Official Translation
Reading 1 – Jonah 3.1-10
The word of the Lord came to Jonah again, saying,
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,
and preach to it the message that I give you.”
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh,
according to the Lord’s word.
Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,
three days’ journey across.
Jonah began to enter into the city
one day’s journey,
and he cried out, and said,
“In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
The people of Nineveh believed God;
and they proclaimed a fast,
and put on sackcloth,
from their greatest even to their least.
The news reached the king of Nineveh,
and he arose from his throne,
and took off his royal robe,
covered himself with sackcloth,
and sat in ashes.
He made a proclamation
and published through Nineveh
by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying,
“Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock,
taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
but let them be covered with sackcloth,
both man and animal,
and let them cry mightily to God.
Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way,
and from the violence that is in his hands.
Who knows whether God will not turn and relent,
and turn away from his fierce anger,
so that we might not perish?”
God saw their works,
that they turned from their evil way.
God relented of the disaster
which he said he would do to them,
and he did not do it.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 12-13, 18-19 Resp. 19b
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Gospel - Luke 11.29-32
While the crowds were gathering together to Jesus, he began to say,
“This kind is a perverse kind.
It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Human be to this kind.
At the judgment, the queen of the south will rise up with the men of this kind,
and will condemn them:
for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this kind, and will condemn it:
for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.”
Mass Readings
Tuesday of the First Week of Lent
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Isaiah 55.10-11
Thus says the LORD:
For as the rain and the snow
come down from the heavens,
and do not return there,
until they water the earth,
and makes it grow and bud,
giving seed to the sower
and bread to the eater,
so shall my word be
that goes out of my mouth:
it shall not return to me void,
but it shall accomplish my will,
and it shall prosper
in what I sent it to do.
Responsorial – Psalm 34.4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 Resp. 18b
R. The Lord delivered the just out of all their troubles.
Oh magnify the Lord with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
R. The Lord delivered the just out of all their troubles.
They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
R. The Lord delivered the just out of all their troubles.
The eyes of the Lord are on the just,
and his ears are for their prayers.
But the face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off remembrance of them from the earth.
R. The Lord delivered the just out of all their troubles.
The just cried, and the Lord heard them,
and delivered them out of all their troubles.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,
and he will save the humble of spirit.
R. The Lord delivered the just out of all their troubles.
Gospel – Matthew 6.7-15
Jesus said to his disciples:
In praying, do not pile up words,
as the Gentiles do;
for they think that
in their many words
they will be heard.
So do not be like them,
for your Father knows
what things you need
before you ask him.
Pray like this:
‘Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your Kingdom come.
Your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
and forgive us our debts,
as we forgive those who owe debts to us.
lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For if you forgive humans their missteps,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive humans their missteps,
neither will your Father forgive your missteps.
Reading 1 – Isaiah 55.10-11
Thus says the LORD:
For as the rain and the snow
come down from the heavens,
and do not return there,
until they water the earth,
and makes it grow and bud,
giving seed to the sower
and bread to the eater,
so shall my word be
that goes out of my mouth:
it shall not return to me void,
but it shall accomplish my will,
and it shall prosper
in what I sent it to do.
Responsorial – Psalm 34.4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 Resp. 18b
R. The Lord delivered the just out of all their troubles.
Oh magnify the Lord with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
R. The Lord delivered the just out of all their troubles.
They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
R. The Lord delivered the just out of all their troubles.
The eyes of the Lord are on the just,
and his ears are for their prayers.
But the face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off remembrance of them from the earth.
R. The Lord delivered the just out of all their troubles.
The just cried, and the Lord heard them,
and delivered them out of all their troubles.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,
and he will save the humble of spirit.
R. The Lord delivered the just out of all their troubles.
Gospel – Matthew 6.7-15
Jesus said to his disciples:
In praying, do not pile up words,
as the Gentiles do;
for they think that
in their many words
they will be heard.
So do not be like them,
for your Father knows
what things you need
before you ask him.
Pray like this:
‘Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your Kingdom come.
Your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
and forgive us our debts,
as we forgive those who owe debts to us.
lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For if you forgive humans their missteps,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive humans their missteps,
neither will your Father forgive your missteps.
Monday of the First Week of Lent
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Leviticus 19.1-2, 11-18
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and tell them,
‘You shall be holy;
for I, the Lord your God, am holy.”
“You shall not steal.
You shall not lie.
You shall not deceive one another.
You shall not swear by my name falsely,
and profane the name of your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.
The wages of a hired servant
shall not remain with you
all night until the morning.
You shall not curse the deaf,
nor put a stumbling block
in front of the blind;
but you shall fear your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall do no injustice in judging.
You shall not be partial to the poor,
nor show favoritism to the great;
but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
You shall not go up and down
as a slanderer among your people.
You shall not stand by
while the blood of your neighbor is threatened.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not hate your brother
in your heart.
You shall surely rebuke your neighbor,
and not bear sin because of him.
You shall not take vengeance,
nor bear any grudge
against the children of your people;
but you shall love
your neighbor as yourself.
I am the Lord.”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 Resp. John 6:63b
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Gospel – Matthew 25.31-46
Jesus said to his disciples,
“When the Son of human comes in his glory,
and all the holy angels with him,
then he will sit upon the throne of his glory.
Before him shall be gathered all the Gentiles,
and he will separate them, one from another,
as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.
He will make the sheep stand at his right hand
and the goats at his left.
Then the King will say to those on his right hand,
‘Come, blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world.
For I was an hungry, and you gave me to eat.
I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink.
I was a stranger and you brought me in.
I was naked, and you clothed me.
I was sick, and you visited me.
I was in prison, and you came to me.’
Then the righteous will answer him, saying,
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you?
Or thirsty, and gave you drink?
When did we see you a stranger, and brought you in?
Or naked, and clothed thee?
When did we see you sick, or in prison, and came to you?’
And the King shall answer and say to them,
‘Amen, I say unto you,
inasmuch as you have done it
for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,
you have done it for me.’
Then he will say also to those at his left hand,
‘Depart from me, you cursed,
into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was an hungry, and you did not give me to eat.
I was thirsty, and you did not give me to drink.
I was a stranger and you did not bring me in.
I was naked, and you did not clothe me.
I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
Then they will also answer him, saying,
‘Lord, when did we see you
hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison,
and did not minister to you?’
Then he will answer them, saying,
‘Amen, I say unto you,
inasmuch as you did it not
for one of the least of these,
you did not do it for me.’
And they will go away to everlasting punishment,
but the righteous to life eternal.”
Reading 1 – Leviticus 19.1-2, 11-18
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and tell them,
‘You shall be holy;
for I, the Lord your God, am holy.”
“You shall not steal.
You shall not lie.
You shall not deceive one another.
You shall not swear by my name falsely,
and profane the name of your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.
The wages of a hired servant
shall not remain with you
all night until the morning.
You shall not curse the deaf,
nor put a stumbling block
in front of the blind;
but you shall fear your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall do no injustice in judging.
You shall not be partial to the poor,
nor show favoritism to the great;
but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
You shall not go up and down
as a slanderer among your people.
You shall not stand by
while the blood of your neighbor is threatened.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not hate your brother
in your heart.
You shall surely rebuke your neighbor,
and not bear sin because of him.
You shall not take vengeance,
nor bear any grudge
against the children of your people;
but you shall love
your neighbor as yourself.
I am the Lord.”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 Resp. John 6:63b
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Gospel – Matthew 25.31-46
Jesus said to his disciples,
“When the Son of human comes in his glory,
and all the holy angels with him,
then he will sit upon the throne of his glory.
Before him shall be gathered all the Gentiles,
and he will separate them, one from another,
as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.
He will make the sheep stand at his right hand
and the goats at his left.
Then the King will say to those on his right hand,
‘Come, blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world.
For I was an hungry, and you gave me to eat.
I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink.
I was a stranger and you brought me in.
I was naked, and you clothed me.
I was sick, and you visited me.
I was in prison, and you came to me.’
Then the righteous will answer him, saying,
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you?
Or thirsty, and gave you drink?
When did we see you a stranger, and brought you in?
Or naked, and clothed thee?
When did we see you sick, or in prison, and came to you?’
And the King shall answer and say to them,
‘Amen, I say unto you,
inasmuch as you have done it
for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,
you have done it for me.’
Then he will say also to those at his left hand,
‘Depart from me, you cursed,
into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was an hungry, and you did not give me to eat.
I was thirsty, and you did not give me to drink.
I was a stranger and you did not bring me in.
I was naked, and you did not clothe me.
I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
Then they will also answer him, saying,
‘Lord, when did we see you
hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison,
and did not minister to you?’
Then he will answer them, saying,
‘Amen, I say unto you,
inasmuch as you did it not
for one of the least of these,
you did not do it for me.’
And they will go away to everlasting punishment,
but the righteous to life eternal.”
First Sunday of Lent (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Genesis 9.8-15
God spoke to Noah
and to his sons with him, saying,
“As for me, behold,
I establish my covenant with you,
with your offspring after you,
and with every living creature
that is with you:
the birds, the livestock,
and every animal of the earth with you,
of all that go out of the ark,
every animal on the earth.
I will establish my covenant with you:
All flesh will never again be cut off
by the waters of the flood,
nor will there ever again be
a flood to destroy the earth.”
God said,
“This is the token of the covenant
which I make between me and you
and every living creature that is with you,
for perpetual generations:
I set my rainbow in the cloud,
and it will be a sign of a covenant
between me and the earth.
When I bring a cloud over the earth,
the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
and I will remember my covenant,
which is between me and you
and every living creature of all flesh,
and the waters will no more
become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Responsorial – Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Resp. 10
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Show me your ways, O Lord.
Teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth, and teach me,
For you are the God of my salvation,
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Lord, remember your tender mercies
and your loving kindness,
they are from of old.
Remember me according to your loving kindness,
for your goodness’ sake, O Lord.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Good and upright is the Lord,
therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.
He will guide the humble in justice.
He will teach the humble his way.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Reading 2 – 1 Peter 3.18-22
Beloved:
Christ suffered for sins once,
the righteous for the unrighteous,
that he might bring you to God.
Being put to death in the flesh,
he was made alive in the Spirit.
In which he also went
and preached to the spirits in prison,
who before were disobedient,
when God waited patiently in the days of Noah,
while the ark was being built.
In it, a few, that is, eight souls,
were saved through water.
This is a symbol of baptism,
which now saves you,
not by the removal of filth from the flesh,
but through a good sharing of knowledge,
a sacrament to God
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
who is at the right hand of God,
having gone into heaven,
angels and authorities and powers
being made subject to him.
Gospel – Mark 1.12-15
Immediately the Spirit drove Jesus
out into the wilderness.
He was there in the wilderness
for forty days,
tempted by Satan.
He was with the wild animals,
and the angels were serving him.
After John was taken into custody,
Jesus came into Galilee,
preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God,
and saying,
“The time is fulfilled,
and the Kingdom of God is at hand!
Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”
Reading 1 – Genesis 9.8-15
God spoke to Noah
and to his sons with him, saying,
“As for me, behold,
I establish my covenant with you,
with your offspring after you,
and with every living creature
that is with you:
the birds, the livestock,
and every animal of the earth with you,
of all that go out of the ark,
every animal on the earth.
