THE DEMAND FOR A SIGN

Monday week 6 in Ordinary Time 

‘Why does this generation demand a sign?'

First Reading 1 James 1:1-11 

Your faith is put to the test so that your patience may make you complete

From James, servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings to the twelve tribes of the Dispersion.

My brothers, you will always have your trials but, when they come, try to treat them as a happy privilege; you understand that your faith is only put to the test to make you patient, but patience too is to have its practical results so that you will become fully-developed, complete, with nothing missing. 

If there is any one of you who needs wisdom, he must ask God, who gives to all freely and ungrudgingly; it will be given to him. But he must ask with faith, and no trace of doubt, because a person who has doubts is like the waves thrown up in the sea when the wind drives. That sort of person, in two minds, wavering between going different ways, must not expect that the Lord will give him anything.

 

It is right for the poor brother to be proud of his high rank, and the rich one to be thankful that he has been humbled, because riches last no longer than the flowers in the grass; the scorching sun comes up, and the grass withers, the flower falls; what looked so beautiful now disappears. It is the same with the rich man: his business goes on; he himself perishes.

Responsorial Psalm: Let your love come to me and I shall live.

The Gospel Mark 8:11-13 No sign shall be given to this generation

The Pharisees came up and started a discussion with Jesus; they demanded of him a sign from heaven, to test him. And with a sigh that came straight from the heart he said, ‘Why does this generation demand a sign? I tell you solemnly, no sign shall be given to this generation.’ And leaving them again and re-embarking, he went away to the opposite shore.

AELF:   lundi, 6ème Semaine du Temps Ordinaire 

DEMAND D'UN SIGNE

«Pourquoi cette génération demande-t-elle un signe?»

Évangile Mark  8,11-13 «Aucun signe ne sera donné à cette génération»

Les pharisiens survinrent et se mirent à discuter avec Jésus: pour le mettre à l'épreuve, ils lui demandaient un signe venant du ciel. Jésus soupira au plus profond de lui-même et dit: «Pourquoi cette génération demande-t-elle un signe? Amen, je vous le déclare: aucun signe ne sera donné à cette génération». Puis il les quitta, remonta en barque, et il partit vers l'autre rive.

My Father, my God, I thank you for the new week. The week that will bring us to Lent. Father, in my daily trials, increase my faith. Make me understand that it is only through you, I will overcome my difficulties. Father, I can do nothing without your help. Jesus, I trust in you. Lord forgive me for doubting your love. Virgin Mary, pray for me. Saint Joseph, pray for me. My angel guardian, pray for me.

Mon Père, mon Dieu, je te remercie pour cette nouvelle semaine qui nous conduit au Carême. Père, dans mes épreuves quotidiennes, fortifie ma foi. Fais-moi comprendre que c'est par toi seul que je surmonterai mes difficultés. Père, je ne peux rien faire sans ton aide. Jésus, j'ai confiance en toi. Seigneur, pardonne-moi d'avoir douté de ton amour. Vierge Marie, priez pour moi. Saint Joseph, priez pour moi. Mon ange gardien, priez pour moi.