Daily Shots - August 29, 2020 - Saturday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time - a podcast by Verbum Dei Philippines

Mark 6:17-29

Memorial of The Passion of Saint John the Baptist

Herod was the one who had John arrested and bound in prison

   on account of Herodias,

   the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married.

John had said to Herod,

   “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

Herodias harbored a grudge against him

   and wanted to kill him but was unable to do so.

Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man,

   and kept him in custody.

When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed,

   yet he liked to listen to him.

She had an opportunity one day when Herod, on his birthday,

   gave a banquet for his courtiers,

   his military officers, and the leading men of Galilee.

Herodias’ own daughter came in

   and performed a dance that delighted Herod and his guests.

The king said to the girl,

   “Ask of me whatever you wish and I will grant it to you.”

He even swore many things to her,

   “I will grant you whatever you ask of me,

   even to half of my kingdom.”

She went out and said to her mother,

   “What shall I ask for?”

She replied, “The head of John the Baptist.”

The girl hurried back to the king’s presence and made her request,

   “I want you to give me at once

   on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

The king was deeply distressed,

   but because of his oaths and the guests

   he did not wish to break his word to her.

So he promptly dispatched an executioner with orders

   to bring back his head.

He went off and beheaded him in the prison.

He brought in the head on a platter and gave it to the girl.

The girl in turn gave it to her mother.

When his disciples heard about it,

   they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

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