I will establish my covenant with you:
All flesh will never again be cut off
by the waters of the flood,
nor will there ever again be
a flood to destroy the earth.”
God said,
“This is the token of the covenant
which I make between me and you
and every living creature that is with you,
for perpetual generations:
I set my rainbow in the cloud,
and it will be a sign of a covenant
between me and the earth.
When I bring a cloud over the earth,
the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
and I will remember my covenant,
which is between me and you
and every living creature of all flesh,
and the waters will no more
become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Responsorial – Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Resp. 10
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Show me your ways, O Lord.
Teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth, and teach me,
For you are the God of my salvation,
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Lord, remember your tender mercies
and your loving kindness,
they are from of old.
Remember me according to your loving kindness,
for your goodness’ sake, O Lord.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Good and upright is the Lord,
therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.
He will guide the humble in justice.
He will teach the humble his way.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Reading 2 – 1 Peter 3.18-22
Beloved:
Christ suffered for sins once,
the righteous for the unrighteous,
that he might bring you to God.
Being put to death in the flesh,
he was made alive in the Spirit.
In which he also went
and preached to the spirits in prison,
who before were disobedient,
when God waited patiently in the days of Noah,
while the ark was being built.
In it, a few, that is, eight souls,
were saved through water.
This is a symbol of baptism,
which now saves you,
not by the removal of filth from the flesh,
but through a good sharing of knowledge,
a sacrament to God
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
who is at the right hand of God,
having gone into heaven,
angels and authorities and powers
being made subject to him.
Gospel – Mark 1.12-15
Immediately the Spirit drove Jesus
out into the wilderness.
He was there in the wilderness
for forty days,
tempted by Satan.
He was with the wild animals,
and the angels were serving him.
After John was taken into custody,
Jesus came into Galilee,
preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God,
and saying,
“The time is fulfilled,
and the Kingdom of God is at hand!
Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”
Saturday after Ash Wednesday
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Isaiah 58.9b-14
Thus says the LORD:
“If you take away from your midst the yoke,
the finger-pointing and wicked speech,
and if you pour out your soul to the hungry,
and satisfy the afflicted soul:
then your light shall rise in darkness,
and your gloom be as the noonday;
and the Lord will guide you continually,
and satisfy your soul in dry places,
and make strong your bones;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.
Those ruins of yours shall be rebuilt.
You shall raise up the foundations
of many generations;
and you shall be called
The Repairer of the Breach,
The Restorer of Paths to Dwell In.
“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
from doing your business on my holy day;
and call the Sabbath a delight,
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
nor pursuing your own business,
nor speaking your own words:
then you shall be delighted in the Lord;
and I will make you to ride
on the high places of the earth;
and I will feed you with the heritage
of Jacob your father:
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.”
Responsorial – Psalm 86.1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Resp. 11ab
R. Instruct me in your ways, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.
Hear, Lord, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.
Preserve my soul, for I am godly.
Save your servant who trusts in you.
You are my God.
R. Instruct me in your ways, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.
Be merciful to me, Lord,
for I call to you all day long.
Bring joy to the soul of your servant,
for to you, Lord, I lift up my soul.
R. Instruct me in your ways, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.
For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive;
abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
Hear, O Lord, my prayer.
Listen to the voice of my petition.
R. Instruct me in your ways, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.
Gospel – Luke 5.27-32
After these things Jesus went out
and saw a tax collector named Levi
sitting upon the tax chair,
and said to him, “Follow me!”
He left everything,
and rose up and followed him.
Levi made a great feast for him in his house.
There was a great crowd of tax collectors
and others who were reclining with them.
And the Pharisees and their scribes
murmured to his disciples, saying,
“Why, with tax collectors and sinners,
do you eat and drink?”
And answering, Jesus said to them,
“Those who are healthy have no need for a healer,
but those carrying evil do.
I have not come to call the righteous,
but sinners to reconsider.”
Reading 1 – Isaiah 58.9b-14
Thus says the LORD:
“If you take away from your midst the yoke,
the finger-pointing and wicked speech,
and if you pour out your soul to the hungry,
and satisfy the afflicted soul:
then your light shall rise in darkness,
and your gloom be as the noonday;
and the Lord will guide you continually,
and satisfy your soul in dry places,
and make strong your bones;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.
Those ruins of yours shall be rebuilt.
You shall raise up the foundations
of many generations;
and you shall be called
The Repairer of the Breach,
The Restorer of Paths to Dwell In.
“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
from doing your business on my holy day;
and call the Sabbath a delight,
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
nor pursuing your own business,
nor speaking your own words:
then you shall be delighted in the Lord;
and I will make you to ride
on the high places of the earth;
and I will feed you with the heritage
of Jacob your father:
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.”
Responsorial – Psalm 86.1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Resp. 11ab
R. Instruct me in your ways, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.
Hear, Lord, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.
Preserve my soul, for I am godly.
Save your servant who trusts in you.
You are my God.
R. Instruct me in your ways, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.
Be merciful to me, Lord,
for I call to you all day long.
Bring joy to the soul of your servant,
for to you, Lord, I lift up my soul.
R. Instruct me in your ways, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.
For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive;
abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
Hear, O Lord, my prayer.
Listen to the voice of my petition.
R. Instruct me in your ways, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.
Gospel – Luke 5.27-32
After these things Jesus went out
and saw a tax collector named Levi
sitting upon the tax chair,
and said to him, “Follow me!”
He left everything,
and rose up and followed him.
Levi made a great feast for him in his house.
There was a great crowd of tax collectors
and others who were reclining with them.
And the Pharisees and their scribes
murmured to his disciples, saying,
“Why, with tax collectors and sinners,
do you eat and drink?”
And answering, Jesus said to them,
“Those who are healthy have no need for a healer,
but those carrying evil do.
I have not come to call the righteous,
but sinners to reconsider.”
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Isaiah 58.1-9a
Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Cry aloud and do not hold back,
lift up your voice like a trumpet,
and declare to my people their disobedience,
and to the house of Jacob their sins.
They seek me daily,
and desire to know my ways:
as a nation that did righteousness,
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
They ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say,
‘and you do not see it?
Why have we afflicted our soul,
and you take no notice of it?’
“Behold, in the day of your fast
you carry out your own pursuits,
and work all your laborers.
Behold, you fast for strife and contention,
and to strike with the fist of wickedness:
O that you would fast this day
so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
Is such the fast that I have chosen?
Is this a day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head as a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?
This is the fast that I have chosen:
to release the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the bands of the yoke,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and break every yoke,
to distribute your bread to the hungry,
and bring the poor who are cast out
into your house.
When you see the naked, cover them;
and do not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Then your light shall break out as the dawn,
and your healing shall spring out speedily;
and your righteousness shall go before you;
the Lord’s glory shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19 Resp. 19b
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Gospel – Matthew 9.14-15
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, saying,
“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,
but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus said to them,
“Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn,
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come
when the bridegroom will be taken away from them,
and then they will fast.
Reading 1 - Isaiah 58.1-9a
Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Cry aloud and do not hold back,
lift up your voice like a trumpet,
and declare to my people their disobedience,
and to the house of Jacob their sins.
They seek me daily,
and desire to know my ways:
as a nation that did righteousness,
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
They ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say,
‘and you do not see it?
Why have we afflicted our soul,
and you take no notice of it?’
“Behold, in the day of your fast
you carry out your own pursuits,
and work all your laborers.
Behold, you fast for strife and contention,
and to strike with the fist of wickedness:
O that you would fast this day
so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
Is such the fast that I have chosen?
Is this a day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head as a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?
This is the fast that I have chosen:
to release the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the bands of the yoke,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and break every yoke,
to distribute your bread to the hungry,
and bring the poor who are cast out
into your house.
When you see the naked, cover them;
and do not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Then your light shall break out as the dawn,
and your healing shall spring out speedily;
and your righteousness shall go before you;
the Lord’s glory shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19 Resp. 19b
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Gospel – Matthew 9.14-15
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, saying,
“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,
but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus said to them,
“Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn,
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come
when the bridegroom will be taken away from them,
and then they will fast.
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Deuteronomy 30.15-20
Moses said to the people:
Behold, I have set before you this day
life and prosperity, death and doom.
For I command you this day
to love the Lord your God,
to walk in his ways,
and to keep his commandments,
his statutes,
and his ordinances,
that you may live and multiply,
and that the Lord your God
may bless you in the land
you go to possess.
But if your hearts turn away,
and you will not hear,
but are drawn away,
and worship other gods, and serve them;
I denounce to you this day,
that you will surely perish.
You will not prolong your days
in the land where
you pass over the Jordan
to go to possess.
I call heaven and earth
to witness against you this day,
that I have set before you life and death,
the blessing and the curse.
Therefore choose life,
that you may live,
you and your descendants;
to love the Lord your God,
to obey his voice, and to cling to him;
for he is your life,
and the length of your days;
that you may dwell in the land
which the Lord swore to give your fathers,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Responsorial – Psalm 1.1-2, 3, 4+6 Resp. 40.5a
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Blessed is the man who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stand on the sinners’ path,
nor sit in the scoffers’ seat,
but whose delight is in the Lord’s law.
On his law he meditates day and night.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
He will be like a tree
planted by the streams of water,
that produces its fruit in its season,
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
The wicked are not so,
but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
For the Lord watches the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Gospel – Luke 9.22-25
Jesus said to his disciples:
“The Son of Human must suffer many things,
and be rejected
by the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed,
and on the third day be raised up.”
He said to all,
“If anyone desires to come after me,
let them deny themself,
take up their cross,
and follow me.
For whoever desires to save their life
will lose it,
but whoever will lose their life
for my sake,
they will save it.
For what does it profit
a human if they gain the whole world,
yet loses or forfeits themself?
Reading 1 - Deuteronomy 30.15-20
Moses said to the people:
Behold, I have set before you this day
life and prosperity, death and doom.
For I command you this day
to love the Lord your God,
to walk in his ways,
and to keep his commandments,
his statutes,
and his ordinances,
that you may live and multiply,
and that the Lord your God
may bless you in the land
you go to possess.
But if your hearts turn away,
and you will not hear,
but are drawn away,
and worship other gods, and serve them;
I denounce to you this day,
that you will surely perish.
You will not prolong your days
in the land where
you pass over the Jordan
to go to possess.
I call heaven and earth
to witness against you this day,
that I have set before you life and death,
the blessing and the curse.
Therefore choose life,
that you may live,
you and your descendants;
to love the Lord your God,
to obey his voice, and to cling to him;
for he is your life,
and the length of your days;
that you may dwell in the land
which the Lord swore to give your fathers,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Responsorial – Psalm 1.1-2, 3, 4+6 Resp. 40.5a
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Blessed is the man who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stand on the sinners’ path,
nor sit in the scoffers’ seat,
but whose delight is in the Lord’s law.
On his law he meditates day and night.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
He will be like a tree
planted by the streams of water,
that produces its fruit in its season,
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
The wicked are not so,
but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
For the Lord watches the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Gospel – Luke 9.22-25
Jesus said to his disciples:
“The Son of Human must suffer many things,
and be rejected
by the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed,
and on the third day be raised up.”
He said to all,
“If anyone desires to come after me,
let them deny themself,
take up their cross,
and follow me.
For whoever desires to save their life
will lose it,
but whoever will lose their life
for my sake,
they will save it.
For what does it profit
a human if they gain the whole world,
yet loses or forfeits themself?
Ash Wednesday
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Joel 2.12-18
“Yet even now,” says the Lord,
“turn to me with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
Tear your heart, and not your garments,
and return to the Lord, your God;
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
and relents from sending calamity.
Who knows? He may turn and relent,
and leave a blessing behind him,
even a meal offering and a drink offering
for the Lord, your God.
Blow the trumpet in Zion!
Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
Gather the people.
Sanctify the assembly.
Assemble the elders.
Gather the children,
and those who nurse from breasts.
Let the bridegroom go out of his room,
and the bride out of her room.
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,
weep between the entrance and the altar,
and let them say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and do not make your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the nations,
‘Where is their God?’”
Then the Lord was jealous for his land,
and had pity on his people.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14+17 Resp. 3a
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
O Lord, open my lips
My mouth will proclaim your praise
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Reading 2 – 2 Corinthians 5.20-6.2
Brothers and sisters:
We are therefore ambassadors
on behalf of Christ,
as though God were
imploring through us:
we beg you on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
For, on our behalf,
he made him to be sin
who knew no sin,
so that we might become
the righteousness of God
in him.
Working together,
we implore also
that you do not receive
the grace of God in vain,
for he says,
“At an acceptable time I listened to you,
in a day of salvation I helped you.”
Behold, now is the ever-so-acceptable time.
Behold, now is the day of salvation.
Gospel – Matthew 6.1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be careful lest you
do you righteous deeds in front of humans,
in order to be seen by them.
If you do not at least do this,
you will have no pay
from your Father in heaven.
Therefore when you do merciful deeds,
do not sound a trumpet before yourself,
as the hypocrites do
in the synagogues and on the streets,
that they may get glory from humans.
Amen I say to you,
they have received their pay.
But when you do merciful deeds,
do not let your left hand know
what your right hand does,
so that your merciful deeds
may be in secret,
and your Father
who sees into the secret
will pay you.
And when you pray,
you shall not be
like the hypocrites,
that love to stand praying
in the synagogues
and on the streetcorners,
that they may be on display for humans.
Amen, I say to you,
they have received their pay.
But you, when you pray,
go into your closet,
and shut your door;
pray to your Father
who is in secret,
and your Father
who sees into the secret
will pay you.
And when you fast,
Do not be like the gloomy hypocrites,
For they disfigure their faces,
so that they may be fasting on display for humans.
Amen, I say to you,
they have received their pay.
But you, when you fast,
anoint your head,
and wash your face;
so that you are not fasting on display for humans,
but for your Father
who is in secret,
and your Father,
who sees into the secret,
will pay you.
Reading 1 - Joel 2.12-18
“Yet even now,” says the Lord,
“turn to me with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
Tear your heart, and not your garments,
and return to the Lord, your God;
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
and relents from sending calamity.
Who knows? He may turn and relent,
and leave a blessing behind him,
even a meal offering and a drink offering
for the Lord, your God.
Blow the trumpet in Zion!
Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
Gather the people.
Sanctify the assembly.
Assemble the elders.
Gather the children,
and those who nurse from breasts.
Let the bridegroom go out of his room,
and the bride out of her room.
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,
weep between the entrance and the altar,
and let them say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and do not make your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the nations,
‘Where is their God?’”
Then the Lord was jealous for his land,
and had pity on his people.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14+17 Resp. 3a
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
O Lord, open my lips
My mouth will proclaim your praise
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Reading 2 – 2 Corinthians 5.20-6.2
Brothers and sisters:
We are therefore ambassadors
on behalf of Christ,
as though God were
imploring through us:
we beg you on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
For, on our behalf,
he made him to be sin
who knew no sin,
so that we might become
the righteousness of God
in him.
Working together,
we implore also
that you do not receive
the grace of God in vain,
for he says,
“At an acceptable time I listened to you,
in a day of salvation I helped you.”
Behold, now is the ever-so-acceptable time.
Behold, now is the day of salvation.
Gospel – Matthew 6.1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be careful lest you
do you righteous deeds in front of humans,
in order to be seen by them.
If you do not at least do this,
you will have no pay
from your Father in heaven.
Therefore when you do merciful deeds,
do not sound a trumpet before yourself,
as the hypocrites do
in the synagogues and on the streets,
that they may get glory from humans.
Amen I say to you,
they have received their pay.
But when you do merciful deeds,
do not let your left hand know
what your right hand does,
so that your merciful deeds
may be in secret,
and your Father
who sees into the secret
will pay you.
And when you pray,
you shall not be
like the hypocrites,
that love to stand praying
in the synagogues
and on the streetcorners,
that they may be on display for humans.
Amen, I say to you,
they have received their pay.
But you, when you pray,
go into your closet,
and shut your door;
pray to your Father
who is in secret,
and your Father
who sees into the secret
will pay you.
And when you fast,
Do not be like the gloomy hypocrites,
For they disfigure their faces,
so that they may be fasting on display for humans.
Amen, I say to you,
they have received their pay.
But you, when you fast,
anoint your head,
and wash your face;
so that you are not fasting on display for humans,
but for your Father
who is in secret,
and your Father,
who sees into the secret,
will pay you.
Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – James 4.1-10
Beloved:
Where do the wars and battles among you
come from?
Do they not come from your desires
that make war among your own body parts?
You want and do not have.
You kill and envy but cannot obtain.
You fight and wage war.
You do not have, because you do not ask.
You ask and do not receive,
because you ask incorrectly,
to spend it for your desires.
Do you adulterers, not know that
love of the world is hostility toward God?
Therefore, whoever wants to be
a lover of the world
makes himself an enemy of God.
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain,
“The Spirit who lives in us jealously yearns”?
But he gives more grace.
Therefore it says,
“God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”
Be subject therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God,
and he will draw near to you.
Cleanse your hands, you sinners;
and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Lament, mourn, and weep.
Let your laughter be turned to mourning,
and your joy to gloom.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,
and he will exalt you.
Responsorial – Psalm 55.7-8, 9-10a, 10b-11a, 23 Resp. 23a
R. Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.
I said, “O to have wings like a dove!
I would fly away, and be at rest.
Behold, then I would wander far off.
I would lodge in the wilderness.”
R. Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.
“I would hurry to a shelter
from the stormy wind and storm.”
Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language.
R. Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.
I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Day and night they prowl around on its walls.
R. Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.
Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you.
He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
R. Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.
Gospel – Mark 9.30-37
Jesus and his disciples
went away from there
and passed through Galilee.
He did not want anyone to know it.
For he was teaching his disciples
and said to them,
“The Son of human is being handed over
into the hands of humans,
and they will kill him;
and when he is killed,
on the third day he will rise again.”
They did not understand the saying,
and were afraid to ask him.
He came to Capernaum,
and when he was in the house he asked them,
“What were you arguing
among yourselves on the way?”
But they were silent,
for they had disputed
one with another on the way
about who was the greatest.
He sat down, and called the Twelve;
and he said to them,
“If anyone wants to be first,
they shall be last of all, and servant of all.”
He took an infant and stood him in their midst.
Taking him in his arms, he said to them,
“Whoever receives one such infant in my name,
receives me, and whoever receives me,
receives not me but him who sent me.”
Reading 1 – James 4.1-10
Beloved:
Where do the wars and battles among you
come from?
Do they not come from your desires
that make war among your own body parts?
You want and do not have.
You kill and envy but cannot obtain.
You fight and wage war.
You do not have, because you do not ask.
You ask and do not receive,
because you ask incorrectly,
to spend it for your desires.
Do you adulterers, not know that
love of the world is hostility toward God?
Therefore, whoever wants to be
a lover of the world
makes himself an enemy of God.
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain,
“The Spirit who lives in us jealously yearns”?
But he gives more grace.
Therefore it says,
“God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”
Be subject therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God,
and he will draw near to you.
Cleanse your hands, you sinners;
and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Lament, mourn, and weep.
Let your laughter be turned to mourning,
and your joy to gloom.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,
and he will exalt you.
Responsorial – Psalm 55.7-8, 9-10a, 10b-11a, 23 Resp. 23a
R. Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.
I said, “O to have wings like a dove!
I would fly away, and be at rest.
Behold, then I would wander far off.
I would lodge in the wilderness.”
R. Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.
“I would hurry to a shelter
from the stormy wind and storm.”
Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language.
R. Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.
I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Day and night they prowl around on its walls.
R. Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.
Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you.
He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
R. Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.
Gospel – Mark 9.30-37
Jesus and his disciples
went away from there
and passed through Galilee.
He did not want anyone to know it.
For he was teaching his disciples
and said to them,
“The Son of human is being handed over
into the hands of humans,
and they will kill him;
and when he is killed,
on the third day he will rise again.”
They did not understand the saying,
and were afraid to ask him.
He came to Capernaum,
and when he was in the house he asked them,
“What were you arguing
among yourselves on the way?”
But they were silent,
for they had disputed
one with another on the way
about who was the greatest.
He sat down, and called the Twelve;
and he said to them,
“If anyone wants to be first,
they shall be last of all, and servant of all.”
He took an infant and stood him in their midst.
Taking him in his arms, he said to them,
“Whoever receives one such infant in my name,
receives me, and whoever receives me,
receives not me but him who sent me.”
Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – James 3.13-18
Beloved:
Who among you is wise and intelligent?
Let them show by their good conduct
that their deeds are done
in the humility of wisdom.
But if you have bitter jealousy
and selfish ambition in your heart,
do not boast and lie
against the truth.
That wisdom is not
what comes down from above,
but is earthly, soulful, and demonic.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are,
there is confusion and every evil deed.
But the wisdom
that is from above
is first pure, then peaceful,
gentle, listening,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality and without hypocrisy.
The fruit of righteousness
is planted in peace,
for those who make peace.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 R. 9a
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Gospel – Mark 9.14-29
As Jesus came down the mountain
with Peter, James, and John,
coming to the other disciples,
he saw a great crowd around them,
and scribes questioning them.
Immediately all the crowd,
when they saw him, were greatly amazed,
and running to him greeted him.
He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”
One of the crowd answered,
“Teacher, I brought to you my son,
who has a mute spirit;
and wherever it seizes him,
it throws him down,
and he foams at the mouth,
and grinds his teeth, and wastes away.
I asked your disciples to cast it out,
but they were not able.”
He answered him,
“Unbelieving kind,
how long shall I be with you?
How long shall I bear with you?
Bring him to me.”
They brought him to him,
and when he saw him,
immediately the spirit convulsed him,
and he fell on the ground,
wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
He asked his father,
“How long has it been since this has come to him?”
He said, “From childhood.
Often it has cast him both
into the fire and into the water,
to destroy him.
But if you are able to do anything,
have compassion on us, and help us.”
Jesus said to him, “‘If you are able?!’Everything is possible by faith.”
Immediately the father of the child, crying, said,
“I do believe. Help my unbelief!”
When Jesus saw
that a crowd was gathering,
he rebuked the unclean spirit,
saying to him,
“You mute and deaf spirit,
I command you, come out of him,
and never enter him again!”
Crying, and heaving greatly,
it came out.
The boy became like one dead;
so much that most of them said
that he had died.
But Jesus took his hand
and raised him up, and he got up.
When he had come into the house,
his disciples asked him by himself,
“Why were we not able to cast it out?”
He said to them,
“That kind cannot come out at all
except by prayer and fasting.”
Reading 1 – James 3.13-18
Beloved:
Who among you is wise and intelligent?
Let them show by their good conduct
that their deeds are done
in the humility of wisdom.
But if you have bitter jealousy
and selfish ambition in your heart,
do not boast and lie
against the truth.
That wisdom is not
what comes down from above,
but is earthly, soulful, and demonic.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are,
there is confusion and every evil deed.
But the wisdom
that is from above
is first pure, then peaceful,
gentle, listening,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality and without hypocrisy.
The fruit of righteousness
is planted in peace,
for those who make peace.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 R. 9a
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Gospel – Mark 9.14-29
As Jesus came down the mountain
with Peter, James, and John,
coming to the other disciples,
he saw a great crowd around them,
and scribes questioning them.
Immediately all the crowd,
when they saw him, were greatly amazed,
and running to him greeted him.
He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”
One of the crowd answered,
“Teacher, I brought to you my son,
who has a mute spirit;
and wherever it seizes him,
it throws him down,
and he foams at the mouth,
and grinds his teeth, and wastes away.
I asked your disciples to cast it out,
but they were not able.”
He answered him,
“Unbelieving kind,
how long shall I be with you?
How long shall I bear with you?
Bring him to me.”
They brought him to him,
and when he saw him,
immediately the spirit convulsed him,
and he fell on the ground,
wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
He asked his father,
“How long has it been since this has come to him?”
He said, “From childhood.
Often it has cast him both
into the fire and into the water,
to destroy him.
But if you are able to do anything,
have compassion on us, and help us.”
Jesus said to him, “‘If you are able?!’Everything is possible by faith.”
Immediately the father of the child, crying, said,
“I do believe. Help my unbelief!”
When Jesus saw
that a crowd was gathering,
he rebuked the unclean spirit,
saying to him,
“You mute and deaf spirit,
I command you, come out of him,
and never enter him again!”
Crying, and heaving greatly,
it came out.
The boy became like one dead;
so much that most of them said
that he had died.
But Jesus took his hand
and raised him up, and he got up.
When he had come into the house,
his disciples asked him by himself,
“Why were we not able to cast it out?”
He said to them,
“That kind cannot come out at all
except by prayer and fasting.”
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Isaiah 43.18-19, 21-22, 24b-25
Thus says the LORD:
“Remember not the former things,
and do not consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing.
It springs out now.
Do you not see it?
I will even make a way in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert.
I formed this people for myself,
that they might declare my praise.
Yet you have not called on me, Jacob;
you have been weary of me, Israel.
You have burdened me with your sins.
You have wearied me with your iniquities.
I, even I, am he
who blots out your transgressions
for my own sake;
and I will not remember your sins.
Responsorial – Psalm 41.2-3, 4-5, 13-14 Resp. 5b
R. Lord, heal me, for I have sinned against you.
Blessed is he who considers the poor.
The Lord will deliver him in the day of evil.
The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive.
He shall be blessed on the earth,
and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
R. Lord, heal me, for I have sinned against you.
The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed,
and restore him from his bed of illness.
I said, “Lord, have mercy on me!
Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
R. Lord, heal me, for I have sinned against you.
As for me, you uphold me in my integrity,
and set me in your presence forever.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting! Amen. Amen.
R. Lord, heal me, for I have sinned against you.
Reading 2 – 2 Corinthians 1.18-22
Brothers and sisters:
As God is faithful,
our word toward you
is not “Yes and no.”
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ,
who was preached among you by us,
by me, Silvanus, and Timothy,
was not “Yes and no,”
but only “Yes” is in him.
For however many
are the promises of God,
their “Yes” is in him.
Therefore also through him
is the “Amen” to God,
for glory through us.
Now God who establishes
us with you in Christ,
and anointed us,
also sealed us,
and gave us the down payment
of the Spirit in our hearts.
Gospel – Mark 2.1-12
When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days,
it was heard that he was in the house.
Immediately many were gathered together,
so that there was no more room,
not even around the door;
and he spoke the word to them.
And a paralyzed person came to him, carried by four people.
When they could not come near to him because of the crowd,
they removed the roof where he was.
When they had broken it up,
they let down the mat that the paralyzed one was lying on.
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralyzed one,
“Child, your sins are forgiven you.”
But there were some of the scribes sitting there,
and reasoning in their hearts,
“Why does this man speak blasphemies like that?
Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit
that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them,
“Why do you think such things in your hearts?
Which is easier, to tell the paralyzed one, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’
or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed, and walk?’
But that you may know that the Son of Man
has authority on earth to forgive sins”—
he said to the paralyzed one—
“I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house.”
He arose, and immediately took up the mat,
and went out in front of them all;
so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying,
“We never saw anything like this!”
Reading 1 - Isaiah 43.18-19, 21-22, 24b-25
Thus says the LORD:
“Remember not the former things,
and do not consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing.
It springs out now.
Do you not see it?
I will even make a way in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert.
I formed this people for myself,
that they might declare my praise.
Yet you have not called on me, Jacob;
you have been weary of me, Israel.
You have burdened me with your sins.
You have wearied me with your iniquities.
I, even I, am he
who blots out your transgressions
for my own sake;
and I will not remember your sins.
Responsorial – Psalm 41.2-3, 4-5, 13-14 Resp. 5b
R. Lord, heal me, for I have sinned against you.
Blessed is he who considers the poor.
The Lord will deliver him in the day of evil.
The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive.
He shall be blessed on the earth,
and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
R. Lord, heal me, for I have sinned against you.
The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed,
and restore him from his bed of illness.
I said, “Lord, have mercy on me!
Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
R. Lord, heal me, for I have sinned against you.
As for me, you uphold me in my integrity,
and set me in your presence forever.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting! Amen. Amen.
R. Lord, heal me, for I have sinned against you.
Reading 2 – 2 Corinthians 1.18-22
Brothers and sisters:
As God is faithful,
our word toward you
is not “Yes and no.”
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ,
who was preached among you by us,
by me, Silvanus, and Timothy,
was not “Yes and no,”
but only “Yes” is in him.
For however many
are the promises of God,
their “Yes” is in him.
Therefore also through him
is the “Amen” to God,
for glory through us.
Now God who establishes
us with you in Christ,
and anointed us,
also sealed us,
and gave us the down payment
of the Spirit in our hearts.
Gospel – Mark 2.1-12
When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days,
it was heard that he was in the house.
Immediately many were gathered together,
so that there was no more room,
not even around the door;
and he spoke the word to them.
And a paralyzed person came to him, carried by four people.
When they could not come near to him because of the crowd,
they removed the roof where he was.
When they had broken it up,
they let down the mat that the paralyzed one was lying on.
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralyzed one,
“Child, your sins are forgiven you.”
But there were some of the scribes sitting there,
and reasoning in their hearts,
“Why does this man speak blasphemies like that?
Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit
that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them,
“Why do you think such things in your hearts?
Which is easier, to tell the paralyzed one, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’
or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed, and walk?’
But that you may know that the Son of Man
has authority on earth to forgive sins”—
he said to the paralyzed one—
“I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house.”
He arose, and immediately took up the mat,
and went out in front of them all;
so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying,
“We never saw anything like this!”
Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – James 3.1-10
Let not many of you
be teachers, my brothers,
knowing that we will
receive heavier judgment.
For in many things
we all stumble.
If anyone does not stumble in word,
he is a perfect man,
able to bridle the whole body also.
Indeed, we put bits
into the horses’ mouths
so that they may obey us,
and we guide their whole body.
Ships also, though they are so big
and are driven by fierce winds,
are yet guided by a very small rudder,
wherever the pilot desires.
So the tongue is also a small body part,
which boasts great things.
Consider how a small fire can
set a large forest ablaze!
And the tongue is a fire.
The world of iniquity
among our body parts
is the tongue.
It defiles the whole body,
and sets on fire the circle of creation
and is itself set on fire by Gehenna.
For every kind of animal,
bird, creeping thing,
and sea creatures,
are tamed and have been tamed by humanity.
But no human can tame their tongue.
It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
In it we bless the Lord and Father,
and in it we curse humans,
who are made in the image of God.
Out of the same mouth
comes blessing and cursing.
My brothers and sister,
these things should not to be so.
Responsorial – Psalm 12.2-3, 4-5, 7-8 Resp. 8a
R. You will preserve us, Lord.
Help,Lord; for the godly man ceases.
For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Everyone lies to his neighbor.
They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
R. You will preserve us, Lord.
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
and the tongue that boasts,
those who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail.
Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”
R. You will preserve us, Lord.
The Lord’s words are flawless words,
as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
You will keep them, O Lord.
You will preserve them from this generation forever.
R. You will preserve us, Lord.
Gospel – Mark 9:2-13
Jesus took with him
Peter, James, and John,
and brought them up onto
a high mountain
privately by themselves,
and he was transfigured in front of them.
His clothing became glistening,
exceedingly white, like snow,
such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
Elijah and Moses appeared to them,
and they were talking with Jesus.
Peter answered Jesus,
“Rabbi, it is good for us to be here.
Let us make three tents:
one for you,
one for Moses,
and one for Elijah.”
For he did not know what to say,
for they were very afraid.
A cloud came, overshadowing them,
and a voice came out of the cloud,
“This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”
Suddenly looking around,
they saw no one with them anymore,
except Jesus only.
As they were coming
down from the mountain,
he commanded them
that they should tell no one
what things they had seen,
until after the Son of Human
had risen from the dead.
They kept this saying to themselves,
wondering what rising from the dead meant.
They asked him, saying,
“Why do the scribes say
that Elijah must come first?”
He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first,
and restores all things.
How is it written about the Son of Human,
that he should suffer many things
and be despised?
But I tell you that Elijah has come,
and they have also done to him
whatever they wanted to,
even as it is written about him.”
Reading 1 – James 3.1-10
Let not many of you
be teachers, my brothers,
knowing that we will
receive heavier judgment.
For in many things
we all stumble.
If anyone does not stumble in word,
he is a perfect man,
able to bridle the whole body also.
Indeed, we put bits
into the horses’ mouths
so that they may obey us,
and we guide their whole body.
Ships also, though they are so big
and are driven by fierce winds,
are yet guided by a very small rudder,
wherever the pilot desires.
So the tongue is also a small body part,
which boasts great things.
Consider how a small fire can
set a large forest ablaze!
And the tongue is a fire.
The world of iniquity
among our body parts
is the tongue.
It defiles the whole body,
and sets on fire the circle of creation
and is itself set on fire by Gehenna.
For every kind of animal,
bird, creeping thing,
and sea creatures,
are tamed and have been tamed by humanity.
But no human can tame their tongue.
It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
In it we bless the Lord and Father,
and in it we curse humans,
who are made in the image of God.
Out of the same mouth
comes blessing and cursing.
My brothers and sister,
these things should not to be so.
Responsorial – Psalm 12.2-3, 4-5, 7-8 Resp. 8a
R. You will preserve us, Lord.
Help,Lord; for the godly man ceases.
For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Everyone lies to his neighbor.
They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
R. You will preserve us, Lord.
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
and the tongue that boasts,
those who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail.
Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”
R. You will preserve us, Lord.
The Lord’s words are flawless words,
as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
You will keep them, O Lord.
