Daily Mass Readings for February 20, 2025: Gospel — Mc 8,27-33

¹ Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. ² Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority. ³ You may eat any moving thing that lives. As I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. ⁴ “But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it. ⁵ For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative. ⁶ “Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind. ⁷ “But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.” ⁸ God said to Noah and his sons, ⁹ “Look. I now confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you 1 ⁰ and with every living creature that is with you, including the birds, the domestic animals, and every living creature of the earth with you, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature of the earth. 1 ¹ I confirm my covenant with you: Never again will all living things be wiped out by the waters of a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth.” 1 ² And God said, “This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations: 1 ³ I will place my rainbow in the clouds, and it will become a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth.