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

Official Translation

Reading 1 - Job 19.21-27

Job said:
“Have pity on me, have pity on me, my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
Why do you, like God, persecute me and are not satisfied with my flesh?

O that my words were now written! O that they were inscribed in a book!
That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!
I know that my Redeemer lives.
In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God.
Whom I, even I, shall see. My eyes shall see, and not another.
My heart is faints within me.

Responsorial – Psalm 27.7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14 Resp. 13

R. I believe that I will see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice.
Have mercy on me, and answer me.
My heart said to you, “I will seek your face, O Lord.”

R. I believe that I will see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

Your face, O Lord, I will seek.
Do not hide your face from me.
Do not put your servant away in anger.
You have been my help. Do not abandon me,

R. I believe that I will see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

I believe that I will see the good things of the Lord
in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord with courage.
Let your heart take courage, and wait for the Lord.

R. I believe that I will see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

Gospel – Luke 10.1-12

Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy-two others,
and sent them two by two ahead of him
into every city and place, where he was about to come.
Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.
Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals.
Greet no one on the way. Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’
If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.
Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give,
for the laborer is worthy of his wages.
Do not go from house to house.
Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.
Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.’
But into whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
‘Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you.
Nevertheless know this: the Kingdom of God is at hand.’
I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.