You will preserve them from this generation forever.
R. You will preserve us, Lord.
Gospel – Mark 9:2-13
Jesus took with him
Peter, James, and John,
and brought them up onto
a high mountain
privately by themselves,
and he was transfigured in front of them.
His clothing became glistening,
exceedingly white, like snow,
such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
Elijah and Moses appeared to them,
and they were talking with Jesus.
Peter answered Jesus,
“Rabbi, it is good for us to be here.
Let us make three tents:
one for you,
one for Moses,
and one for Elijah.”
For he did not know what to say,
for they were very afraid.
A cloud came, overshadowing them,
and a voice came out of the cloud,
“This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”
Suddenly looking around,
they saw no one with them anymore,
except Jesus only.
As they were coming
down from the mountain,
he commanded them
that they should tell no one
what things they had seen,
until after the Son of Human
had risen from the dead.
They kept this saying to themselves,
wondering what rising from the dead meant.
They asked him, saying,
“Why do the scribes say
that Elijah must come first?”
He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first,
and restores all things.
How is it written about the Son of Human,
that he should suffer many things
and be despised?
But I tell you that Elijah has come,
and they have also done to him
whatever they wanted to,
even as it is written about him.”
Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – James 2.14-24, 26
What good is it, my brothers and sisters,
if someone says they have faith but not works?
Faith cannot save them, can it?
And if a brother or sister
is naked and lacks basic food,
and one of you tells them,
“Go in peace, keep warm and well-fed”
and you do not give them
the things the body needs,
what good is that?
Even so faith, if it has no works,
is dead according to its own nature.
But someone will say,
“You have faith and I have works.
Show me your faith separate from works,
and I will show you, by my works, my faith.”
You believe that God is one.
You do well.
The demons also believe and shudder.
But do you want to know, vain man,
that faith apart from works is dead?
Was not Abraham our father
justified by works,
in that he offered up Isaac his son
on the altar?
You see that faith worked with his works,
and by works faith was perfected;
and the Scripture was fulfilled which says,
“Abraham believed God,
and it was credited to him as righteousness”;
and he was called the friend of God.
You see then that by works, a human is justified,
and not only by faith.
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead,
even so faith apart from works is dead.
Responsorial – Psalm 112.1-2, 3-4, 5-6 R. 1b
R. Blessed is the man who delights greatly in the Lord’s commandments.
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who delights greatly in his commandments.
His seed will be mighty in the land.
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
R. Blessed is the human who delights greatly in the Lord’s commandments.
Wealth and riches are in his house.
His righteousness endures forever.
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright,
gracious, merciful, and righteous.
R. Blessed is the human who delights greatly in the Lord’s commandments.
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends.
He will maintain his cause in judgment.
For he will never be shaken.
The righteous will be remembered forever.
R. Blessed is the human who delights greatly in the Lord’s commandments.
Gospel – Mark 8.34-9:1
Jesus called the crowd to himself
with his disciples, and said to them,
“Whoever wants to come after me,
let them deny themself,
and take up their cross,
and follow me.
For whoever wants to save their life
will lose it;
and whoever will lose their life
for my sake and the sake of the Gospel
will save it.
For what does it profit a human,
to gain the whole world,
and forfeit their soul?
For what will a human give
in exchange for their soul?
For whoever might be ashamed of me
and of my words
among the kind who are adulterous and sinful,
the Son of Human also will be ashamed of them,
when he comes in the glory of his Father
with the holy angels.”
He said to them, “Amen, I say to you,
there are some standing here
who will not even taste death
until they see the Kingdom of God
having come with power.”
Reading 1 – James 2.14-24, 26
What good is it, my brothers and sisters,
if someone says they have faith but not works?
Faith cannot save them, can it?
And if a brother or sister
is naked and lacks basic food,
and one of you tells them,
“Go in peace, keep warm and well-fed”
and you do not give them
the things the body needs,
what good is that?
Even so faith, if it has no works,
is dead according to its own nature.
But someone will say,
“You have faith and I have works.
Show me your faith separate from works,
and I will show you, by my works, my faith.”
You believe that God is one.
You do well.
The demons also believe and shudder.
But do you want to know, vain man,
that faith apart from works is dead?
Was not Abraham our father
justified by works,
in that he offered up Isaac his son
on the altar?
You see that faith worked with his works,
and by works faith was perfected;
and the Scripture was fulfilled which says,
“Abraham believed God,
and it was credited to him as righteousness”;
and he was called the friend of God.
You see then that by works, a human is justified,
and not only by faith.
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead,
even so faith apart from works is dead.
Responsorial – Psalm 112.1-2, 3-4, 5-6 R. 1b
R. Blessed is the man who delights greatly in the Lord’s commandments.
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who delights greatly in his commandments.
His seed will be mighty in the land.
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
R. Blessed is the human who delights greatly in the Lord’s commandments.
Wealth and riches are in his house.
His righteousness endures forever.
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright,
gracious, merciful, and righteous.
R. Blessed is the human who delights greatly in the Lord’s commandments.
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends.
He will maintain his cause in judgment.
For he will never be shaken.
The righteous will be remembered forever.
R. Blessed is the human who delights greatly in the Lord’s commandments.
Gospel – Mark 8.34-9:1
Jesus called the crowd to himself
with his disciples, and said to them,
“Whoever wants to come after me,
let them deny themself,
and take up their cross,
and follow me.
For whoever wants to save their life
will lose it;
and whoever will lose their life
for my sake and the sake of the Gospel
will save it.
For what does it profit a human,
to gain the whole world,
and forfeit their soul?
For what will a human give
in exchange for their soul?
For whoever might be ashamed of me
and of my words
among the kind who are adulterous and sinful,
the Son of Human also will be ashamed of them,
when he comes in the glory of his Father
with the holy angels.”
He said to them, “Amen, I say to you,
there are some standing here
who will not even taste death
until they see the Kingdom of God
having come with power.”
Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – James 2.1-9
My brothers and sisters,
do not hold the faith
of our Lord of Glory, Jesus Christ,
with partiality.
For if someone with a gold ring,
in fine clothing,
comes into your synagogue,
and a poor person in filthy clothing
also comes in;
and you pay special attention
to the one who wears the fine clothing,
and say, “Sit here in a good place”;
and you tell the poor person,
“Stand there,” or
“Sit by my footstool”;
have you not shown partiality
among yourselves,
and become judges with evil thoughts?
Listen, my beloved brothers.
Did God not choose
those who are poor in this world
to be rich in faith
and heirs of the Kingdom
which he promised
to those who love him?
But you have dishonored the poor person.
Do not the rich oppress you,
and personally drag you into court?
Do they not blaspheme
the honorable name
by which you are called?
However, if you fulfill the royal law,
according to the Scripture,
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”
you do well.
But if you show partiality,
you commit sin,
being convicted by the law
as transgressors.
Responsorial – Psalm 34.2-3, 4-5, 6-7 Resp. 7a
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out.
I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
My soul shall boast in the Lord.
The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out.
Oh magnify the Lord with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out.
They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out.
Gospel – Mark 8.27-33
Jesus went out, with his disciples,
into the villages of Caesarea Philippi.
On the way he asked his disciples,
“Who do humans say that I am?”
They told him, “John the Baptist,
and others, Elijah,
and others, one of the prophets.”
He said to them,
“But who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”
He commanded them
that they should tell no one about him.
He began to teach them
that the Son of Man must
suffer many things,
and be rejected by the elders,
the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed,
and after three days rise again.
He spoke to them openly.
Peter took him aside,
and began to rebuke him.
But he, turning around,
and seeing his disciples,
rebuked Peter, and said,
“Get behind me, Satan!
For you have in mind
not the things of God,
but the things of humans.”
Reading 1 – James 2.1-9
My brothers and sisters,
do not hold the faith
of our Lord of Glory, Jesus Christ,
with partiality.
For if someone with a gold ring,
in fine clothing,
comes into your synagogue,
and a poor person in filthy clothing
also comes in;
and you pay special attention
to the one who wears the fine clothing,
and say, “Sit here in a good place”;
and you tell the poor person,
“Stand there,” or
“Sit by my footstool”;
have you not shown partiality
among yourselves,
and become judges with evil thoughts?
Listen, my beloved brothers.
Did God not choose
those who are poor in this world
to be rich in faith
and heirs of the Kingdom
which he promised
to those who love him?
But you have dishonored the poor person.
Do not the rich oppress you,
and personally drag you into court?
Do they not blaspheme
the honorable name
by which you are called?
However, if you fulfill the royal law,
according to the Scripture,
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”
you do well.
But if you show partiality,
you commit sin,
being convicted by the law
as transgressors.
Responsorial – Psalm 34.2-3, 4-5, 6-7 Resp. 7a
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out.
I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
My soul shall boast in the Lord.
The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out.
Oh magnify the Lord with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out.
They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out.
Gospel – Mark 8.27-33
Jesus went out, with his disciples,
into the villages of Caesarea Philippi.
On the way he asked his disciples,
“Who do humans say that I am?”
They told him, “John the Baptist,
and others, Elijah,
and others, one of the prophets.”
He said to them,
“But who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”
He commanded them
that they should tell no one about him.
He began to teach them
that the Son of Man must
suffer many things,
and be rejected by the elders,
the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed,
and after three days rise again.
He spoke to them openly.
Peter took him aside,
and began to rebuke him.
But he, turning around,
and seeing his disciples,
rebuked Peter, and said,
“Get behind me, Satan!
For you have in mind
not the things of God,
but the things of humans.”
Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – James 1.19-27
So, then, my beloved
brothers and sisters,
let every human be swift to hear,
slow to speak, and slow to anger;
for the anger of man
does not produce
the righteousness of God.
Therefore, putting away
all filthiness and overflowing wickedness,
receive with humility the implanted word,
which is able to save your souls.
But be doers of the word,
and not only hearers,
deluding your own selves.
For if anyone is a hearer of the word
but not a doer,
they are like a man
looking at his natural face in a mirror;
for he sees himself, and goes away,
and immediately forgets
what sort he is.
But they who look into
the perfect law of freedom,
and continue,
not as a hearer who forgets,
but as a doer of the work,
this one will be blessed in what they do.
If anyone among you thinks
themself to be religious
while they do not bridle their tongue,
deceiving their heart,
this one’s religion is worthless.
Pure religion,
undefiled before our God and Father,
is this:
to visit the fatherless and widows
in their affliction,
and to keep oneself
unstained by the world.
Responsorial – Psalm 15.2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5; Resp. 1b
R. Lord, who shall live on your holy hill?
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right,
and speaks truth in his heart;
and does not slander with his tongue,
R. Lord, who shall live on your holy hill?
He who does no evil to his friend,
nor casts slurs against his fellow human;
in whose eyes a vile man is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord.
R. Lord, who shall live on your holy hill?
He who does not lend out his money for usury,
nor take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be shaken.
R. Lord, who shall live on your holy hill?
Gospel – Mark 8.22-26
Jesus and his disciples
came to Bethsaida.
They brought a blind man to him,
and begged him to touch him.
He took hold of the blind man
by the hand
and brought him
out of the village.
When he had spit on his eyes
and laid his hands on him,
he asked him if he saw anything.
He looked up, and said,
“I see humans;
that are as trees that I see walking.”
Again he laid his hands on his eyes.
