{"id":611,"date":"2015-01-20T21:53:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T02:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/?p=611"},"modified":"2015-01-21T11:21:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T16:21:08","slug":"catholic-mass-wednesday-of-the-2nd-week-in-ordinary-time-1-21-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/catholic-mass-wednesday-of-the-2nd-week-in-ordinary-time-1-21-14\/","title":{"rendered":"CATHOLIC MASS: Memorial of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr &#8211; Wednesday 1.21.14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-126 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bible-200.jpg\" alt=\"Bible-200\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bible-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bible-200-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>&#8220;Jesus &#8230;\u00a0said to the Pharisees, &#8216;Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil,\u00a0to save life rather than to destroy it?&#8217; &#8230;\u00a0Looking around at them with anger\u00a0and grieved at their hardness of heart,\u00a0Jesus said to the man, &#8216;Stretch out your hand.&#8217;\u00a0He stretched it out and his hand was restored.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;padding-left:10px;padding-top:10px;\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpbolvw.net\/click-7380954-10751356\" target=\"_top\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ftjcfx.com\/image-7380954-10751356\" width=\"180\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/012115.cfm\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/012115.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Mass Readings 1.21.15<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/hebrews\/7:1\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/hebrews\/7:1\" target=\"_blank\">HEB 7:1-3, 15-17<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/psalms\/110:1\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/psalms\/110:1\" target=\"_blank\">PS 110:1, 2, 3, 4<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/mark\/3:1\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/mark\/3:1\" target=\"_blank\">MK 3:1-6<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.masstimes.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.masstimes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Find a Mass: MassTimes.org<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.thecatholicdirectory.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecatholicdirectory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Find a Mass: TheCatholicDirectory.com<\/a>\u00a0<em>&#8211; Readings excerpts and\u00a0brief annotations follow below<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IOD_WJiOGzM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;\">\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- faith-wp-respons-2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3210937145558786\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5586646142\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gold-soft-2\">GOSPEL<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/mark\/3:1\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/mark\/3:1\" target=\"_blank\">GOSPEL: Mark 3:1-6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jesus heals a man&#8217;s withered hand on the Sabbath in the synagogue, arousing the legalistic antagonism of the Pharisees.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jesus &#8230;\u00a0said to the Pharisees, &#8216;Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil,\u00a0to save life rather than to destroy it?&#8217; &#8230;\u00a0Looking around at them with anger\u00a0and grieved at their hardness of heart,\u00a0Jesus said to the man, &#8216;Stretch out your hand.&#8217;\u00a0He stretched it out and his hand was restored.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, the Pharisees begin conspiring with Herodians to murder the Son of God in response to His Act of Mercy for the ill man.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gold-soft-2\">RESPONSORIAL PSALM<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/psalms\/110:1\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/psalms\/110:1\" target=\"_blank\">PSALM 110:1, 2, 3, 4<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"padding:10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"float:left;\">\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"float:right;padding-right:75px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/58116uoxuowBJFKCLHGBDCJHDFHF\" target=\"_blank\" onmouseover=\"window.status='http:\/\/www.TrinityRoad.com';return true;\" onmouseout=\"window.status=' ';return true;\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ftjcfx.com\/gg77nswkqo9HDIAJFE9BAHFBDFD\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gold-soft-2\">FIRST READING<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/hebrews\/7:1\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/hebrews\/7:1\" target=\"_blank\">FIRST READING: Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Letter to the Hebrews recalls\u00a0Abraham\u00a0encountering\u00a0Melchizedek, king of Salem, a precursor of Jerusalem, and a priest of God Most High.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High,\u00a0met Abraham as he returned from his defeat of the kings\u00a0and blessed him. &#8230;\u00a0Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything.\u00a0His name first means righteous king,\u00a0and he was also \u201cking of Salem,\u201d that is, king of peace.\u00a0Without father, mother, or ancestry,\u00a0without beginning of days or end of life,\u00a0thus made to resemble the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We encounter aspects of Christ as the Letter to the Hebrews speaks of another Priest raised up by the Power of Life that cannot be destroyed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is even more obvious if another priest is raised up after the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become so, not by a law expressed in a commandment concerning physical descent but by the Power of a Life that cannot be destroyed. For it is testified: You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"width:50%; float:right;padding-left:15px;\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpbolvw.net\/click-7380954-5434248-1440532932000\" target=\"_top\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/image-7380954-5434248-1440532932000\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gold-soft-2\">LINKS &amp; RESOURCES<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.masstimes.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.masstimes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Find a Mass: MassTimes.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.thecatholicdirectory.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecatholicdirectory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Find a Mass: TheCatholicDirectory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.catholictv.com\/shows\/national-shrine-mass\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholictv.com\/shows\/national-shrine-mass\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO: Sunday Mass &#8211; Basilica in Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"https:\/\/thesundaymass.org\/\" href=\"https:\/\/thesundaymass.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO: Sunday Mass &#8212; Passionists (New York)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.catholictv.com\/shows\/notre-dame-mass\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholictv.com\/shows\/notre-dame-mass\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO: Sunday Mass &#8211; University of Notre Dame<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/dailymass\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/dailymass\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO: Daily Mass &#8211; Toronto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/www.catholictv.com\/shows\/daily-mass\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholictv.com\/shows\/daily-mass\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO: Daily Mass \u2013 Boston\/Catholic TV<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Jesus &#8230;\u00a0said to the Pharisees, &#8216;Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil,\u00a0to save life rather than to destroy it?&#8217; &#8230;\u00a0Looking around at them with anger\u00a0and grieved at their \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/catholic-mass-wednesday-of-the-2nd-week-in-ordinary-time-1-21-14\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,46,33,77,13,5],"tags":[9,261,78,14,85,10],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible","category-catholic-mass","category-gospel-of-mark","category-hebrews","category-psalms","category-videos","tag-catholic-mass","tag-gospel-of-mark","tag-letter-to-the-hebrews","tag-mass-readings","tag-psalm-110","tag-tv-mass"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bible-200.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5edXM-9R","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":624,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions\/624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-faith-central-christian-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}