Official Translation
Reading 1 – Jonah 3.1-10
The word of the Lord came to Jonah again, saying,
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,
and preach to it the message that I give you.”
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh,
according to the Lord’s word.
Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,
three days’ journey across.
Jonah began to enter into the city
one day’s journey,
and he cried out, and said,
“In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
The people of Nineveh believed God;
and they proclaimed a fast,
and put on sackcloth,
from their greatest even to their least.
The news reached the king of Nineveh,
and he arose from his throne,
and took off his royal robe,
covered himself with sackcloth,
and sat in ashes.
He made a proclamation
and published through Nineveh
by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying,
“Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock,
taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
but let them be covered with sackcloth,
both man and animal,
and let them cry mightily to God.
Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way,
and from the violence that is in his hands.
Who knows whether God will not turn and relent,
and turn away from his fierce anger,
so that we might not perish?”
God saw their works,
that they turned from their evil way.
God relented of the disaster
which he said he would do to them,
and he did not do it.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 12-13, 18-19 Resp. 19b
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Gospel - Luke 11.29-32
While the crowds were gathering together to Jesus, he began to say,
“This kind is a perverse kind.
It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Human be to this kind.
At the judgment, the queen of the south will rise up with the men of this kind,
and will condemn them:
for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this kind, and will condemn it:
for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.”
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First Sunday of Lent (A)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Genesis 2.7-9; 3.1-7
The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,
and man became a living soul.
The Lord God planted a garden in the east, in Eden,
and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Out of the ground the Lord God made every tree to grow
that is pleasant to the sight and good for food,
including the tree of life in the middle of the garden
and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made.
He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’”
The woman said to the serpent,
“Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden,
God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
The serpent said to the woman,
“You will not surely die, for God knows that in the day you eat it,
your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food,
and that it was a delight to the eyes,
and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit of it, and ate;
and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked.
They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves loincloths.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 17 Resp. 3a
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
O Lord, open my lips
My mouth will proclaim your praise
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Reading 2 - Romans 5.12-19
Brothers and sisters:
As sin entered into the world through one human,
and death through sin, and so death passed to all humans, because all sinned.
For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses,
over those whose sins were not like Adam's disobedience,
who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.
But the free gift is not like the trespass.
For if by the trespass of the one the many died,
much more did the grace of God,
and the gift by the grace of the one human, Jesus Christ,
abound to the many.
The gift is not as through one who sinned,
for the judgment came by one sin to condemnation,
but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification.
For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one;
so much more will those who receive
the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness
reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
So then as through one trespass, all humans were condemned;
so through one act of righteousness, all humans were justified to life.
For as through the one human's disobedience many were made sinners,
so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.
Gospel - Matthew 4.1-11
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
The tempter came and said to him,
“If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
But he answered, “It is written,
‘The human shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”
Then the devil took him into the holy city.
He set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him,
“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
‘He will give his angels charge concerning you.’
and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you dash your foot against a stone.’”
Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”
Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain,
and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.
He said to him, “I will give you all of these things,
if you will fall down and worship me.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan!
For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
Reading 1 - Genesis 2.7-9; 3.1-7
The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,
and man became a living soul.
The Lord God planted a garden in the east, in Eden,
and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Out of the ground the Lord God made every tree to grow
that is pleasant to the sight and good for food,
including the tree of life in the middle of the garden
and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made.
He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’”
The woman said to the serpent,
“Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden,
God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
The serpent said to the woman,
“You will not surely die, for God knows that in the day you eat it,
your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food,
and that it was a delight to the eyes,
and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit of it, and ate;
and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked.
They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves loincloths.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 17 Resp. 3a
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
O Lord, open my lips
My mouth will proclaim your praise
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Reading 2 - Romans 5.12-19
Brothers and sisters:
As sin entered into the world through one human,
and death through sin, and so death passed to all humans, because all sinned.
For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses,
over those whose sins were not like Adam's disobedience,
who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.
But the free gift is not like the trespass.
For if by the trespass of the one the many died,
much more did the grace of God,
and the gift by the grace of the one human, Jesus Christ,
abound to the many.
The gift is not as through one who sinned,
for the judgment came by one sin to condemnation,
but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification.
For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one;
so much more will those who receive
the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness
reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
So then as through one trespass, all humans were condemned;
so through one act of righteousness, all humans were justified to life.
For as through the one human's disobedience many were made sinners,
so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.
Gospel - Matthew 4.1-11
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
The tempter came and said to him,
“If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
But he answered, “It is written,
‘The human shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”
Then the devil took him into the holy city.
He set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him,
“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
‘He will give his angels charge concerning you.’
and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you dash your foot against a stone.’”
Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”
Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain,
and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.
He said to him, “I will give you all of these things,
if you will fall down and worship me.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan!
For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Isaiah 58.1-9a
Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Cry aloud and do not hold back,
lift up your voice like a trumpet,
and declare to my people their disobedience,
and to the house of Jacob their sins.
They seek me daily,
and desire to know my ways:
as a nation that did righteousness,
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
They ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say,
‘and you do not see it?
Why have we afflicted our soul,
and you take no notice of it?’
“Behold, in the day of your fast
you carry out your own pursuits,
and work all your laborers.
Behold, you fast for strife and contention,
and to strike with the fist of wickedness:
O that you would fast this day
so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
Is such the fast that I have chosen?
Is this a day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head as a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?
This is the fast that I have chosen:
to release the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the bands of the yoke,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and break every yoke,
to distribute your bread to the hungry,
and bring the poor who are cast out
into your house.
When you see the naked, cover them;
and do not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Then your light shall break out as the dawn,
and your healing shall spring out speedily;
and your righteousness shall go before you;
the Lord’s glory shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19 Resp. 19b
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Gospel – Matthew 9.14-15
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, saying,
“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,
but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus said to them,
“Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn,
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come
when the bridegroom will be taken away from them,
and then they will fast.
Reading 1 - Isaiah 58.1-9a
Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Cry aloud and do not hold back,
lift up your voice like a trumpet,
and declare to my people their disobedience,
and to the house of Jacob their sins.
They seek me daily,
and desire to know my ways:
as a nation that did righteousness,
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
They ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say,
‘and you do not see it?
Why have we afflicted our soul,
and you take no notice of it?’
“Behold, in the day of your fast
you carry out your own pursuits,
and work all your laborers.
Behold, you fast for strife and contention,
and to strike with the fist of wickedness:
O that you would fast this day
so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
Is such the fast that I have chosen?
Is this a day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head as a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?
This is the fast that I have chosen:
to release the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the bands of the yoke,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and break every yoke,
to distribute your bread to the hungry,
and bring the poor who are cast out
into your house.
When you see the naked, cover them;
and do not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Then your light shall break out as the dawn,
and your healing shall spring out speedily;
and your righteousness shall go before you;
the Lord’s glory shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19 Resp. 19b
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Gospel – Matthew 9.14-15
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, saying,
“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,
but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus said to them,
“Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn,
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come
when the bridegroom will be taken away from them,
and then they will fast.
Ash Wednesday
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Joel 2.12-18
“Yet even now,” says the Lord,
“turn to me with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
Tear your heart, and not your garments,
and return to the Lord, your God;
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
and relents from sending calamity.
Who knows? He may turn and relent,
and leave a blessing behind him,
even a meal offering and a drink offering
for the Lord, your God.
Blow the trumpet in Zion!
Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
Gather the people.
Sanctify the assembly.
Assemble the elders.
Gather the children,
and those who nurse from breasts.
Let the bridegroom go out of his room,
and the bride out of her room.
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,
weep between the entrance and the altar,
and let them say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and do not make your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the nations,
‘Where is their God?’”
Then the Lord was jealous for his land,
and had pity on his people.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14+17 Resp. 3a
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
O Lord, open my lips
My mouth will proclaim your praise
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Reading 2 – 2 Corinthians 5.20-6.2
Brothers and sisters:
We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ,
as though God were imploring through us:
we beg you on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
For, on our behalf,
he made him to be sin who knew no sin,
so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Working together, we implore also
that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,
for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you,
in a day of salvation I helped you.”
Behold, now is the ever-so-acceptable time.
Behold, now is the day of salvation.
Gospel – Matthew 6.1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be careful lest you do you righteous deeds in front of humans,
in order to be seen by them.
If you do not at least do this, you will have no pay from your Father in heaven.
Therefore when you do merciful deeds,
do not sound a trumpet before yourself,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets,
that they may get glory from humans.
Amen I say to you, they have received their pay.
But when you do merciful deeds,
do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret,
and your Father who sees into the secret will pay you.
And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites,
that love to stand praying in the synagogues and on the streetcorners,
that they may be on display for humans.
Amen, I say to you, they have received their pay.