He looked intently,
and was restored,
and saw everyone clearly.
He sent him away to his house, saying,
“Do not enter into the village,
nor tell anyone in the village.”
Reading 1 – James 1.19-27
So, then, my beloved
brothers and sisters,
let every human be swift to hear,
slow to speak, and slow to anger;
for the anger of man
does not produce
the righteousness of God.
Therefore, putting away
all filthiness and overflowing wickedness,
receive with humility the implanted word,
which is able to save your souls.
But be doers of the word,
and not only hearers,
deluding your own selves.
For if anyone is a hearer of the word
but not a doer,
they are like a man
looking at his natural face in a mirror;
for he sees himself, and goes away,
and immediately forgets
what sort he is.
But they who look into
the perfect law of freedom,
and continue,
not as a hearer who forgets,
but as a doer of the work,
this one will be blessed in what they do.
If anyone among you thinks
themself to be religious
while they do not bridle their tongue,
deceiving their heart,
this one’s religion is worthless.
Pure religion,
undefiled before our God and Father,
is this:
to visit the fatherless and widows
in their affliction,
and to keep oneself
unstained by the world.
Responsorial – Psalm 15.2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5; Resp. 1b
R. Lord, who shall live on your holy hill?
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right,
and speaks truth in his heart;
and does not slander with his tongue,
R. Lord, who shall live on your holy hill?
He who does no evil to his friend,
nor casts slurs against his fellow human;
in whose eyes a vile man is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord.
R. Lord, who shall live on your holy hill?
He who does not lend out his money for usury,
nor take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be shaken.
R. Lord, who shall live on your holy hill?
Gospel – Mark 8.22-26
Jesus and his disciples
came to Bethsaida.
They brought a blind man to him,
and begged him to touch him.
He took hold of the blind man
by the hand
and brought him
out of the village.
When he had spit on his eyes
and laid his hands on him,
he asked him if he saw anything.
He looked up, and said,
“I see humans;
that are as trees that I see walking.”
Again he laid his hands on his eyes.
He looked intently,
and was restored,
and saw everyone clearly.
He sent him away to his house, saying,
“Do not enter into the village,
nor tell anyone in the village.”
Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – James 1.12-18
Blessed is the man
who endures temptation,
for when he has been proven,
he will receive the crown of life,
which the Lord promised
to those who love him.
Let no one say when they are tempted,
“I am tempted by God,”
for God cannot be tempted by evil,
and he himself tempts no one.
But each one is tempted,
when he is drawn away by his own desires,
and enticed.
Then the desire, when it has conceived,
bears sin;
and the sin, when it is full grown,
produces death.
Do not be deceived,
my beloved brothers.
Every good gift
and every perfect gift
is from above,
coming down from
the Father of lights,
with whom can be no variation,
nor shifting shadow.
Of his own will
he gave birth to us
by the word of truth,
that we should be
a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Responsorial – Psalm 94.12-13a, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12a
R. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord.
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord,
and teach with your law;
that you may give him rest from the days of adversity,
R. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord.
For the Lord will not reject his people,
nor will he forsake his inheritance.
For judgment will return to righteousness.
All the upright in heart shall follow it.
R. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord.
When I said, “My foot is slipping!”
Your loving kindness, the Lord, held me up.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me,
your comforts delight my soul.
R. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord.
Gospel – Mark 8.14-21
The disciples forgot to bring bread;
and they did not have
more than one loaf in the boat with them.
Jesus warned them, saying,
“Take heed:
beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and the leaven of Herod.”
They reasoned with one another, saying,
“It is because we have no bread.”
Jesus, perceiving it, said to them,
“Why do you reason that it is
because you have no bread?
Do you not perceive yet,
nor understand?
Are your hearts still hardened?
You have eyes; do you not see?
You have ears, do you not hear?
Do you not remember?
When I broke the five loaves
among the five thousand,
how many baskets
full of broken pieces did you take up?”
They told him, “Twelve.”
“When the seven loaves
fed the four thousand,
how many baskets
full of broken pieces did you take up?”
They told him, “Seven.”
He asked them, “Do you not yet understand?”
Reading 1 – James 1.12-18
Blessed is the man
who endures temptation,
for when he has been proven,
he will receive the crown of life,
which the Lord promised
to those who love him.
Let no one say when they are tempted,
“I am tempted by God,”
for God cannot be tempted by evil,
and he himself tempts no one.
But each one is tempted,
when he is drawn away by his own desires,
and enticed.
Then the desire, when it has conceived,
bears sin;
and the sin, when it is full grown,
produces death.
Do not be deceived,
my beloved brothers.
Every good gift
and every perfect gift
is from above,
coming down from
the Father of lights,
with whom can be no variation,
nor shifting shadow.
Of his own will
he gave birth to us
by the word of truth,
that we should be
a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Responsorial – Psalm 94.12-13a, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12a
R. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord.
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord,
and teach with your law;
that you may give him rest from the days of adversity,
R. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord.
For the Lord will not reject his people,
nor will he forsake his inheritance.
For judgment will return to righteousness.
All the upright in heart shall follow it.
R. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord.
When I said, “My foot is slipping!”
Your loving kindness, the Lord, held me up.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me,
your comforts delight my soul.
R. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord.
Gospel – Mark 8.14-21
The disciples forgot to bring bread;
and they did not have
more than one loaf in the boat with them.
Jesus warned them, saying,
“Take heed:
beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and the leaven of Herod.”
They reasoned with one another, saying,
“It is because we have no bread.”
Jesus, perceiving it, said to them,
“Why do you reason that it is
because you have no bread?
Do you not perceive yet,
nor understand?
Are your hearts still hardened?
You have eyes; do you not see?
You have ears, do you not hear?
Do you not remember?
When I broke the five loaves
among the five thousand,
how many baskets
full of broken pieces did you take up?”
They told him, “Twelve.”
“When the seven loaves
fed the four thousand,
how many baskets
full of broken pieces did you take up?”
They told him, “Seven.”
He asked them, “Do you not yet understand?”
Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – James 1.1-11
James, a servant of God
and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
to the twelve tribes which
are in the Dispersion:
Greetings.
Count it all joy, my brothers and sisters,
when you fall into various trials,
knowing that the testing of your faith
produces endurance.
Let endurance work completely,
that you may be perfect and complete,
lacking in nothing.
But if any of you lacks wisdom,
let them ask of God,
who gives to all liberally and without reproach;
and it will be given to them.
But let them ask in faith, without any doubting,
for they who doubt are like a wave of the sea,
driven by the wind and tossed.
Let not that human think
that they will receive anything from the Lord.
They are a double-minded human,
unstable in all their ways.
But let the brother and sister in humble circumstances
glory in their high position;
and the rich in their humility,
because like the flower in the grass,
he will pass away.
For the sun arises with the scorching wind,
and withers the grass,
and the flower in it falls,
and the beauty of its appearance perishes.
Thus also will the rich fade away in their pursuits.
Responsorial – Psalm 119.67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76 Resp. 77a
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray;
but now I observe your word.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
You are good, and do good.
Teach me your statutes.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
that I may learn your statutes.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
Lord, I know that your judgments are righteous,
that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort,
according to your word to your servant.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
Gospel – Mark 8.11-13
The Pharisees came out
and began to question Jesus,
seeking from him
a sign from heaven,
and testing him.
He sighed deeply in his spirit,
and said, “Why does this kind
seek a sign?
Most certainly I tell you,
no sign will be given to this kind.”
He left them,
and again entering into the boat,
departed to the other side.
Reading 1 – James 1.1-11
James, a servant of God
and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
to the twelve tribes which
are in the Dispersion:
Greetings.
Count it all joy, my brothers and sisters,
when you fall into various trials,
knowing that the testing of your faith
produces endurance.
Let endurance work completely,
that you may be perfect and complete,
lacking in nothing.
But if any of you lacks wisdom,
let them ask of God,
who gives to all liberally and without reproach;
and it will be given to them.
But let them ask in faith, without any doubting,
for they who doubt are like a wave of the sea,
driven by the wind and tossed.
Let not that human think
that they will receive anything from the Lord.
They are a double-minded human,
unstable in all their ways.
But let the brother and sister in humble circumstances
glory in their high position;
and the rich in their humility,
because like the flower in the grass,
he will pass away.
For the sun arises with the scorching wind,
and withers the grass,
and the flower in it falls,
and the beauty of its appearance perishes.
Thus also will the rich fade away in their pursuits.
Responsorial – Psalm 119.67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76 Resp. 77a
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray;
but now I observe your word.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
You are good, and do good.
Teach me your statutes.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
that I may learn your statutes.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
Lord, I know that your judgments are righteous,
that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort,
according to your word to your servant.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
Gospel – Mark 8.11-13
The Pharisees came out
and began to question Jesus,
seeking from him
a sign from heaven,
and testing him.
He sighed deeply in his spirit,
and said, “Why does this kind
seek a sign?
Most certainly I tell you,
no sign will be given to this kind.”
He left them,
and again entering into the boat,
departed to the other side.
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Leviticus 13.1-2, 44-46
The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:
“When a human has on their body’s skin,
a blister, or a scab, or a white spot,
and it becomes in the skin of their body
the plague of leprosy,
then they shall be brought
to Aaron the priest,
or to one of his sons, the priests.
If they are a leprous human, they are unclean.
The priest shall surely pronounce them unclean.
Their plague is on their head.
“The leper in whom the plague is
shall wear torn clothes,
and the hair of their head shall hang loose.
They shall cover their upper lip, and shall cry,
‘Unclean! Unclean!’
All the days in which the plague is on them
they shall be unclean, for they are unclean.
They shall dwell alone.
Outside of the camp shall be their dwelling.
Responsorial – Psalm 32.1-2, 5, 11
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputes no guilt,
in whose spirit there is no deceit.
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
I acknowledged my sin to you.
I did not hide my guilt.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, you righteous!
Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 10.31-11.1
Brothers and sisters,
Whether you eat or drink,
or whatever you do,
do all to the glory of God.
Become an occasion for not-stumbling,
to Jews and to Greeks,
and to the Church of God;
even as I also please all in all things,
not seeking my own profit,
but the profit of the many,
that they may be saved.
Be imitators of me,
just as I am of Christ.
Gospel - Mark 1.40-45
A leper came to Jesus,
begging him, kneeling down to him,
and saying to him,
“If you want to, you can make me clean.”
Being moved with compassion,
he stretched out his hand,
and touched him, and said to him,
“I want to. Be made clean.”
When he had said this,
the leprosy immediately departed from him,
and he was made clean.
He rebuked him,
and immediately cast him out.
He said to him, “See that you
say nothing to anybody,
but go show yourself to the priest,
and offer for your cleansing
the things which Moses commanded,
for a martyrdom to them.”
But he went out,
and began to proclaim it much,
and to spread the report around,
so that Jesus could no longer
openly enter into a city,
but was outside in desert places:
and they came to him from everywhere.
Reading 1 - Leviticus 13.1-2, 44-46
The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:
“When a human has on their body’s skin,
a blister, or a scab, or a white spot,
and it becomes in the skin of their body
the plague of leprosy,
then they shall be brought
to Aaron the priest,
or to one of his sons, the priests.
If they are a leprous human, they are unclean.
The priest shall surely pronounce them unclean.
