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Monday – 13 January 2014
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Verses:
1 Samuel 1:1-8
Psalm 116:12-19
Mark 1:14-20
1 Samuel 1:1-8
The Birth of Samuel
1 There was a certain man from
Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah
son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an
Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the
other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
3 Year after year this man went up from his
town to worship and sacrifice to the Lord Almighty at
Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests of the Lord. 4 Whenever the day came
for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife
Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. 5 But
to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb. 6 Because
the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to
irritate her. 7 This went on year after
year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat. 8 Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why
are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more
to you than ten sons?”
Psalm 116:12-19
12 What shall I
return to the Lord
for all his goodness to me?
for all his goodness to me?
13 I will lift up
the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord.
14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
and call on the name of the Lord.
14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the
sight of the Lord
is the death of his faithful servants.
16 Truly I am your servant, Lord;
I serve you just as my mother did;
you have freed me from my chains.
is the death of his faithful servants.
16 Truly I am your servant, Lord;
I serve you just as my mother did;
you have freed me from my chains.
17 I will
sacrifice a thank offering to you
and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord—
in your midst, Jerusalem.
and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord—
in your midst, Jerusalem.
Praise
the Lord.
Mark 1:14-20
Jesus Announces the Good News
14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went
into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 15 “The
time has come,” he said. “The
kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
16 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of
Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for
they were fishermen. 17 “Come, follow
me,” Jesus said, “and I will
send you out to fish for people.” 18 At
once they left their nets and followed him.
19 When he had gone a little farther, he
saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets.
20 Without delay he called them, and they left
their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
How do you love yourself? Is your love a purely worldly one? If so you
will desire always to abide here. But if your love for here is a heavenly love,
you will desire, or at least be ready and glad, to depart hence when- soever it
shall please the Lord.
-- St. Francis de Sales
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Source:
New
International Version (NIV)
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