But you, when you pray,
go into your closet, and shut your door;
pray to your Father who is in secret,
and your Father who sees into the secret will pay you.
And when you fast,
Do not be like the gloomy hypocrites,
For they disfigure their faces, so that they may be fasting on display for humans.
Amen, I say to you, they have received their pay.
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
so that you are not fasting on display for humans,
but for your Father who is in secret,
and your Father, who sees into the secret, will pay you.
Reading 1 - Joel 2.12-18
“Yet even now,” says the Lord,
“turn to me with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
Tear your heart, and not your garments,
and return to the Lord, your God;
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
and relents from sending calamity.
Who knows? He may turn and relent,
and leave a blessing behind him,
even a meal offering and a drink offering
for the Lord, your God.
Blow the trumpet in Zion!
Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
Gather the people.
Sanctify the assembly.
Assemble the elders.
Gather the children,
and those who nurse from breasts.
Let the bridegroom go out of his room,
and the bride out of her room.
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,
weep between the entrance and the altar,
and let them say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and do not make your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the nations,
‘Where is their God?’”
Then the Lord was jealous for his land,
and had pity on his people.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14+17 Resp. 3a
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
O Lord, open my lips
My mouth will proclaim your praise
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Reading 2 – 2 Corinthians 5.20-6.2
Brothers and sisters:
We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ,
as though God were imploring through us:
we beg you on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
For, on our behalf,
he made him to be sin who knew no sin,
so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Working together, we implore also
that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,
for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you,
in a day of salvation I helped you.”
Behold, now is the ever-so-acceptable time.
Behold, now is the day of salvation.
Gospel – Matthew 6.1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be careful lest you do you righteous deeds in front of humans,
in order to be seen by them.
If you do not at least do this, you will have no pay from your Father in heaven.
Therefore when you do merciful deeds,
do not sound a trumpet before yourself,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets,
that they may get glory from humans.
Amen I say to you, they have received their pay.
But when you do merciful deeds,
do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret,
and your Father who sees into the secret will pay you.
And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites,
that love to stand praying in the synagogues and on the streetcorners,
that they may be on display for humans.
Amen, I say to you, they have received their pay.
But you, when you pray,
go into your closet, and shut your door;
pray to your Father who is in secret,
and your Father who sees into the secret will pay you.
And when you fast,
Do not be like the gloomy hypocrites,
For they disfigure their faces, so that they may be fasting on display for humans.
Amen, I say to you, they have received their pay.
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
so that you are not fasting on display for humans,
but for your Father who is in secret,
and your Father, who sees into the secret, will pay you.
Saturday of the Third Week In Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 2 Samuel 12.1-7a, 10-17
The Lord sent Nathan to David.
He came to him, and said to him,
“There were two men in one city;
the one rich, and the other poor.
The rich man had many flocks and herds,
but the poor man had nothing,
except one little ewe lamb,
which he had bought and raised.
It grew up together with him,
and with his children.
It ate of his own food,
drank of his own cup,
and lay in his bosom,
and was to him like a daughter.
A traveler came to the rich man,
and he did not take of his own flock
and of his own herd,
to prepare a meal for the wayfaring man
who had come to him,
but took the poor man’s lamb,
and dressed it for the man who had come to him.”
David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man,
and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives,
the man who has done this deserves to die!
He shall restore the lamb fourfold,
because he did this thing
and because he had no pity!”
Nathan said to David, “You are the man.
Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:
The sword will never depart from your house,
because you have despised me,
and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite
to be your wife.’
“Thus says the Lord:
‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you
out of your own house;
and I will take your wives before your eyes,
and give them to your neighbor,
and he will lie with your wives in the sight of the sun.
For you did it secretly,
but I will do this thing
before all Israel and before the sun.’”
David said to Nathan,
“I have sinned against the Lord.”
Nathan said to David,
“The Lord also has put away your sin.
You will not die.
However, because by this deed
you have given great occasion
to the Lord’s enemies to blaspheme,
the child also who is born to you
shall surely die.”
Nathan departed to his house.
The Lord struck the child that
Uriah’s wife bore to David,
and it was very sick.
David therefore begged God for the child;
and David fasted, and went in,
and lay all night on the ground.
The elders of his house arose beside him,
to raise him up from the earth: but he would not,
nor did he eat bread with them.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 16-17 Resp. 12a
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.
My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
Lord, open my lips.
My mouth shall declare your praise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Gospel – Mark 4.35-41
On that day, when evening had come,
Jesus said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.”
Leaving the multitude, they took him with them,
just as he was, in the boat.
Other small boats were also with him.
A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat,
so much that the boat was already filled.
He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion,
and they woke him up, and told him,
“Teacher, do you not care that we are dying?”
He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!”
The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
He said to them, “Why are you so afraid?
How is it that you have no faith?”
They were greatly afraid, and said to one another,
“Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
Reading 1 – 2 Samuel 12.1-7a, 10-17
The Lord sent Nathan to David.
He came to him, and said to him,
“There were two men in one city;
the one rich, and the other poor.
The rich man had many flocks and herds,
but the poor man had nothing,
except one little ewe lamb,
which he had bought and raised.
It grew up together with him,
and with his children.
It ate of his own food,
drank of his own cup,
and lay in his bosom,
and was to him like a daughter.
A traveler came to the rich man,
and he did not take of his own flock
and of his own herd,
to prepare a meal for the wayfaring man
who had come to him,
but took the poor man’s lamb,
and dressed it for the man who had come to him.”
David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man,
and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives,
the man who has done this deserves to die!
He shall restore the lamb fourfold,
because he did this thing
and because he had no pity!”
Nathan said to David, “You are the man.
Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:
The sword will never depart from your house,
because you have despised me,
and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite
to be your wife.’
“Thus says the Lord:
‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you
out of your own house;
and I will take your wives before your eyes,
and give them to your neighbor,
and he will lie with your wives in the sight of the sun.
For you did it secretly,
but I will do this thing
before all Israel and before the sun.’”
David said to Nathan,
“I have sinned against the Lord.”
Nathan said to David,
“The Lord also has put away your sin.
You will not die.
However, because by this deed
you have given great occasion
to the Lord’s enemies to blaspheme,
the child also who is born to you
shall surely die.”
Nathan departed to his house.
The Lord struck the child that
Uriah’s wife bore to David,
and it was very sick.
David therefore begged God for the child;
and David fasted, and went in,
and lay all night on the ground.
The elders of his house arose beside him,
to raise him up from the earth: but he would not,
nor did he eat bread with them.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 16-17 Resp. 12a
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.
My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
Lord, open my lips.
My mouth shall declare your praise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Gospel – Mark 4.35-41
On that day, when evening had come,
Jesus said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.”
Leaving the multitude, they took him with them,
just as he was, in the boat.
Other small boats were also with him.
A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat,
so much that the boat was already filled.
He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion,
and they woke him up, and told him,
“Teacher, do you not care that we are dying?”
He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!”
The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
He said to them, “Why are you so afraid?
How is it that you have no faith?”
They were greatly afraid, and said to one another,
“Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 2 Samuel 11.1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17
At the turn of the year, at the time when kings go out,
David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel;
and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah.
But David stayed at Jerusalem.
At evening, David arose from his bed
and walked on the roof of the king’s house.
From the roof, he saw a woman bathing;
and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
David sent and inquired after the woman.
Someone said, “Is not this Bathsheba,
the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
David sent messengers, and took her;
She came to him, and he lay with her
Then she returned to her house.
The woman conceived;
and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.”
Joab sent Uriah to David.
When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did,
and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house,and wash your feet.”
Uriah departed out of the king’s house,
and a gift from the king was sent after him.
But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house
with all the servants of his lord,
and did not go down to his house.
When they had told David, saying,
“Uriah did not go down to his house,”
David called him on the next day,
he ate and drink before David, and he made him drunk.
At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord,
but did not go down to his house.
In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab,
and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
He wrote in the letter, saying,
“Send Uriah to the forefront of the heaviest battle,
and draw back from him, that he may be struck, and die.”
When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place
where he knew that valiant men were.
The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab.
Some of the people fell, of the officers of David;
and Uriah the Hittite died also.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6a, 6bcd-7, 10-11 Resp. 3a
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
I have done what is evil in your sight;
that you may be proved right when you speak,
and justified when you judge.
Behold, I was born in iniquity.
A sinner, as my mother conceived me.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Let me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all of my iniquities.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Gospel – Mark 4.26-34
Jesus said to the crowds,
“The Kingdom of God is like when a human
casts seed on the earth,
and sleeps and rises night and day,
and the seed springs up and grows,
they know not how.
For the earth bears fruit:
first the blade, then the ear,
then the full grain in the ear.
But when the fruit is ripe,
immediately they put in the sickle,
because the harvest has come.”
He said, “To what will we compare the Kingdom of God?
Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
It is like a grain of mustard seed,
which, when it is sown in the earth,
is smaller than the other seeds that are on the earth,
yet when it is sown, grows up,
and becomes greater than all the plants,
and puts out great branches,
so that the birds of the sky
can lodge under its shadow.”
With many such parables he spoke the word to them,
as they were able to hear it.
Without a parable he did not speak to them;
but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Reading 1 – 2 Samuel 11.1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17
At the turn of the year, at the time when kings go out,
David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel;
and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah.
But David stayed at Jerusalem.
At evening, David arose from his bed
and walked on the roof of the king’s house.
From the roof, he saw a woman bathing;
and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
David sent and inquired after the woman.
Someone said, “Is not this Bathsheba,
the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
David sent messengers, and took her;
She came to him, and he lay with her
Then she returned to her house.
The woman conceived;
and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.”
Joab sent Uriah to David.
When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did,
and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house,and wash your feet.”
Uriah departed out of the king’s house,
and a gift from the king was sent after him.
But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house
with all the servants of his lord,
and did not go down to his house.
When they had told David, saying,
“Uriah did not go down to his house,”
David called him on the next day,
he ate and drink before David, and he made him drunk.
At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord,
but did not go down to his house.
In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab,
and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
He wrote in the letter, saying,
“Send Uriah to the forefront of the heaviest battle,
and draw back from him, that he may be struck, and die.”
When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place
where he knew that valiant men were.
The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab.
Some of the people fell, of the officers of David;
and Uriah the Hittite died also.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6a, 6bcd-7, 10-11 Resp. 3a
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
I have done what is evil in your sight;
that you may be proved right when you speak,
and justified when you judge.
Behold, I was born in iniquity.
A sinner, as my mother conceived me.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Let me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all of my iniquities.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Gospel – Mark 4.26-34
Jesus said to the crowds,
“The Kingdom of God is like when a human
casts seed on the earth,
and sleeps and rises night and day,
and the seed springs up and grows,
they know not how.
For the earth bears fruit:
first the blade, then the ear,
then the full grain in the ear.
But when the fruit is ripe,
immediately they put in the sickle,
because the harvest has come.”
He said, “To what will we compare the Kingdom of God?
Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
It is like a grain of mustard seed,
which, when it is sown in the earth,
is smaller than the other seeds that are on the earth,
yet when it is sown, grows up,
and becomes greater than all the plants,
and puts out great branches,
so that the birds of the sky
can lodge under its shadow.”
With many such parables he spoke the word to them,
as they were able to hear it.
Without a parable he did not speak to them;
but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Hosea 6.1-6
“Come, and let us return to Yahweh;
for he has torn us to pieces,
but he will heal us;
he has injured us,
but he will bind up our wounds.
After two days he will revive us.
On the third day he will raise us up,
and we will live before him.
Let us acknowledge the Lord.
Let us press on to know the Lord.
As surely as the sun rises,
the Lord will appear.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your love is like a morning cloud,
and like the dew that disappears early.
Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;
I killed them with the words of my mouth.
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab Resp. Hosea 6:6
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
Do well in your good pleasure to Zion.
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,
in burnt offerings and in holocausts.
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
Gospel - Luke 18.9-14
Jesus spoke this parable
to those who were convinced
of their own righteousness,
and who despised all others.
“Two humans went up
into the temple to pray;
one was a Pharisee,
and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood
and prayed to himself like this:
‘God, I thank you,
that I am not like the rest of the humans:
extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers,
or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week.
I give tithes of all that I get.’
But the tax collector, standing far away,
would not even lift up his eyes to heaven,
but beat his breast, saying,
‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified
rather than the other;
for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Reading 1 - Hosea 6.1-6
“Come, and let us return to Yahweh;
for he has torn us to pieces,
but he will heal us;
he has injured us,
but he will bind up our wounds.
After two days he will revive us.
On the third day he will raise us up,
and we will live before him.
Let us acknowledge the Lord.
Let us press on to know the Lord.
As surely as the sun rises,
the Lord will appear.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your love is like a morning cloud,
and like the dew that disappears early.
Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;
I killed them with the words of my mouth.
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab Resp. Hosea 6:6
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
Do well in your good pleasure to Zion.
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,
in burnt offerings and in holocausts.
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
Gospel - Luke 18.9-14
Jesus spoke this parable
to those who were convinced
of their own righteousness,
and who despised all others.
“Two humans went up
into the temple to pray;
one was a Pharisee,
and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood
and prayed to himself like this:
‘God, I thank you,
that I am not like the rest of the humans:
extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers,
or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week.
I give tithes of all that I get.’
But the tax collector, standing far away,
would not even lift up his eyes to heaven,
but beat his breast, saying,
‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified
rather than the other;
for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Wednesday of the First Week in Lent
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Jonah 3.1-10
The word of the Lord came to Jonah again, saying,
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,
and preach to it the message that I give you.”
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh,
according to the Lord’s word.
Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,
three days’ journey across.
Jonah began to enter into the city
one day’s journey,
and he cried out, and said,
“In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
The people of Nineveh believed God;
and they proclaimed a fast,
and put on sackcloth,
from their greatest even to their least.
The news reached the king of Nineveh,
and he arose from his throne,
and took off his royal robe,
covered himself with sackcloth,
and sat in ashes.
He made a proclamation
and published through Nineveh
by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying,
“Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock,
taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
but let them be covered with sackcloth,
both man and animal,
and let them cry mightily to God.
Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way,
and from the violence that is in his hands.
Who knows whether God will not turn and relent,
and turn away from his fierce anger,
so that we might not perish?”
God saw their works,
that they turned from their evil way.
God relented of the disaster
which he said he would do to them,
and he did not do it.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 12-13, 18-19 Resp. 19b
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Gospel - Luke 11.29-32
While the crowds were gathering together to Jesus, he began to say,
“This kind is a perverse kind.
It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Human be to this kind.
At the judgment, the queen of the south will rise up with the men of this kind,
and will condemn them:
for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this kind, and will condemn it:
for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.”
Reading 1 – Jonah 3.1-10
The word of the Lord came to Jonah again, saying,
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,
and preach to it the message that I give you.”
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh,
according to the Lord’s word.
Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,
three days’ journey across.
Jonah began to enter into the city
one day’s journey,
and he cried out, and said,
“In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
The people of Nineveh believed God;
and they proclaimed a fast,
and put on sackcloth,
from their greatest even to their least.
The news reached the king of Nineveh,
and he arose from his throne,
and took off his royal robe,
covered himself with sackcloth,
and sat in ashes.
He made a proclamation
and published through Nineveh
by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying,
“Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock,
taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
but let them be covered with sackcloth,
both man and animal,
and let them cry mightily to God.
Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way,
and from the violence that is in his hands.
Who knows whether God will not turn and relent,
and turn away from his fierce anger,
so that we might not perish?”
God saw their works,
that they turned from their evil way.
God relented of the disaster
which he said he would do to them,
and he did not do it.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 12-13, 18-19 Resp. 19b
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Gospel - Luke 11.29-32
While the crowds were gathering together to Jesus, he began to say,
“This kind is a perverse kind.
It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Human be to this kind.
At the judgment, the queen of the south will rise up with the men of this kind,
and will condemn them:
for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this kind, and will condemn it:
for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.”
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Isaiah 58.1-9a
Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Cry aloud and do not hold back,
lift up your voice like a trumpet,
and declare to my people their disobedience,
and to the house of Jacob their sins.
They seek me daily,
and desire to know my ways:
as a nation that did righteousness,
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
They ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say,
‘and you do not see it?
Why have we afflicted our soul,
and you take no notice of it?’
“Behold, in the day of your fast
you carry out your own pursuits,
and work all your laborers.
Behold, you fast for strife and contention,
and to strike with the fist of wickedness:
O that you would fast this day
so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
Is such the fast that I have chosen?
Is this a day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head as a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?
This is the fast that I have chosen:
to release the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the bands of the yoke,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and break every yoke,
to distribute your bread to the hungry,
and bring the poor who are cast out
into your house.
When you see the naked, cover them;
and do not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Then your light shall break out as the dawn,
and your healing shall spring out speedily;
and your righteousness shall go before you;
the Lord’s glory shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19 Resp. 19b
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Gospel – Matthew 9.14-15
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, saying,
“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,
but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus said to them,
“Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn,
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come
when the bridegroom will be taken away from them,
and then they will fast.
Reading 1 - Isaiah 58.1-9a
Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Cry aloud and do not hold back,
lift up your voice like a trumpet,
and declare to my people their disobedience,
and to the house of Jacob their sins.
They seek me daily,
and desire to know my ways:
as a nation that did righteousness,
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
They ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say,
‘and you do not see it?