Their plague is on their head.
“The leper in whom the plague is
shall wear torn clothes,
and the hair of their head shall hang loose.
They shall cover their upper lip, and shall cry,
‘Unclean! Unclean!’
All the days in which the plague is on them
they shall be unclean, for they are unclean.
They shall dwell alone.
Outside of the camp shall be their dwelling.
Responsorial – Psalm 32.1-2, 5, 11
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputes no guilt,
in whose spirit there is no deceit.
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
I acknowledged my sin to you.
I did not hide my guilt.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, you righteous!
Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 10.31-11.1
Brothers and sisters,
Whether you eat or drink,
or whatever you do,
do all to the glory of God.
Become an occasion for not-stumbling,
to Jews and to Greeks,
and to the Church of God;
even as I also please all in all things,
not seeking my own profit,
but the profit of the many,
that they may be saved.
Be imitators of me,
just as I am of Christ.
Gospel - Mark 1.40-45
A leper came to Jesus,
begging him, kneeling down to him,
and saying to him,
“If you want to, you can make me clean.”
Being moved with compassion,
he stretched out his hand,
and touched him, and said to him,
“I want to. Be made clean.”
When he had said this,
the leprosy immediately departed from him,
and he was made clean.
He rebuked him,
and immediately cast him out.
He said to him, “See that you
say nothing to anybody,
but go show yourself to the priest,
and offer for your cleansing
the things which Moses commanded,
for a martyrdom to them.”
But he went out,
and began to proclaim it much,
and to spread the report around,
so that Jesus could no longer
openly enter into a city,
but was outside in desert places:
and they came to him from everywhere.
Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 12.26-32; 13.33-34
Jeroboam said in his heart,
“Now the kingdom will return
to the house of David.
If this people goes up to offer sacrifices
in the Lord’s house at Jerusalem,
then the hearts of these people
will turn again to their master,
to Rehoboam king of Judah;
and they will kill me,
and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
So the king took counsel,
and made two calves of gold;
and he said to them,
“Long enough have you
gone up to Jerusalem.
Look and see your God, Israel,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
He set the one in Bethel,
and the other he put in Dan.
This thing became a sin;
for the people went to worship
even going to the one in Dan.
He made temples on the high places,
and made priests from among the people
who were not of the sons of Levi.
Jeroboam ordained a feast
in the eighth month,
on the fifteenth day of the month,
like the feast that is in Judah,
and he went up to the altar in Bethel,
sacrificing to the calves that he had made:
and he placed in Bethel
the priests of the high places
that he he built.
After this Jeroboam did not return
from his evil way,
but again made priests of the high places
from among all the people.
Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him,
that there might be priests of the high places.
This was a sin of the house of Jeroboam,
so it was cut off and destroyed
from the face of the earth.
Responsorial – Psalm 106.6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22 Resp. 4a
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
We have sinned with our fathers.
We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.
Our fathers, in Egypt,
did not understand your wonders.
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
They made a calf in Horeb,
and worshiped a molten image.
Thus they exchanged their glory
for an image of a bull that eats grass.
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
They forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and awesome things by the Red Sea.
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Gospel – Mark 8.1-10
In those days, when there was once again
a very large crowd who had nothing to eat.
Jesus called his disciples to himself,
and said to them,
“I have compassion for the crowd,
because they have stayed with me now three days,
and have nothing to eat.
If I send them away fasting to their home,
they will faint on the way,
for some of them have come a long way.”
His disciples answered him,
“From where could one satisfy
these people with bread here in a deserted place?”
He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?”
They said, “Seven.”
He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground,
and he took the seven loaves.
Having given thanks,
he broke them,
and gave them to his disciples to serve,
and they served the crowd.
And they had a few small fish.
Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
They ate, and were filled.
They took up seven baskets of broken pieces
that were left over.
Those who had eaten
were about four thousand.
Then he sent them away.
Immediately he entered into the boat
with his disciples,
and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 12.26-32; 13.33-34
Jeroboam said in his heart,
“Now the kingdom will return
to the house of David.
If this people goes up to offer sacrifices
in the Lord’s house at Jerusalem,
then the hearts of these people
will turn again to their master,
to Rehoboam king of Judah;
and they will kill me,
and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
So the king took counsel,
and made two calves of gold;
and he said to them,
“Long enough have you
gone up to Jerusalem.
Look and see your God, Israel,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
He set the one in Bethel,
and the other he put in Dan.
This thing became a sin;
for the people went to worship
even going to the one in Dan.
He made temples on the high places,
and made priests from among the people
who were not of the sons of Levi.
Jeroboam ordained a feast
in the eighth month,
on the fifteenth day of the month,
like the feast that is in Judah,
and he went up to the altar in Bethel,
sacrificing to the calves that he had made:
and he placed in Bethel
the priests of the high places
that he he built.
After this Jeroboam did not return
from his evil way,
but again made priests of the high places
from among all the people.
Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him,
that there might be priests of the high places.
This was a sin of the house of Jeroboam,
so it was cut off and destroyed
from the face of the earth.
Responsorial – Psalm 106.6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22 Resp. 4a
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
We have sinned with our fathers.
We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.
Our fathers, in Egypt,
did not understand your wonders.
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
They made a calf in Horeb,
and worshiped a molten image.
Thus they exchanged their glory
for an image of a bull that eats grass.
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
They forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and awesome things by the Red Sea.
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Gospel – Mark 8.1-10
In those days, when there was once again
a very large crowd who had nothing to eat.
Jesus called his disciples to himself,
and said to them,
“I have compassion for the crowd,
because they have stayed with me now three days,
and have nothing to eat.
If I send them away fasting to their home,
they will faint on the way,
for some of them have come a long way.”
His disciples answered him,
“From where could one satisfy
these people with bread here in a deserted place?”
He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?”
They said, “Seven.”
He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground,
and he took the seven loaves.
Having given thanks,
he broke them,
and gave them to his disciples to serve,
and they served the crowd.
And they had a few small fish.
Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
They ate, and were filled.
They took up seven baskets of broken pieces
that were left over.
Those who had eaten
were about four thousand.
Then he sent them away.
Immediately he entered into the boat
with his disciples,
and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 11.29-32; 12.19
Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
found him on the way.
Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new cloak;
and the two of them were alone in the field.
Ahijah took off his new cloak that he had on
and tore it in twelve pieces.
He said to Jeroboam:
“Take ten pieces;
for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom
out of the hand of Solomon,
and will give ten tribes to you.
He shall have one tribe,
for my servant David’s sake
and for Jerusalem’s sake,
the city which I have chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel.
So Israel has rebelled
against the house of David
even to this day.
Responsorial – Psalm 81.10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15 Resp. 11a+9a
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
There shall be no strange god among you,
nor shall you worship any foreign god.
I am the Lord, your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
My people did not listen to my voice.
Israel wanted nothing to do with me.
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts,
that they might walk in their own counsels.
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
Oh that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
I would soon subdue their enemies,
and turn my hand against their adversaries.
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
Gospel – Mark 7.31-37
Jesus departed from
the borders of Tyre,
and came through Sidon
to the sea of Galilee,
in the middle of
the region of Decapolis.
They brought to him
a deaf man who had trouble speaking,
and they begged him to lay
his hand on him.
He took him by himself,
away from the crowd,
and put his fingers into his ears,
and he spat and touched his tongue.
Looking up into heaven,
he sighed, and said to him,
“Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
Immediately his ears were opened,
and the bond on his tongue was undone,
and he spoke clearly.
He commanded them that they should tell no one,
but the more he commanded them,
so much more widely they proclaimed it.
They were astonished beyond measure, saying,
“He has done all things beautifully.
He both makes the deaf hear and the unspeaking speak!”
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 11.29-32; 12.19
Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
found him on the way.
Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new cloak;
and the two of them were alone in the field.
Ahijah took off his new cloak that he had on
and tore it in twelve pieces.
He said to Jeroboam:
“Take ten pieces;
for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom
out of the hand of Solomon,
and will give ten tribes to you.
He shall have one tribe,
for my servant David’s sake
and for Jerusalem’s sake,
the city which I have chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel.
So Israel has rebelled
against the house of David
even to this day.
Responsorial – Psalm 81.10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15 Resp. 11a+9a
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
There shall be no strange god among you,
nor shall you worship any foreign god.
I am the Lord, your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
My people did not listen to my voice.
Israel wanted nothing to do with me.
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts,
that they might walk in their own counsels.
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
Oh that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
I would soon subdue their enemies,
and turn my hand against their adversaries.
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
Gospel – Mark 7.31-37
Jesus departed from
the borders of Tyre,
and came through Sidon
to the sea of Galilee,
in the middle of
the region of Decapolis.
They brought to him
a deaf man who had trouble speaking,
and they begged him to lay
his hand on him.
He took him by himself,
away from the crowd,
and put his fingers into his ears,
and he spat and touched his tongue.
Looking up into heaven,
he sighed, and said to him,
“Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
Immediately his ears were opened,
and the bond on his tongue was undone,
and he spoke clearly.
He commanded them that they should tell no one,
but the more he commanded them,
so much more widely they proclaimed it.
They were astonished beyond measure, saying,
“He has done all things beautifully.
He both makes the deaf hear and the unspeaking speak!”
Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 11.4-13
When Solomon was old,
his wives turned away his heart to other gods;
and his heart was not perfectly
with the Lord his God,
as was the heart of David his father.
For Solomon went after
Astarte, the goddess of the Sidonians,
and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.
Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord
and did not go fully after the Lord,
as did David his father.
Then Solomon built a high place for
Chemosh the abomination of Moab,
on the mountain that is opposite Jerusalem,
and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
So he did for all his foreign wives,
who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.
The Lord was angry with Solomon,
because his heart was turned away from
the Lord, the God of Israel,
who had appeared to him twice,
and had commanded him concerning this thing,
that he should not go after other gods:
but he did not keep the Lord's command.
Therefore the Lord said to Solomon,
“Because this is done by you,
and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes,
which I have commanded you,
I will surely tear the kingdom from you,
and will give it to your servant.
I will not do it in your days,
for David your father’s sake;
but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
However I will not tear away all the kingdom;
I will give one tribe to your son,
for David my servant’s sake,
and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.”
Responsorial – Psalm 106.3-4, 35-36, 37+40 Resp. 4a
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Blessed are those who keep justice.
Blessed is one who always does what is right.
Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Visit us with your salvation,
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
But they mixed themselves with the nations,
and learned their works.
They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Yes, they sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to demons.
Therefore the Lord burned with anger against his people.
He abhorred his inheritance.
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Gospel - Mark 7.24-30
From there Jesus arose
and went away into
the borders of Tyre.
He entered into a house,
and did not want anyone to know it,
but he could not escape notice.
For a woman, whose little daughter
had an unclean spirit,
having heard of him,
came and fell down at his feet.
Now the woman was a Greek,
a Syrophoenician by race.
She begged him that he would cast
the demon out of her daughter.
But Jesus said to her,
“Let the children be filled first,
for it is not appropriate
to take the children’s bread
and throw it to the dogs.”
But she answered him,
“Yes, Lord. Yet even
the dogs under the table
eat the children’s crumbs.”
He said to her,
“For this saying,
go your way.
The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
She went away to her house,
and found the child
having been laid on the bed,
with the demon gone out.
