Official Translation
Reading 1 – Job 1.6-22
One day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord,
Satan also came among them.
The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the Lord, and said,
“From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”
The Lord said to Satan, “Have you noticed my servant, Job?
For there is no one like him on the earth,
a blameless and an upright man who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
Satan answered the Lord, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
Have you not made a hedge around him,
and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side?
You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has,
and he will renounce you to your face.”
The Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power.
Only on he, himself, do not stretch out your hand.”
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters
were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,
that a messenger came to Job, and said,
“The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away.
Indeed, they have killed the young men with the edge of the sword,
and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“The fire of God has fallen from the sky,
and has burned up the sheep and the young men, and consumed them,
and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“The Chaldeans had three bands, and swept down on the camels,
and have taken them away, and killed the young men with the edge of the sword,
and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine
in their eldest brother’s house, and behold, there came a great wind from the desert,
and it struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead.
I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there.
The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
Responsorial – Psalm 17.1bcd, 2-3, 6-7 Resp. 6
R. Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
Hear justice, O LORD,
attend unto my cry,
give ear unto my prayer, which does not come from lying lips.
R. Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
Let my judgment come from you.
Your eyes look on equity.
You have tested my heart. You have visited me in the night.
You have tried me, and found nothing.
R. Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
I have called on you, for you will answer me, O God.
Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
Show your marvelous loving kindness,
Savior of those who take refuge
at your right hand from their enemies.
R. Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
Gospel – Luke 9.46-50
An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest.
Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts,
took a little child, and set him by his side, and said to them,
“Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me.
Whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”
John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name,
and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.”
Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid him, for he who is not against you is for you.”
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