First Reading: James 1: 1-11

1 James the servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

2 My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations;

3 Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4 And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.

5 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, which is moved and carried about by the wind.

7 Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8 A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.

9 But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation:

10 And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.

11 For the sun rose with a burning heat, and parched the grass, and the flower thereof fell off, and the beauty of the shape thereof perished: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119: 67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76

R. (77a) Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.

67 Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.

R. Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.

68 Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.

R. Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.

71 It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.

R. Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.

72 The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.

R. Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.

75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.

R. Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.

76 O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

R. Be kind to me, Lord, and I shall live.

Alleluia: John 14: 6

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

6 I am the way and the truth and the life, says the Lord; no one comes to the Father except through me.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Mark 8: 11-13

11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, asking him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

12 And sighing deeply in spirit, he saith: Why doth this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, a sign shall not be given to this generation.

13 And leaving them, he went up again into the ship, and passed to the other side of the water.