Why have we afflicted our soul,
and you take no notice of it?’
“Behold, in the day of your fast
you carry out your own pursuits,
and work all your laborers.
Behold, you fast for strife and contention,
and to strike with the fist of wickedness:
O that you would fast this day
so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
Is such the fast that I have chosen?
Is this a day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head as a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?
This is the fast that I have chosen:
to release the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the bands of the yoke,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and break every yoke,
to distribute your bread to the hungry,
and bring the poor who are cast out
into your house.
When you see the naked, cover them;
and do not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Then your light shall break out as the dawn,
and your healing shall spring out speedily;
and your righteousness shall go before you;
the Lord’s glory shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19 Resp. 19b
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Gospel – Matthew 9.14-15
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, saying,
“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,
but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus said to them,
“Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn,
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come
when the bridegroom will be taken away from them,
and then they will fast.
Ash Wednesday
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Joel 2.12-18
“Yet even now,” says the Lord,
“turn to me with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
Tear your heart, and not your garments,
and return to the Lord, your God;
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
and relents from sending calamity.
Who knows? He may turn and relent,
and leave a blessing behind him,
even a meal offering and a drink offering
for the Lord, your God.
Blow the trumpet in Zion!
Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
Gather the people.
Sanctify the assembly.
Assemble the elders.
Gather the children,
and those who nurse from breasts.
Let the bridegroom go out of his room,
and the bride out of her room.
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,
weep between the entrance and the altar,
and let them say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and do not make your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the nations,
‘Where is their God?’”
Then the Lord was jealous for his land,
and had pity on his people.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14+17 Resp. 3a
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
O Lord, open my lips
My mouth will proclaim your praise
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Reading 2 – 2 Corinthians 5.20-6.2
Brothers and sisters:
We are therefore ambassadors
on behalf of Christ,
as though God were
imploring through us:
we beg you on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
For, on our behalf,
he made him to be sin
who knew no sin,
so that we might become
the righteousness of God
in him.
Working together,
we implore also
that you do not receive
the grace of God in vain,
for he says,
“At an acceptable time I listened to you,
in a day of salvation I helped you.”
Behold, now is the ever-so-acceptable time.
Behold, now is the day of salvation.
Gospel – Matthew 6.1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be careful lest you
do you righteous deeds in front of humans,
in order to be seen by them.
If you do not at least do this,
you will have no pay
from your Father in heaven.
Therefore when you do merciful deeds,
do not sound a trumpet before yourself,
as the hypocrites do
in the synagogues and on the streets,
that they may get glory from humans.
Amen I say to you,
they have received their pay.
But when you do merciful deeds,
do not let your left hand know
what your right hand does,
so that your merciful deeds
may be in secret,
and your Father
who sees into the secret
will pay you.
And when you pray,
you shall not be
like the hypocrites,
that love to stand praying
in the synagogues
and on the streetcorners,
that they may be on display for humans.
Amen, I say to you,
they have received their pay.
But you, when you pray,
go into your closet,
and shut your door;
pray to your Father
who is in secret,
and your Father
who sees into the secret
will pay you.
And when you fast,
Do not be like the gloomy hypocrites,
For they disfigure their faces,
so that they may be fasting on display for humans.
Amen, I say to you,
they have received their pay.
But you, when you fast,
anoint your head,
and wash your face;
so that you are not fasting on display for humans,
but for your Father
who is in secret,
and your Father,
who sees into the secret,
will pay you.
Reading 1 - Joel 2.12-18
“Yet even now,” says the Lord,
“turn to me with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
Tear your heart, and not your garments,
and return to the Lord, your God;
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
and relents from sending calamity.
Who knows? He may turn and relent,
and leave a blessing behind him,
even a meal offering and a drink offering
for the Lord, your God.
Blow the trumpet in Zion!
Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
Gather the people.
Sanctify the assembly.
Assemble the elders.
Gather the children,
and those who nurse from breasts.
Let the bridegroom go out of his room,
and the bride out of her room.
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,
weep between the entrance and the altar,
and let them say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and do not make your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the nations,
‘Where is their God?’”
Then the Lord was jealous for his land,
and had pity on his people.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14+17 Resp. 3a
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
O Lord, open my lips
My mouth will proclaim your praise
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Reading 2 – 2 Corinthians 5.20-6.2
Brothers and sisters:
We are therefore ambassadors
on behalf of Christ,
as though God were
imploring through us:
we beg you on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
For, on our behalf,
he made him to be sin
who knew no sin,
so that we might become
the righteousness of God
in him.
Working together,
we implore also
that you do not receive
the grace of God in vain,
for he says,
“At an acceptable time I listened to you,
in a day of salvation I helped you.”
Behold, now is the ever-so-acceptable time.
Behold, now is the day of salvation.
Gospel – Matthew 6.1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be careful lest you
do you righteous deeds in front of humans,
in order to be seen by them.
If you do not at least do this,
you will have no pay
from your Father in heaven.
Therefore when you do merciful deeds,
do not sound a trumpet before yourself,
as the hypocrites do
in the synagogues and on the streets,
that they may get glory from humans.
Amen I say to you,
they have received their pay.
But when you do merciful deeds,
do not let your left hand know
what your right hand does,
so that your merciful deeds
may be in secret,
and your Father
who sees into the secret
will pay you.
And when you pray,
you shall not be
like the hypocrites,
that love to stand praying
in the synagogues
and on the streetcorners,
that they may be on display for humans.
Amen, I say to you,
they have received their pay.
But you, when you pray,
go into your closet,
and shut your door;
pray to your Father
who is in secret,
and your Father
who sees into the secret
will pay you.
And when you fast,
Do not be like the gloomy hypocrites,
For they disfigure their faces,
so that they may be fasting on display for humans.
Amen, I say to you,
they have received their pay.
But you, when you fast,
anoint your head,
and wash your face;
so that you are not fasting on display for humans,
but for your Father
who is in secret,
and your Father,
who sees into the secret,
will pay you.
Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Ezekiel 36:23-28
Thus says the LORD:
I will sanctify my great name,
which has been profaned among the nations,
which you have profaned among them;
and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,
says the Lord God.
I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the nations,
and gather you out of all the foreign lands,
and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you.
I will also give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
I will put my Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and you shall keep my ordinances and do them.
You shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers,
and you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. Ezekiel 36:25
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
Gospel – Matthew 22.1-14
Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like some king,
who put on a marriage feast for his son
and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast,
but they would not come.
Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited,
“Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed,
and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!”’
But they made light of it, and went their ways,
one to his own farm, another to his merchandise, and the rest grabbed his servants,
and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies,
destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready,
but those who were invited were not worthy.
Go therefore along the routes of the roads,
and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.’
Those servants went out on the roads
and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good.
The wedding was filled with guests, but when the king came in to see the guests,
he saw there a man who did not have on wedding clothes,
and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here
without having wedding clothing?’
He was speechless.
Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away,
and throw him into the outer darkness where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’
For many are called, but few chosen.”
Reading 1 - Ezekiel 36:23-28
Thus says the LORD:
I will sanctify my great name,
which has been profaned among the nations,
which you have profaned among them;
and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,
says the Lord God.
I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the nations,
and gather you out of all the foreign lands,
and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you.
I will also give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
I will put my Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and you shall keep my ordinances and do them.
You shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers,
and you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. Ezekiel 36:25
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
Gospel – Matthew 22.1-14
Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like some king,
who put on a marriage feast for his son
and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast,
but they would not come.
Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited,
“Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed,
and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!”’
But they made light of it, and went their ways,
one to his own farm, another to his merchandise, and the rest grabbed his servants,
and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies,
destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready,
but those who were invited were not worthy.
Go therefore along the routes of the roads,
and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.’
Those servants went out on the roads
and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good.
The wedding was filled with guests, but when the king came in to see the guests,
he saw there a man who did not have on wedding clothes,
and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here
without having wedding clothing?’
He was speechless.
Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away,
and throw him into the outer darkness where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’
For many are called, but few chosen.”
Saturday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 18.1-10, 13b, 30-32
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
“What do you mean when you use this proverb
concerning the land of Israel, saying,
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
but the children’s teeth are set on edge?’
As I live, says the Lord God,
you shall not use this proverb anymore in Israel.
Behold, all souls are mine;
as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine;
the soul who sins, he shall die.
But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
and has not eaten on the mountains,
nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
nor defiled his neighbor’s wife,
nor come near to a woman in her impurity,
and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge,
has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry,
and has covered the naked with a garment;
he who has not lent at interest, nor taken any increase,
who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity,
has executed true justice between man and man,
has walked in my statutes and has kept my ordinances, dealing truly;
he is just, he shall surely live”, says the Lord God.
