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.