November 17Sunday for the Girl Child Affirming the Worth of the Girl Child Old Testament Numbers 27: 1-11 Psalms 71: 1 -12 Epistle Acts 21: 7- 14 Gospel Mark 5: 35- 43 Verse for Meditation: After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talithakoum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”)- Mark 5: 40, 41