“If he begets a son who is a robber, who sheds blood,
who has lent at interest, and has taken increase;
shall he then live? He shall not live.
He has done all these abominations;
he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.
Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel,
everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord God.
“Return and turn yourselves away from all your transgressions;
so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Cast away from you all your transgressions,
in which you have transgressed;
and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit.
Why should you die, house of Israel?
For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies”,
says the Lord God, “Therefore turn yourselves and live.”
Responsorial – Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12a
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Gospel – Matthew 19.13-15
Then little children were brought to Jesus,
that he would lay his hands on them and pray,
but the disciples rebuked them.
Jesus, however, said, “Let the little children come to me
and do not forbid them,
for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”
He laid his hands on them and departed from there.
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 18.1-10, 13b, 30-32
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
“What do you mean when you use this proverb
concerning the land of Israel, saying,
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
but the children’s teeth are set on edge?’
As I live, says the Lord God,
you shall not use this proverb anymore in Israel.
Behold, all souls are mine;
as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine;
the soul who sins, he shall die.
But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
and has not eaten on the mountains,
nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
nor defiled his neighbor’s wife,
nor come near to a woman in her impurity,
and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge,
has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry,
and has covered the naked with a garment;
he who has not lent at interest, nor taken any increase,
who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity,
has executed true justice between man and man,
has walked in my statutes and has kept my ordinances, dealing truly;
he is just, he shall surely live”, says the Lord God.
“If he begets a son who is a robber, who sheds blood,
who has lent at interest, and has taken increase;
shall he then live? He shall not live.
He has done all these abominations;
he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.
Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel,
everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord God.
“Return and turn yourselves away from all your transgressions;
so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Cast away from you all your transgressions,
in which you have transgressed;
and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit.
Why should you die, house of Israel?
For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies”,
says the Lord God, “Therefore turn yourselves and live.”
Responsorial – Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12a
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Gospel – Matthew 19.13-15
Then little children were brought to Jesus,
that he would lay his hands on them and pray,
but the disciples rebuked them.
Jesus, however, said, “Let the little children come to me
and do not forbid them,
for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”
He laid his hands on them and departed from there.
Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Jeremiah 31.31-34
Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord,
that I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and the house of Judah:
not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers
on the day that I took them by the hand
to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
This covenant of mine they broke,
although I was a husband to them,
says the Lord.
But this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days,
says the Lord:
I will put my law within them,
and on their heart I will write it;
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people:
and they shall no longer teach,
every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying,
“Know the Lord”;
for they shall all know me,
from the least to the greatest,
says the Lord:
for I will forgive their iniquity,
and their sin will I remember no more.
Responsorial - Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12a
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Gospel – Matthew 16.13-23
When Jesus came into
the region of Caesarea Philippi,
he asked his disciples, saying,
“Who do humans say that the Son of Human is?”
They said, “Some say John the Baptist,
some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah,
or one of the prophets.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter answered,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,
but my Father who is in heaven.
I also tell you that you are Peter,
and on this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the underworld will not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven,
and whatever you bind on earth
will have been bound in heaven;
and whatever you release on earth
will be released in heaven.”
Then he commanded the disciples
that they should tell no one
that he was the Christ.
From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem
and suffer many things from
the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and on the third day be raised up.
Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying,
“Mercy to you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
But he turned, and said to Peter,
“Get behind me, Satan!
You are a stumbling block to me,
for you are not setting your mind on the things of God,
but on the things of humans.”
Reading 1 - Jeremiah 31.31-34
Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord,
that I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and the house of Judah:
not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers
on the day that I took them by the hand
to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
This covenant of mine they broke,
although I was a husband to them,
says the Lord.
But this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days,
says the Lord:
I will put my law within them,
and on their heart I will write it;
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people:
and they shall no longer teach,
every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying,
“Know the Lord”;
for they shall all know me,
from the least to the greatest,
says the Lord:
for I will forgive their iniquity,
and their sin will I remember no more.
Responsorial - Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12a
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Gospel – Matthew 16.13-23
When Jesus came into
the region of Caesarea Philippi,
he asked his disciples, saying,
“Who do humans say that the Son of Human is?”
They said, “Some say John the Baptist,
some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah,
or one of the prophets.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter answered,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,
but my Father who is in heaven.
I also tell you that you are Peter,
and on this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the underworld will not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven,
and whatever you bind on earth
will have been bound in heaven;
and whatever you release on earth
will be released in heaven.”
Then he commanded the disciples
that they should tell no one
that he was the Christ.
From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem
and suffer many things from
the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and on the third day be raised up.
Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying,
“Mercy to you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
But he turned, and said to Peter,
“Get behind me, Satan!
You are a stumbling block to me,
for you are not setting your mind on the things of God,
but on the things of humans.”
Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Hosea 14.2-10
Thus says the LORD:
Israel, return to Lord your God;
for you have fallen because of your sin.
Take words with you,
and return to the Lord.
Tell him, “Forgive all our sins,
and accept that which is good:
so we might offer bulls from our stalls.
Assyria cannot save us.
We will not ride on horses;
nor will we say anymore
to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’
for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”
“I will heal their waywardness,” says the Lord,
“I will love them freely.
My anger is turned away from them.
I will be like the dew to Israel.
He will blossom like the lily,
and send down his roots like the Lebanon cedar.
His branches will spread,
and his beauty will be like the olive tree,
and his fragrance like the Lebanon cedar.
Men will dwell in his shade.
They will revive like the grain,
and blossom like the vine.
Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Ephraim, what has he to do anymore with idols?
I answer, and will take care of him.
‘I am like a green fir tree’?
from me your fruit is found.”
Who is wise, that he may understand these things?
Who is prudent, that he may know them?
For the ways of the Lord are straight,
and the righteous walk in them;
But the sinners stumble in them.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 8-9, 12-13, 14+17 Resp. 17b
R. My mouth will proclaim your praise.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. My mouth will proclaim your praise.
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.
You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
R. My mouth will proclaim your praise.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. My mouth will proclaim your praise.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
O Lord, open my lips
My mouth will proclaim your praise.
R. My mouth will proclaim your praise.
Gospel – Matthew 10.16-23
Jesus said to his Apostles:
“Behold, I send you out
as sheep among wolves.
Therefore be wise as serpents,
and harmless as doves.
But beware of humans:
for they will deliver you up to councils,
and in their synagogues
they will scourge you.
Yes, and you will be brought
before governors and kings for my sake,
for a testimony to them and to the nations.
But when they deliver you up,
do not be anxious how or what you will say,
for it will be given you in that hour
what you will say.
For it is not you who speak,
but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
Brother will deliver up brother to death,
and the father his child.
Children will rise up against parents,
and cause them to be put to death.
You will be hated by all for the sake of my name,
but the one who endures to the end will be saved.
But when they persecute you in this city,
flee into the next,
for, amen I say to you,
you will not have gone through
the cities of Israel,
until the Son of Human has come.
Reading 1 – Hosea 14.2-10
Thus says the LORD:
Israel, return to Lord your God;
for you have fallen because of your sin.
Take words with you,
and return to the Lord.
Tell him, “Forgive all our sins,
and accept that which is good:
so we might offer bulls from our stalls.
Assyria cannot save us.
We will not ride on horses;
nor will we say anymore
to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’
for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”
“I will heal their waywardness,” says the Lord,
“I will love them freely.
My anger is turned away from them.
I will be like the dew to Israel.
He will blossom like the lily,
and send down his roots like the Lebanon cedar.
His branches will spread,
and his beauty will be like the olive tree,
and his fragrance like the Lebanon cedar.
Men will dwell in his shade.
They will revive like the grain,
and blossom like the vine.
Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Ephraim, what has he to do anymore with idols?
I answer, and will take care of him.
‘I am like a green fir tree’?
from me your fruit is found.”
Who is wise, that he may understand these things?
Who is prudent, that he may know them?
For the ways of the Lord are straight,
and the righteous walk in them;
But the sinners stumble in them.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 8-9, 12-13, 14+17 Resp. 17b
R. My mouth will proclaim your praise.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. My mouth will proclaim your praise.
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.
You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
R. My mouth will proclaim your praise.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. My mouth will proclaim your praise.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
O Lord, open my lips
My mouth will proclaim your praise.
R. My mouth will proclaim your praise.
Gospel – Matthew 10.16-23
Jesus said to his Apostles:
“Behold, I send you out
as sheep among wolves.
Therefore be wise as serpents,
and harmless as doves.
But beware of humans:
for they will deliver you up to councils,
and in their synagogues
they will scourge you.
Yes, and you will be brought
before governors and kings for my sake,
for a testimony to them and to the nations.
But when they deliver you up,
do not be anxious how or what you will say,
for it will be given you in that hour
what you will say.
