Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Official Translation

Reading 1 – Isaiah 53.10-11

It pleased the Lord to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer.
If he makes his soul an offering for sin,
he will see his descendants in a long life,
and the Lord’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.

After the suffering of his soul,
he will see the light and be satisfied.
Through his suffering, my righteous servant will justify many
and he will bear their iniquities.

Responsorial – Psalm 33.4-5, 18-19, 20+22 Resp. 22

R. Let your loving kindness be on us, O Lord, since we have hoped in you.

The word of the Lord is right.
All his work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice.
The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.

R. Let your loving kindness be on us, O Lord, since we have hoped in you.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his loving kindness;
to deliver their soul from death,
to keep them alive in famine.

R. Let your loving kindness be on us, O Lord, since we have hoped in you.

Our soul has waited for the Lord.
He is our help and our shield.
Let your loving kindness be on us, O Lord,
since we have hoped in you.

R. Let your loving kindness be on us, O Lord, since we have hoped in you.

Reading 2 – Hebrews 4.14-16

Brothers and sisters:
Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens,
Jesus, the Son of God,
let us hold tightly to our confession.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our infirmities,
but one who has been in all ways tempted like we are, though without sin.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace,
that we may receive mercy, and find grace for help in time of need.

Gospel – Mark 10.35-45

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to Jesus, saying,
“Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.”
He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit,
one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory.”

But Jesus said to them,
“You do not know what you are asking.
Are you able to drink the chalice that I drink,
and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
They said to him, “We are able.”
Jesus said to them,
“You shall indeed drink the chalice that I drink,
and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;
but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give,
but for whom it has been prepared.”

When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John.
Jesus summoned them, and said to them,
“You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles
lord it over them and their great ones exercise authority over them.
But it shall not be so among you,
but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be the slave of all.
For the Son of Human did not come to be served,
but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”