Daily Reading for Tuesday, February 13th, 2024

Reading 1, James 1:12-18

¹² Blessed is anyone who perseveres when trials come. Such a person is of proven worth and will win the prize of life, the crown that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

¹³ Never, when you are being put to the test, say, 'God is tempting me'; God cannot be tempted by evil, and he does not put anybody to the test .

¹⁴ Everyone is put to the test by being attracted and seduced by that person's own wrong desire.

¹⁵ Then the desire conceives and gives birth to sin, and when sin reaches full growth, it gives birth to death.

¹⁶ Make no mistake about this, my dear brothers:

¹⁷ all that is good, all that is perfect, is given us from above; it comes down from the Father of all light; with him there is no such thing as alteration, no shadow caused by change.

¹⁸ By his own choice he gave birth to us by the message of the truth so that we should be a sort of first-fruits of all his creation.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 94:12-13, 14-15, 18-19

¹² How blessed are those you instruct, Yahweh, whom you teach by means of your law,

¹³ to give them respite in evil times, till a pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴ Yahweh will not abandon his people, he will not desert his heritage;

¹⁵ for judgement will again become saving justice, and in its wake all upright hearts will follow.

¹⁸ I need only say, 'I am slipping,' for your faithful love, Yahweh, to support me;

¹⁹ however great the anxiety of my heart, your consolations soothe me.