and his possessions, along with the women and the other people.

17When Abram returned from his defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to greet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

18Melchizedek, king of Salem,* brought out bread and wine. He was a priest of God Most High.

19He blessed Abram with these words:c

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,

the creator of heaven and earth;

20And blessed be God Most High,

who delivered your foes into your hand.”

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

21The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the captives; the goods you may keep.”

22But Abram replied to the king of Sodom: “I have sworn to the LORD, God Most High,* the creator of heaven and earth,

23that I would not take so much as a thread or a sandal strap from anything that is yours, so that you cannot say, ‘I made Abram rich.’

24Nothing for me except what my servants have consumed and the share that is due to the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol and Mamre; let them take their share.”

Genesis 15

The Covenant with Abram.*

1Some time afterward, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: Do not fear, Abram! I am your shield; I will make your reward very great.

2But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what can you give me, if I die childless and have only a servant of my household, Eliezer of Damascus?”

3Abram continued, “Look, you have given me no offspring, so a servant of my household will be my heir.”

4Then the word of the LORD came to him: No, that one will not be your heir; your own offspring will be your heir.a

5He took him outside and said: Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so, he added, will your descendants be.b

6c Abram put his faith in the LORD, who attributed it to him as an act of righteousness.*

7He then said to him: I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as a possession.d

8“Lord GOD,” he asked, “how will I know that I will possess it?”

9* He answered him: Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.e

10He brought him all these, split them in two, and placed each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not cut up.

11Birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram scared them away.

12As the sun was about to set, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great, dark dread descended upon him.

13* Then the LORD said to Abram: Know for certain that your descendants will reside as aliens in a land not their own, where they shall be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.f

14But I will bring judgment on the nation they must serve, and after this they will go out with great wealth.g

15You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace; you will be buried at a ripe old age.

16In the fourth generation* your descendants will return here, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.h

17When the sun had set and it was dark, there appeared a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch, which passed between those pieces.

18* On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Great River, the Euphrates,i

19j the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

Mark 2:18-28

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 Question About Fasting.*

18The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were accustomed to fast.e People came to him and objected, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

19Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests fast* while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.

20But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.

21No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away, the new from the old, and the tear gets worse.

22Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.”

The Disciples and the Sabbath.*

23As he was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain.f

24At this the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”g

25He said to them, “Have you never read what David did* when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry?

26How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat, and shared it with his companions?”h

27Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for man,* not man for the sabbath.i

28* That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”

The complete Book of Genesis

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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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