Saturday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II)

Official Translation

Reading 1 – Job 42.1-3, 5-6, 12-17

Job answered the LORD and said:
“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
I have uttered that which I did not understand;
things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.
He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels,
one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
He also had seven sons and three daughters.
He called the name of the first, Jemimah,
and the name of the second, Keziah,
and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job.
Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
After this Job lived one hundred forty years,
and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.
So Job died, being old and full of days.

Responsorial – Psalm 119.66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130 Resp. 135

R. Let your face shine upon your servant, O Lord.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I trust in your commandments.

R. Let your face shine upon your servant, O Lord.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
that I may learn your statutes.

R. Let your face shine upon your servant, O Lord.

Lord, I know that your judgments are righteous,
that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

R. Let your face shine upon your servant, O Lord.

By your decree the day goes on,
for all things serve you.

R. Let your face shine upon your servant, O Lord.

I am your servant. Give me understanding,
that I may know your testimonies.

R. Let your face shine upon your servant, O Lord.

The declaration of your words gives light;
it gives understanding to little ones.

R. Let your face shine upon your servant, O Lord.

Gospel – Luke 10.17-24

The seventy returned with joy, saying,
“Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”
He said to them, “I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven.
Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you,
but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,
"I confess you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding
and revealed them to little children.
Yes, Father, for so it became benevolent in your sight.

All things have been handed to me by my Father,
and no one knows who the Son is if not the Father,
or who the Father is if not the Son
and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

Then turning to the disciples, he spoke just to them:
"Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!
For I tell you that many prophets and kings
desired to see what you see, and did not see it,
and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it."