Youth for Christ Sto. Tomas Cluster

02172012, Friday

James 2:14-24, 26/ Psalm 112

Gospel: Mark 8:34 – 9:1

The Way of the Cross

Then he called the crowd to him along with His disciples and said: “If anyone who would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and the gospel will save it. W...

02162012, Thursday

James 2:1-9 / Psalm 34

Gospel: Mark 8:27-33

Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah

Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.

“But what about you?R...

02152012, Wednesday

James 1:19-27/ Psalm 15/

Gospel: Mark 8: 22-26

Mark 8:22-26Jesus Heals a Blind Man at BethsaidaThey came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”He looked up and said, R...

02142012

James 1:12-18/ Psalm 94

Gospel: Mark 8: 14-21

Now they had forgotten to bring bread; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautioned them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” And they discussed it with one another, saying, “We have no bread.” And being aware of it, Jesus said to them, “Why do you discuss the ...

02132012

James 1:1-11/ Psalm 119

Gospel: Mark 8: 11-13

The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.” And he left them, and getting into the boat again he departed to the other side.

02122012

Leviticus 13: 1-2, 44-46/ Psalm 32/ 1 Corinthians 10:31 — 11:1 

Gospel: Mark 1:40-45

And a leper came to him beseeching him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. And he sternly cha...

02111012 

1 Kings 12:26-32; 13:33-34/  Psalms 106:6-7, 19-22

Gospel:  Mark 8:1-10

In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him, and said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; a...

02102012

1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19 / Psalm 81

Gospel: Mark 7:31-37

Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decap’olis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him. And taking him aside from the multitude privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spat...

02092012

1 Kings 11:4-13 / Psalms 106

Gospel:  Mark 7:24-32

And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and would not have any one know it; yet he could not be hid. But immediately a woman, whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell down at his feet.  Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoeni’cian by birth. And she be...

08022012

1 Kings 10:1-10 / Psalm 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40

Gospel: Mark 7:14-23

Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”

After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. “Are you so dull...

07022012

1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30 / Psalm 84

Gospel: Mark 7:1-13

That Which Defiles

The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition ...

06022012

1 Kings 8:1-7, 9-13/ Psalm 132

Gospel: Mark 6:53-56

Healing at Gennesareth

When they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. When they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him, and ran about that whole country and began to carry here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was. Wherever He ent...

05022012

Job 7:1-4, 6-7/ Psalm 147/ 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23

Gospel: Mark 1:29-39

Jesus Heals Many

As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her. So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait ...

04022012

1 Kings 3:4-13/ Psalm 119

Gospel: Mark 6:30-34

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”

So they went away...

03022012

Sirach 47:2-11 / Psalm 18

Gospel: Mark 6: 14-29

John the Baptist Beheaded

King Herod heard of it, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him.” But others said, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is a prophet, like one of the prophets...

02022012

Malachi 3:1-4 / Psalm 24 / Hebrews 2:14 – 18

Gospel: Luke 2:22-40 or 2:22-32

Jesus Is Presented in the Temple

When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’;), and they offe...

02012012, Tuesday

2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17 / Psalm 32

Gospel: Mark 6:1-6

A Prophet Without Honor

Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed.

“Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him...

01312012, Tuesday

2 Samuel 18:9-10, 14, 24-25, 30, 19:3,  Psalm 86

Gospel: Mark 5:21-43

Jairus’ Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus’ Cloak

Jesus went back across to the other side of the lake. There at the lakeside a large crowd gathered around him. Jairus, an official of the local synagogue, arrived, and when he saw Jesus, he threw himself down at his feet and begge...

01302012, Monday

2 Samuel 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13,  Psalm 3

Gospel: Mark 5:1-20

Jesus Heals A Man With Evil Spirits

Jesus and his disciples arrived on the other side of Lake Galilee, in the territory of Gerasa. As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, he was met by a man who came out of the burial caves there. This man had an evil spirit in him and lived among the tombs. Nobody could keep...

01292012, Sunday

Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Psalm 95, 1 Corinthians 7:32-35,

Gospel: Mark 1:21-28

A Man With an Evil Spirit

Jesus and his disciples came to the town of Capernaum, and on the next Sabbath Jesus went to the synagogue and began to teach. The people who heard him were amazed at the way he taught, for he wasn’t like the teachers of the Law; instead, he taught with authori...