Mass Readings

First Sunday of Lent
March 5, 2006

(Mass Readings from the New Calendar)
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1^st Reading (Gn. 9:8–15)

A reading from the Book of Genesis.

8. Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,

9. “As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you,

10. and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark.

11. I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12. God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:

13. I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

14. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds,

15. I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Short Pause

V. The Word of the Lord.

R. Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm (Ps. 25: 4–5, 6–7, 8–9)

R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.

4. Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
   teach me your paths.

5. Lead me in your truth, and teach me,
   for you are the God of my salvation;
   for you I wait all day long.

R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.

6. Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love,
   for they have been from of old.

7. Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
   according to your steadfast love remember me,
   for your goodness’ sake, O Lord!

R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.

8. Good and upright is the Lord;
   therefore he instructs sinners in the way.

9. He leads the humble in what is right,
   and teaches the humble his way.

R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.

2^nd Reading—Epistle (1 Pt. 3:18–22)

A reading from an Epistle of Saint Peter.

18. Beloved,
    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,

19. in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison,

20. who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.

21. And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

22. who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.

Short Pause

V. The Word of the Lord.

R. Thanks be to God.

Gospel (Mk. 1:12–15)

V. The Lord be with you.

R. And also with you.

V. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.

R. Glory to you, O Lord.

12. And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.

13. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.

14. Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God,

15. and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.”

Short Pause

V. The Word of the Lord.

R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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