For it is not you who speak,
but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
Brother will deliver up brother to death,
and the father his child.
Children will rise up against parents,
and cause them to be put to death.
You will be hated by all for the sake of my name,
but the one who endures to the end will be saved.
But when they persecute you in this city,
flee into the next,
for, amen I say to you,
you will not have gone through
the cities of Israel,
until the Son of Human has come.
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 21.17-29
After the death of Naboth,
the word of the Lord came
to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
“Arise, go down to meet Ahab,
king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria.
Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth,
where he has gone down
to take possession of it.
You shall speak to him, saying,
‘The Lord says,
“Having killed, do you also take possession?”’
You shall speak to him, saying,
‘The Lord says, “In the place
where dogs licked the blood of Naboth,
dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”
Ahab said to Elijah,
“Have you found me, my enemy?”
He answered, “I have found you,
because you have sold yourself
to do that which is evil
in the sight of the Lord.
Behold, I will bring evil on you,
and will utterly sweep you away
and will cut off from Ahab
every male, whether slave or free in Israel.
I will make your house
like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah
for the provocation with which you have
provoked me to anger,
and have made Israel to sin.”
The Lord also spoke of Jezebel, saying,
“The dogs shall eat Jezebel
by the rampart of Jezreel.
The dogs will eat him who dies of Ahab in the city;
and the birds of the sky will
eat him who dies in the field.”
For there was no one like Ahab,
who sold himself to do
that which was evil in the sight of the Lord,
whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
He did very abominably in following idols,
according to all that the Amorites did,
whom the Lord cast out
before the children of Israel.
When Ahab heard those words,
he tore his clothes,
and put sackcloth on his flesh,
and fasted, and lay in sackcloth,
and went subdued.
The word of the Lord came
to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
“See how Ahab humbles himself before me?
Because he humbles himself before me,
I will not bring the evil in his days;
but in his son’s days
will I bring the evil on his house.”
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 11+16 Resp. 3a
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all of my iniquities.
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.
My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Gospel - Matthew 5.43-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said,
‘You shall love your neighbor,
and hate your enemy.’
But I tell you, love your enemies,
bless those who curse you,
do good to those who hate you,
and pray for those who
mistreat you and persecute you,
that you may be children
of your Father who is in heaven.
For he makes his sun
to rise on the evil and the good,
and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you,
what reward do you have?
Do not even the tax collectors
do the same?
If you only greet your brothers and sisters,
what more do you do than others?
Don’t even the Gentiles do the same?
Therefore you shall be perfect,
just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 21.17-29
After the death of Naboth,
the word of the Lord came
to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
“Arise, go down to meet Ahab,
king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria.
Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth,
where he has gone down
to take possession of it.
You shall speak to him, saying,
‘The Lord says,
“Having killed, do you also take possession?”’
You shall speak to him, saying,
‘The Lord says, “In the place
where dogs licked the blood of Naboth,
dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”
Ahab said to Elijah,
“Have you found me, my enemy?”
He answered, “I have found you,
because you have sold yourself
to do that which is evil
in the sight of the Lord.
Behold, I will bring evil on you,
and will utterly sweep you away
and will cut off from Ahab
every male, whether slave or free in Israel.
I will make your house
like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah
for the provocation with which you have
provoked me to anger,
and have made Israel to sin.”
The Lord also spoke of Jezebel, saying,
“The dogs shall eat Jezebel
by the rampart of Jezreel.
The dogs will eat him who dies of Ahab in the city;
and the birds of the sky will
eat him who dies in the field.”
For there was no one like Ahab,
who sold himself to do
that which was evil in the sight of the Lord,
whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
He did very abominably in following idols,
according to all that the Amorites did,
whom the Lord cast out
before the children of Israel.
When Ahab heard those words,
he tore his clothes,
and put sackcloth on his flesh,
and fasted, and lay in sackcloth,
and went subdued.
The word of the Lord came
to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
“See how Ahab humbles himself before me?
Because he humbles himself before me,
I will not bring the evil in his days;
but in his son’s days
will I bring the evil on his house.”
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 5-6ab, 11+16 Resp. 3a
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
Against you, and you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight;
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all of my iniquities.
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.
My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
R. Have mercy, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Gospel - Matthew 5.43-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said,
‘You shall love your neighbor,
and hate your enemy.’
But I tell you, love your enemies,
bless those who curse you,
do good to those who hate you,
and pray for those who
mistreat you and persecute you,
that you may be children
of your Father who is in heaven.
For he makes his sun
to rise on the evil and the good,
and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you,
what reward do you have?
Do not even the tax collectors
do the same?
If you only greet your brothers and sisters,
what more do you do than others?
Don’t even the Gentiles do the same?
Therefore you shall be perfect,
just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Holy Saturday - Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
Official Translation
At least 3 of the first 7 readings, or up to 7, but always read “Reading 3” from Exodus.
Reading 1 – Genesis 1.1-2.2 or 1.1, 26-31a
In the beginning,
God created the heavens and the earth.
The earth was formless and empty.
Darkness was on the surface of the deep
and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
God saw the light, and saw that it was good.
God divided the light from the darkness.
God called the light “day”,
and the darkness he called “night”.
There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
God said, “Let there be an expanse
in the middle of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
God made the expanse,
and divided the waters which were under the expanse
from the waters which were above the expanse;
and it was so.
God called the expanse “sky”.
There was evening and there was morning, the second day.
God said, “Let the waters under the sky
be gathered together to one place,
and let the dry land appear”;
and it was so.
God called the dry land “earth”,
and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”.
God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds,
and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it,
on the earth”; and it was so.
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind,
and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind;
and God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, the third day.
God said, “Let there be lights
in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night;
and let them be for signs to mark
seasons, days, and years;
and let them be for lights
in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth”;
and it was so.
God made the two great lights:
the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night.
He also made the stars.
God set them in the expanse of sky
to give light to the earth,
and to rule over the day and over the night,
and to divide the light from the darkness.
God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth
in the open expanse of sky.”
God created the large sea creatures
and every living creature that moves,
with which the waters swarmed,
after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
God blessed them, saying,
“Be fruitful, and multiply,
and fill the waters in the seas,
and let birds multiply on the earth.”
There was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind,
livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”;
and it was so.
God made the animals of the earth after their kind,
and the livestock after their kind,
and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
and over the birds of the sky,
and over the livestock,
and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
God created man in his own image.
In God’s image he created him;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them.
God said to them,
“Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it.
Have dominion over the fish of the sea,
over the birds of the sky,
and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed,
which is on the surface of all the earth,
and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed.
It will be your food.
To every animal of the earth,
and to every bird of the sky,
and to everything that creeps on the earth,
in which there is life,
I have given every green herb for food;”
and it was so.
God saw everything that he had made,
and, behold, it was very good.
There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done;
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
Responsorial – Psalm 104.1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35 Resp. 30
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
Bless the Lord, my soul.
Lord, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty;
covered with light as with a garment.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You laid the foundations of the earth,
that it should not be moved forever.
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.
The waters stood above the mountains.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You send springs into the valleys.
They run among the mountains.
The birds of the sky nest by them.
They sing among the branches.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You water the mountains from your rooms.
The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock,
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may produce food out of the earth:
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
O Lord, how many are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
Bless the Lord, my soul! Alleluia.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
Or Psalm 33.4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20+22 Resp. 5b
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
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. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
By the word of the Lord, the heavens were made;
all their host by the breath of his mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap.
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
The Lord looks from heaven.
He sees all the sons of men.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
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. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Reading 2 – Genesis 22.1-18 or 22.1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
God tested Abraham
and said to him, “Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
God said,
“Take your son, your only son,
whom you love, Isaac himself,
and go into the land of Moriah.
Offer him there as a burnt offering
on one of the mountains
which I will point out to you.”
Abraham rose early in the morning,
and saddled his donkey,
and took two of his young men with him,
and Isaac his son.
He split the wood for the burnt offering,
and rose up, and went
to the place of which God had told him.
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes,
and saw the place far off.
Abraham said to his young men,
“Stay here with the donkey.
The boy and I will go yonder.
We will worship, and come back to you.”
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering
and laid it on Isaac his son.
He took in his hand the fire and the knife.
They both went together.
Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?”
He said, “Here I am, my son.”
He said, “Here is the fire and the wood,
but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
Abraham said, “God will provide himself
the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.”
So they both went together.
When they came to the place
which God had pointed out to him,
Abraham built the altar there,
and laid the wood in order,
bound Isaac his son,
and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
Then Abraham stretched out his hand,
and took the knife to kill his son.
The Lord’s angel called to him from heaven
and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy,
nor do anything to him.
For now I know that you fear God,
since you have not withheld
your son, your only son, from me.”
Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and saw
that behind him was a ram
caught in the thicket by his horns.
Abraham went and took the ram,
and offered it up for a burnt offering
instead of his son.
Abraham called the name of that place:
Yahweh-yireh.
As it is said to this day,
“On the mountain, the Lord will see.”
The Lord’s angel called to Abraham
a second time from heaven,
and said, “I have sworn by myself, says the Lord,
because you have done this thing,
and have not withheld your son, your only son,
that I will bless you greatly,
and I will multiply your seed greatly
like the stars of the heavens,
and like the sand which is on the seashore.
Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
All the nations of the earth
will be blessed by your seed,
because you have obeyed my voice.”
Responsorial – Psalm 16.5, 8, 9-10, 11 Resp. 1
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
The Lord assigned my portion and my cup.
You made my lot secure.
I have set the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in safety.
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,
nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
You will show me the path of life.
In your presence is fullness of joy.
In your right hand there are delights forevermore.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
Reading 3 – Exodus 14.15-15.1
The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me?
Speak to the children of Israel;
tell them to go forward.
Lift up your rod,
and stretch out your hand over the sea,
and divide it:
and the children of Israel
shall go into the middle of the sea
on dry ground.
Behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
and they shall go in after them:
and I will get myself honor over Pharaoh,
and over all his armies, over his chariots,
and over his horsemen.
The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh,
over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”
The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel,
moved and went behind them;
and the pillar of cloud moved from before them,
and stood behind them.
It came between the camp of Egypt
and the camp of Israel;
and there was the cloud and the darkness,
so the night passed,
and the one did not come near the other all the night.
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the Lord caused the sea
to go back by a strong east wind all the night,
and made the sea dry land,
and the waters were divided.
The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea
on the dry ground,
and the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand, and on their left.
The Egyptians pursued,
and went in after them
into the middle of the sea:
all of Pharaoh’s horses,
his chariots, and his horsemen.
In the morning watch,
the Lord looked out on the Egyptian army
through the pillar of fire and of cloud,
and confused the Egyptian army.
He clogged their chariot wheels,
and they drove them heavily;
so that the Egyptians said,
“Let us flee from the face of Israel,
for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians!”
The Lord said to Moses,
“Stretch out your hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again
over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their horsemen.”
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to its strength
when the morning appeared;
and the Egyptians fled against it.
The Lord overthrew the Egyptians
in the middle of the sea.
The waters returned,
and covered the chariots and the horsemen,
even all Pharaoh’s army
that went in after them into the sea.
There remained not a single one.
But the children of Israel
walked on dry land in the middle of the sea,
and the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand, and on their left.
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day
out of the hand of the Egyptians;
and Israel saw the Egyptians
dead on the seashore.
Israel saw the great work
which the Lord did to the Egyptians,
and the people feared the Lord;
and they believed in the Lord,
and in his servant Moses.
Then Moses and the children of Israel
sang this song to the Lord, and said,
“I will sing to the Lord,
for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and the chariot
he has thrown into the sea.
Responsorial – Exodus 15.1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 Resp. 1b
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise him;
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The Lord is a warrior.
Lord is his name.
He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.
His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The deeps cover them.
They went down into the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, Lord, is glorious in power.
Your right hand, Lord, dashes the enemy into pieces.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
You shall bring them in, the people you redeemed,
and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance,
the place, the Lord, which you have made for yourself to dwell in;
the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
The Lord shall reign forever and ever.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
Reading 4 – Isaiah 54.5-14
Your Maker is your husband;
the Lord of Hosts is his name:
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of the Whole Earth.
For the Lord has called you
like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
even a wife of youth, cast off,
says your God.
For a small moment have I forsaken you;
but with great mercies will I gather you.
In overflowing wrath
I hid my face from you for a moment;
but with everlasting loving kindness
will I have mercy on you,
says the Lord your Redeemer.
This is for me like the waters of Noah;
for as I have sworn that
the waters of Noah
shall never again go over the earth,
so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you,
nor rebuke you.
For the mountains may depart,
and the hills be removed;
but my loving kindness shall not depart from you,
nor shall my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the Lord who has mercy on you.
You afflicted,
tossed with storms,
and not comforted,
behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors,
and lay your foundations with sapphires.
I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
and your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
All your children shall be taught by the Lord;
and great shall be the peace of your children.
In righteousness you shall be established:
you shall be far from oppression,
for you shall not be afraid;
and from terror,
for it shall not come near you.
Responsorial – Psalm 30.2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 Resp. 2a
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up,
and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of his.
Give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment.
His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may last all night,
but joy comes in the morning.
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Hear, Lord, and have mercy on me.
Lord, be my helper.
You have turned my mourning into dancing.
Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Reading 5 – Isaiah 55.1-11
Thus says the LORD:
Come, everyone who thirsts,
to the waters!
Come, you who have no money,
buy, and eat!
Yes, come, without money and without price.
drink wine and milk!
Why do you spend money
for what is not bread?
Your labor for
what does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me,
and you will eat what is good,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Turn your ear, and come to me;
hear, and your soul shall live:
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the mercies assured to David.
Behold, I have made him
a witness to the nations,
a leader and commander to the nations.
Behold, you shall call a nation
that you do not know,’
and a nation that did not know
you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel;
for he has glorified you.
Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call you on him while he is near:
let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
and let him return to the Lord,
and he will have mercy on him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain and the snow
come down from the heavens,
and do not return there,
until they water the earth,
and makes it grow and bud,
giving seed to the sower
and bread to the eater,
so shall my word be
that goes out of my mouth:
it shall not return to me void,
but it shall accomplish my will,
and it shall prosper
in what I sent it to do.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12.2-3, 4, 5-6 Resp. 3
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord, is my strength and song;
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Reading 6 – Baruch 3.9-15, 32-4.4
Hear, Israel, the commandments of life;
listen, to understand wisdom.
How has it happened, Israel,
that you are in your enemies’ land,
that you have grown old in a strange country,
that you are defiled with the dead,
that you are counted with those
who go down into the grave?
You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom!
For if you had walked in the way of God,
you would have dwelled in peace for ever.
Learn, where wisdom is,
where strength is, where understanding is,
so that you may know also
where length of days and life are,
where the light of the eyes and peace are.
Who has found out her place?
Or who has come into her treasures?
He who knows all things knows her
and has found her with his understanding:
he who prepared the earth forevermore,
who has filled it with four-footed beasts,
he who sends forth light and it goes,
who calls it again and it obeys him with fear.
The stars shine in their watches and rejoice.
When he calls them, they say, “Here we are!”
And so with cheerfulness
they shine for him who made them.
This is our God,
and no other shall stand in comparison with him.
He has founded all the way of knowledge,
and has given it to Jacob his servant
and Israel his beloved.
Afterward, he revealed himself upon the earth,
and conversed with men.
This is the book of the commandments of God
and the law that endures forever.
All those who keep it shall come to life,
but such as leave it shall die.
Turn, O Jacob, and take hold of it;
walk in the presence of its light
so that you may be illuminated.
Give not your honor to another,
nor the things which are beneficial for you
to a strange nation.
O Israel, happy are we,
for the things which are pleasing to God
are made known to us.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. John 6:68c
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
More to be desired are they than gold,
yes, than a pile of fine gold;
sweeter also than honey,
the extract of the honeycomb.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
Reading 7 – Ezekiel 36.16-17a, 18-28
The Word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Son of man, when the house of Israel
lived in their own land,
they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds:
Therefore I poured out my wrath on them
for the blood which they had poured out on the land,
and because they had defiled it with their idols;
and I scattered them among the nations,
and they were dispersed through the foreign lands:
according to their ways and according to their deeds
I judged them.
When they came to the nations, where they went,
they profaned my holy name; since men said of them,
“These are the people of the Lord,
and are gone out of his land.”
But I had respect for my holy name,
which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations,
where they went.
Therefore tell the house of Israel,
Thus says the Lord God:
I do not do this for your sake, house of Israel,
but for my holy name,
which you have profaned among the nations,
where you went.
I will sanctify my great name,
which has been profaned among the nations,
which you have profaned among them;
and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,
says the Lord God,
I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the nations,
and gather you out of all the foreign lands,
and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you.
I will also give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
I will put my Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and you shall keep my ordinances and do them.
You shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers,
and you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.
Responsorial – Psalm 42:3, 5, 43:3, 4 Resp. 42.2 (When baptism is celebrated)
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
My soul thirsts for the living God.
When shall I come to see the face of God?
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
I went with the crowd,
and led them to God’s house,
with the voice of joy and praise,
a multitude keeping a holy day.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
O send out your light and your truth.
Let them lead me.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my exceeding joy.
I will praise you on the harp,
O God, my God.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 Resp. 3 (When baptism is not celebrated.)
