Christ the King

First Reading - 2 Sam 1:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17
1 Now it came to pass, after Saul was dead, that David returned from the slaughter of the Amalecites, and abode two days in Siceleg.2 And on the third day, there appeared a man who came out of Saul&#39s camp, with his garments rent, and dust strewed on his head: and when he came to David, he fell upon his face, and adored.3 And David said to him: From whence comest thou? And he said to him: I am fled out of the camp of Israel.4a And David said unto him: What is the matter that is come to pass? tell me. He said: The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people are fallen and dead: moreover Saul and Jonathan his son are slain.5 And David said to the young man that told him: How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son, are dead?6 And the young man that told him, said: I came by chance upon mount Gelboe, and Saul leaned upon his spear: and the chariots and horsemen drew nigh unto him,7 And looking behind him, and seeing me, he called me. And I answered, Here am I.8 And he said to me: Who art thou? And I said to him: I am an Amalecite.9 And he said to me: Stand over me, and kill me: for anguish is come upon me, and as yet my whole life is in me.10a So standing over him, I killed him: for I knew that he could not live after the fall: and I took the diadem that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm and have brought them hither to thee, my lord.13 And David said to the young man that told him: Whence art thou? He answered: I am the son of a stranger of Amalee.14 David said to him: Why didst thou not fear to put out thy hand to kill the Lord&#39s anointed?15 And David calling one of his servants, said: Go near and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he died.16 And David said to him: Thy blood be upon thy own head: for thy own mouth hath spoken against thee, saying: I have slain the Lord&#39s anointed.17 And David made this kind of lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/catholicnewsagency/dailygospel/~4/r_22cdEJAhU" height="1" width="1"/>

Psalm - Ps 50:3-4,5-6a,6bcd-7,10-11
3 Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity.4 Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.5 For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.6a To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words and mayst overcome when thou art judged.6bcd For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my mother conceive me.7 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.10 Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.11 Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/catholicnewsagency/dailygospel/~4/JqZtgUgzQHA" height="1" width="1"/>

Gospel - Mk 4:26-34
26 And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth,27 And should sleep, and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up whilst he knoweth not.28 For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear.29 And when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.30 And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we compare it?31 It is as a grain of mustard seed: which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth:32 And when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the air may dwell under the shadow thereof.33 And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according as they were able to hear.34 And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/catholicnewsagency/dailygospel/~4/LHosIdfkMeg" height="1" width="1"/>