Sunday, February 10, 2013

February 11, 2013


Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 329


Reading 1 from the holy book of Genesis
Gn 1:1-19

In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,
the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss,
while a mighty wind swept over the waters.
First, God created heaven.  No detail is given about that part of creation.
Then, God created earth.  I assume that this is described in detail because we, earthlings, are more interested in how we are created.

At first, when God created the heavens, the earth was without shape and without light.  But water already existed.  And a "mighty wind" was over the water.  The "mighty wind" represents the Holy Spirit.  Since the Holy Spirit generates life, we will see that life first begins in the waters.

Then God said,
“Let there be light,” and there was light.
God saw how good the light was.
God then separated the light from the darkness.
God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”
Thus evening came, and morning followed–the first day.
Knowing that the sun generates the light of earth, somehow, at this point, the sun began to shine upon the earth.  And since day and night came to be, then the earth began to turn upon its axis.  

Then God said,
“Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters,
to separate one body of water from the other.”
And so it happened:
God made the dome,
and it separated the water above the dome from the water below it.
God called the dome “the sky.”
Evening came, and morning followed–the second day.
According to science, there is more water in space than there is on earth.  According to science also, there is a dome which surrounds the earth. Without this dome, which we call the "Magnetic Field", science says that the waters of earth would be swept out into space by the solar winds.

Then God said,
“Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin,
so that the dry land may appear.”
And so it happened:
the water under the sky was gathered into its basin,
and the dry land appeared.
Then, the water on earth was gathered into oceans.  This also coincides with Scientific theory which says that volcanoes began to form mountains and the first continent.

God called the dry land “the earth,”
and the basin of the water he called “the sea.”
God saw how good it was.
And God created the land and the oceans.

Then God said,
“Let the earth bring forth vegetation:
every kind of plant that bears seed
and every kind of fruit tree on earth
that bears fruit with its seed in it.”
And so it happened:
the earth brought forth every kind of plant that bears seed
and every kind of fruit tree on earth that
bears fruit with its seed in it.
God saw how good it was.
Evening came, and morning followed–the third day.
Then God caused the plants to grow in the earth.


Then God said:
“Let there be lights in the dome of the sky,
to separate day from night.
Let them mark the fixed times, the days and the years,
and serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky,
to shed light upon the earth.”
And so it happened:
God made the two great lights,
the greater one to govern the day,
and the lesser one to govern the night;
and he made the stars.
God set them in the dome of the sky,
to shed light upon the earth,
to govern the day and the night,
and to separate the light from the darkness.
God saw how good it was.
Evening came, and morning followed–the fourth day.
At this point, we come back to light.  And we need to look at another planet, Venus, to see to what this may be in reference.  Venus is covered by fog.   So, although light probably illuminates through the fog, it is probably a dim light.  That is probably how the earth looked in that time.

But now, God removed the fog and the light shone all the way to the ground.


Responsorial Psalm
Ps 104:1-2a, 5-6, 10 and 12, 24 and 35c

R. (31b) May the Lord be glad in his works.
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD, my God, you are great indeed!
You are clothed with majesty and glory,
robed in light as with a cloak.
R. May the Lord be glad in his works.
May God be happy with His creation.  Praise God always.  My God you are so great!  You are surrounded by power and splendor.

You fixed the earth upon its foundation,
not to be moved forever;
With the ocean, as with a garment, you covered it;
above the mountains the waters stood.
R. May the Lord be glad in his works.
You created the earth and set it in place, and you covered it in water.  Water so high that the mountains were not visible.


You send forth springs into the watercourses
that wind among the mountains.
Beside them the birds of heaven dwell;
from among the branches they send forth their song.
R. May the Lord be glad in his works.
You sent water into the rivers and the wind  in the mountains.  The birds dwell there and in the brances they sing.

How manifold are your works, O LORD!
In wisdom you have wrought them all—
the earth is full of your creatures;
Bless the LORD, O my soul! Alleluia.
R. May the Lord be glad in his works.
Your works are so numerous my God.  You have made everything with wisdom.  And the earth is full of life.  Praise our God, Alleluia! 


Holy Gospel according to St. Mark
Mk 6:53-56

After making the crossing to the other side of the sea,
Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret
and tied up there.
As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him.
After Jesus and His students went to the land of Gennesaret, they were immediately spotted by the people there.

They scurried about the surrounding country
and began to bring in the sick on mats
to wherever they heard he was.
They immediately began to bring to Him their sick.

Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered,
they laid the sick in the marketplaces
and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak;
and as many as touched it were healed.

Wherever He went they brought their beloved sick and begged Him to touch them that they might be healed.  And all who did, were healed. 

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