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 11.4-13
When Solomon was old,
his wives turned away his heart to other gods;
and his heart was not perfectly
with the Lord his God,
as was the heart of David his father.
For Solomon went after
Astarte, the goddess of the Sidonians,
and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.
Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord
and did not go fully after the Lord,
as did David his father.
Then Solomon built a high place for
Chemosh the abomination of Moab,
on the mountain that is opposite Jerusalem,
and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
So he did for all his foreign wives,
who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.
The Lord was angry with Solomon,
because his heart was turned away from
the Lord, the God of Israel,
who had appeared to him twice,
and had commanded him concerning this thing,
that he should not go after other gods:
but he did not keep the Lord's command.
Therefore the Lord said to Solomon,
“Because this is done by you,
and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes,
which I have commanded you,
I will surely tear the kingdom from you,
and will give it to your servant.
I will not do it in your days,
for David your father’s sake;
but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
However I will not tear away all the kingdom;
I will give one tribe to your son,
for David my servant’s sake,
and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.”
Responsorial – Psalm 106.3-4, 35-36, 37+40 Resp. 4a
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Blessed are those who keep justice.
Blessed is one who always does what is right.
Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Visit us with your salvation,
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
But they mixed themselves with the nations,
and learned their works.
They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Yes, they sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to demons.
Therefore the Lord burned with anger against his people.
He abhorred his inheritance.
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Gospel - Mark 7.24-30
From there Jesus arose
and went away into
the borders of Tyre.
He entered into a house,
and did not want anyone to know it,
but he could not escape notice.
For a woman, whose little daughter
had an unclean spirit,
having heard of him,
came and fell down at his feet.
Now the woman was a Greek,
a Syrophoenician by race.
She begged him that he would cast
the demon out of her daughter.
But Jesus said to her,
“Let the children be filled first,
for it is not appropriate
to take the children’s bread
and throw it to the dogs.”
But she answered him,
“Yes, Lord. Yet even
the dogs under the table
eat the children’s crumbs.”
He said to her,
“For this saying,
go your way.
The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
She went away to her house,
and found the child
having been laid on the bed,
with the demon gone out.
Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 10.1-10
When the queen of Sheba heard of
the fame of Solomon
she came to test him with hard questions.
She came to Jerusalem with a very great company,
with camels that bore spices,
and very much gold and precious stones;
and when she had come to Solomon,
she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
Solomon explained to her all her questions:
there was not anything hidden from the king
which he could not tell her.
When the queen of Sheba had seen
all the wisdom of Solomon,
and the house that he had built,
and the food of his table,
and the seating of his ministers,
and the attendance of his servants,
and their clothing, and his cup bearers,
and his burnt offerings which
went up in the Temple of the Lord;
she was breathless.
She said to the king,
“It was a true report that I heard
in my own land of your acts,
and of your wisdom,
but I did not believe the words,
until I came, and my eyes had seen it.
Behold, the half was not told me!
Your wisdom and prosperity exceed
the rumors which I heard.
Happy are your men,
happy are these your servants,
who stand continually before you,
who hear your wisdom.
Blessed is the Lord your God,
who delighted in you,
to set you on the throne of Israel.
Because the Lord loved Israel forever,
therefore made he you king,
to do justice and righteousness.”
She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold,
and a lot of spices and precious stones.
Never again was there such an abundance of spices
as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Responsorial – Psalm 37.5-6, 30-31, 39-40 Resp. 30a
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
Commit your way to the Lord.
Trust also in him, and he will do this:
he will make your righteousness come out as the light,
and your justice as the noon day sun.
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
His tongue speaks justice.
The law of his God is in his heart.
None of his steps shall slip.
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord.
He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
The Lord helps them, and rescues them.
He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them,
Because they have taken refuge in him.
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
Gospel – Mark 7.14-23
Jesus called all the crowds to himself,
and said to them,
“Hear me, all of you, and understand.
There is nothing from outside of the human,
that going into them can defile them;
but the things which proceed out of the human
are those that defile the human.
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
When he had entered into a house
away from the crowd,
his disciples asked him about the parable.
He said to them,
“Are you thus without understanding also?
Do you not perceive that
whatever goes into the human
from outside cannot defile them,
because it does not go into their heart,
but into their stomach, then into the toilet"
(Thus all foods are clean)
He said, “That which comes out from the human,
that defiles the human.
For from within, out of the hearts of humans,
proceed evil thoughts, unchastity,
murders, adulteries, thefts,
greed, wickedness, deceit,
lustful desires, and envious eyes,
blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
All these evil things come from within,
and defile the human.”
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 10.1-10
When the queen of Sheba heard of
the fame of Solomon
she came to test him with hard questions.
She came to Jerusalem with a very great company,
with camels that bore spices,
and very much gold and precious stones;
and when she had come to Solomon,
she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
Solomon explained to her all her questions:
there was not anything hidden from the king
which he could not tell her.
When the queen of Sheba had seen
all the wisdom of Solomon,
and the house that he had built,
and the food of his table,
and the seating of his ministers,
and the attendance of his servants,
and their clothing, and his cup bearers,
and his burnt offerings which
went up in the Temple of the Lord;
she was breathless.
She said to the king,
“It was a true report that I heard
in my own land of your acts,
and of your wisdom,
but I did not believe the words,
until I came, and my eyes had seen it.
Behold, the half was not told me!
Your wisdom and prosperity exceed
the rumors which I heard.
Happy are your men,
happy are these your servants,
who stand continually before you,
who hear your wisdom.
Blessed is the Lord your God,
who delighted in you,
to set you on the throne of Israel.
Because the Lord loved Israel forever,
therefore made he you king,
to do justice and righteousness.”
She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold,
and a lot of spices and precious stones.
Never again was there such an abundance of spices
as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Responsorial – Psalm 37.5-6, 30-31, 39-40 Resp. 30a
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
Commit your way to the Lord.
Trust also in him, and he will do this:
he will make your righteousness come out as the light,
and your justice as the noon day sun.
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
His tongue speaks justice.
The law of his God is in his heart.
None of his steps shall slip.
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord.
He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
The Lord helps them, and rescues them.
He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them,
Because they have taken refuge in him.
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
Gospel – Mark 7.14-23
Jesus called all the crowds to himself,
and said to them,
“Hear me, all of you, and understand.
There is nothing from outside of the human,
that going into them can defile them;
but the things which proceed out of the human
are those that defile the human.
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
When he had entered into a house
away from the crowd,
his disciples asked him about the parable.
He said to them,
“Are you thus without understanding also?
Do you not perceive that
whatever goes into the human
from outside cannot defile them,
because it does not go into their heart,
but into their stomach, then into the toilet"
(Thus all foods are clean)
He said, “That which comes out from the human,
that defiles the human.
For from within, out of the hearts of humans,
proceed evil thoughts, unchastity,
murders, adulteries, thefts,
greed, wickedness, deceit,
lustful desires, and envious eyes,
blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
All these evil things come from within,
and defile the human.”
Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 8.22-23, 27-30
Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord
in the presence of all the assembly of Israel,
and spread out his hands toward heaven;
and he said, “Lord, God of Israel,
there is no God like you,
in heaven above, or on earth beneath;
who keep covenant and loving kindness with
your servants who walk before you with all their heart;
Will God indeed dwell on the earth?
Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens
cannot contain you;
how much less this house that I have built!
Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant,
and for his supplication, Lord my God.
Listen to the cry and to the prayer
which your servant prays before you this day;
that your eyes may be open
toward this house night and day,
even toward the place of which you have said,
‘My name shall be there;’
to listen to the prayer which your servant s
hall pray toward this place.
Listen to the supplication of your servant,
and of your people Israel,
when they shall pray toward this place.
Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place;
and when you hear, forgive.
Responsorial – Psalm 84.3, 4, 5+10, 11 Resp. 2
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
My soul longs, and even faints
for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
Lo, the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young,
near your altars, Lord of Hosts,
my King, and my God.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
They are always praising you.
Behold, God our shield,
look at the face of your anointed.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
For a day in your courts
is better than a thousand elsewhere
I would rather live in the house of my God,
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
Gospel – Mark 7.1-13
Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes
gathered together around Jesus,
having come from Jerusalem.
When they saw some of his disciples
eating bread with unclean,
that is, unwashed, hands,
they were offended.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews,
do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms,
holding to the tradition of the elders.
They do not eat when they come from the marketplace,
unless they bathe themselves,
and there are many other things,
which they have received that they hold to:
washing of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and beds.
The Pharisees and the scribes asked him,
“Why do your disciples not walk
according to the tradition of the elders,
but eat their bread with unclean hands?”
He answered them,
“Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites,
as it is written:
‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
In vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of humans.'
“For you set aside the commandment of God,
and hold tightly to the tradition of humans."
He said to them, “Full well do you reject
the commandment of God,
that you may keep your tradition.
For Moses said,
‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and,
‘He who curses his father or mother,
let him be put to death.’
But you say,
‘If a human tells father or mother,
“Whatever benefit you might have received from me is
qorban" (which means 'given to God')
then you allow them to do nothing for father or mother,
making void the word of God by your tradition,
which you have handed down.
You do many things like this.”
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 8.22-23, 27-30
Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord
in the presence of all the assembly of Israel,
and spread out his hands toward heaven;
and he said, “Lord, God of Israel,
there is no God like you,
in heaven above, or on earth beneath;
who keep covenant and loving kindness with
your servants who walk before you with all their heart;
Will God indeed dwell on the earth?
Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens
cannot contain you;
how much less this house that I have built!
Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant,
and for his supplication, Lord my God.
Listen to the cry and to the prayer
which your servant prays before you this day;
that your eyes may be open
toward this house night and day,
even toward the place of which you have said,
‘My name shall be there;’
to listen to the prayer which your servant s
hall pray toward this place.
Listen to the supplication of your servant,
and of your people Israel,
when they shall pray toward this place.
Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place;
and when you hear, forgive.
Responsorial – Psalm 84.3, 4, 5+10, 11 Resp. 2
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
My soul longs, and even faints
for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
Lo, the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young,
near your altars, Lord of Hosts,
my King, and my God.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
They are always praising you.
Behold, God our shield,
look at the face of your anointed.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
For a day in your courts
is better than a thousand elsewhere
I would rather live in the house of my God,
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
Gospel – Mark 7.1-13
Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes
gathered together around Jesus,
having come from Jerusalem.
When they saw some of his disciples
eating bread with unclean,
that is, unwashed, hands,
they were offended.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews,
do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms,
holding to the tradition of the elders.
They do not eat when they come from the marketplace,
unless they bathe themselves,
and there are many other things,
which they have received that they hold to:
washing of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and beds.
The Pharisees and the scribes asked him,
“Why do your disciples not walk
according to the tradition of the elders,
but eat their bread with unclean hands?”
He answered them,
“Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites,
as it is written:
‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
In vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of humans.'
“For you set aside the commandment of God,
and hold tightly to the tradition of humans."
He said to them, “Full well do you reject
the commandment of God,
that you may keep your tradition.
For Moses said,
‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and,
‘He who curses his father or mother,
let him be put to death.’
But you say,
‘If a human tells father or mother,
“Whatever benefit you might have received from me is
qorban" (which means 'given to God')
then you allow them to do nothing for father or mother,
making void the word of God by your tradition,
which you have handed down.
You do many things like this.”
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