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord, is my strength and song;
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Or Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12 (When baptism is not celebrated.)
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Epistle – Romans 6.3-11
Brothers and Sisters:
Do you not know that whoever was baptized in Christ Jesus
was baptized in his death?
For we are buried together with him by baptism into death
so that, as Christ is risen from the dead
by the glory of the Father,
so we too may walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in a death like his,
so also we will be raised.
Knowing this, that our old humanity is crucified with him,
that the body of sin may be destroyed,
so that we will no longer serve sin.
For the dead one is justified from sin.
Now, if we have died with Christ,
we believe that we shall also live together with him.
Knowing that Christ, rising again from the dead, will not die again
Death no longer has power over you.
For the death that he died,
he died to sin one time;
but the life is life with God.
Thus consider yourselves also
to be dead with respect to sin,
but alive with God
in Christ Jesus.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1-2, 16-17, 22-23
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted!
I will not die, but live,
and declare the works of the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Mark 16.1-7
When the Sabbath was over,
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome,
bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Very early on the first day of the week,
they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
They were saying among themselves,
“Who will roll away the stone
from the entrance of the tomb for us?”
Looking ahead,
they saw that the stone was rolled back.
It was very large.
Entering into the tomb,
they saw a young man sitting on the right side,
dressed in a white robe,
and they were amazed.
He said to them, “Do not be amazed.
You seek Jesus of Nazareth the crucified.
He has been raised. He is not here.
Behold, the place where they laid him.
But go, tell his disciples and Peter,
‘He goes before you into Galilee.
There you will see him, as he said to you.’”
At least 3 of the first 7 readings, or up to 7, but always read “Reading 3” from Exodus.
Reading 1 – Genesis 1.1-2.2 or 1.1, 26-31a
In the beginning,
God created the heavens and the earth.
The earth was formless and empty.
Darkness was on the surface of the deep
and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
God saw the light, and saw that it was good.
God divided the light from the darkness.
God called the light “day”,
and the darkness he called “night”.
There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
God said, “Let there be an expanse
in the middle of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
God made the expanse,
and divided the waters which were under the expanse
from the waters which were above the expanse;
and it was so.
God called the expanse “sky”.
There was evening and there was morning, the second day.
God said, “Let the waters under the sky
be gathered together to one place,
and let the dry land appear”;
and it was so.
God called the dry land “earth”,
and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”.
God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds,
and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it,
on the earth”; and it was so.
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind,
and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind;
and God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, the third day.
God said, “Let there be lights
in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night;
and let them be for signs to mark
seasons, days, and years;
and let them be for lights
in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth”;
and it was so.
God made the two great lights:
the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night.
He also made the stars.
God set them in the expanse of sky
to give light to the earth,
and to rule over the day and over the night,
and to divide the light from the darkness.
God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth
in the open expanse of sky.”
God created the large sea creatures
and every living creature that moves,
with which the waters swarmed,
after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
God blessed them, saying,
“Be fruitful, and multiply,
and fill the waters in the seas,
and let birds multiply on the earth.”
There was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind,
livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”;
and it was so.
God made the animals of the earth after their kind,
and the livestock after their kind,
and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
and over the birds of the sky,
and over the livestock,
and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
God created man in his own image.
In God’s image he created him;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them.
God said to them,
“Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it.
Have dominion over the fish of the sea,
over the birds of the sky,
and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed,
which is on the surface of all the earth,
and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed.
It will be your food.
To every animal of the earth,
and to every bird of the sky,
and to everything that creeps on the earth,
in which there is life,
I have given every green herb for food;”
and it was so.
God saw everything that he had made,
and, behold, it was very good.
There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done;
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
Responsorial – Psalm 104.1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35 Resp. 30
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
Bless the Lord, my soul.
Lord, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty;
covered with light as with a garment.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You laid the foundations of the earth,
that it should not be moved forever.
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.
The waters stood above the mountains.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You send springs into the valleys.
They run among the mountains.
The birds of the sky nest by them.
They sing among the branches.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You water the mountains from your rooms.
The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock,
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may produce food out of the earth:
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
O Lord, how many are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
Bless the Lord, my soul! Alleluia.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
Or Psalm 33.4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20+22 Resp. 5b
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
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. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
By the word of the Lord, the heavens were made;
all their host by the breath of his mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap.
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
The Lord looks from heaven.
He sees all the sons of men.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
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. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Reading 2 – Genesis 22.1-18 or 22.1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
God tested Abraham
and said to him, “Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
God said,
“Take your son, your only son,
whom you love, Isaac himself,
and go into the land of Moriah.
Offer him there as a burnt offering
on one of the mountains
which I will point out to you.”
Abraham rose early in the morning,
and saddled his donkey,
and took two of his young men with him,
and Isaac his son.
He split the wood for the burnt offering,
and rose up, and went
to the place of which God had told him.
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes,
and saw the place far off.
Abraham said to his young men,
“Stay here with the donkey.
The boy and I will go yonder.
We will worship, and come back to you.”
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering
and laid it on Isaac his son.
He took in his hand the fire and the knife.
They both went together.
Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?”
He said, “Here I am, my son.”
He said, “Here is the fire and the wood,
but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
Abraham said, “God will provide himself
the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.”
So they both went together.
When they came to the place
which God had pointed out to him,
Abraham built the altar there,
and laid the wood in order,
bound Isaac his son,
and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
Then Abraham stretched out his hand,
and took the knife to kill his son.
The Lord’s angel called to him from heaven
and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy,
nor do anything to him.
For now I know that you fear God,
since you have not withheld
your son, your only son, from me.”
Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and saw
that behind him was a ram
caught in the thicket by his horns.
Abraham went and took the ram,
and offered it up for a burnt offering
instead of his son.
Abraham called the name of that place:
Yahweh-yireh.
As it is said to this day,
“On the mountain, the Lord will see.”
The Lord’s angel called to Abraham
a second time from heaven,
and said, “I have sworn by myself, says the Lord,
because you have done this thing,
and have not withheld your son, your only son,
that I will bless you greatly,
and I will multiply your seed greatly
like the stars of the heavens,
and like the sand which is on the seashore.
Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
All the nations of the earth
will be blessed by your seed,
because you have obeyed my voice.”
Responsorial – Psalm 16.5, 8, 9-10, 11 Resp. 1
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
The Lord assigned my portion and my cup.
You made my lot secure.
I have set the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in safety.
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,
nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
You will show me the path of life.
In your presence is fullness of joy.
In your right hand there are delights forevermore.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
Reading 3 – Exodus 14.15-15.1
The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me?
Speak to the children of Israel;
tell them to go forward.
Lift up your rod,
and stretch out your hand over the sea,
and divide it:
and the children of Israel
shall go into the middle of the sea
on dry ground.
Behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
and they shall go in after them:
and I will get myself honor over Pharaoh,
and over all his armies, over his chariots,
and over his horsemen.
The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh,
over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”
The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel,
moved and went behind them;
and the pillar of cloud moved from before them,
and stood behind them.
It came between the camp of Egypt
and the camp of Israel;
and there was the cloud and the darkness,
so the night passed,
and the one did not come near the other all the night.
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the Lord caused the sea
to go back by a strong east wind all the night,
and made the sea dry land,
and the waters were divided.
The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea
on the dry ground,
and the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand, and on their left.
The Egyptians pursued,
and went in after them
into the middle of the sea:
all of Pharaoh’s horses,
his chariots, and his horsemen.
In the morning watch,
the Lord looked out on the Egyptian army
through the pillar of fire and of cloud,
and confused the Egyptian army.
He clogged their chariot wheels,
and they drove them heavily;
so that the Egyptians said,
“Let us flee from the face of Israel,
for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians!”
The Lord said to Moses,
“Stretch out your hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again
over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their horsemen.”
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to its strength
when the morning appeared;
and the Egyptians fled against it.
The Lord overthrew the Egyptians
in the middle of the sea.
The waters returned,
and covered the chariots and the horsemen,
even all Pharaoh’s army
that went in after them into the sea.
There remained not a single one.
But the children of Israel
walked on dry land in the middle of the sea,
and the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand, and on their left.
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day
out of the hand of the Egyptians;
and Israel saw the Egyptians
dead on the seashore.
Israel saw the great work
which the Lord did to the Egyptians,
and the people feared the Lord;
and they believed in the Lord,
and in his servant Moses.
Then Moses and the children of Israel
sang this song to the Lord, and said,
“I will sing to the Lord,
for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and the chariot
he has thrown into the sea.
Responsorial – Exodus 15.1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 Resp. 1b
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise him;
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The Lord is a warrior.
Lord is his name.
He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.
His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The deeps cover them.
They went down into the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, Lord, is glorious in power.
Your right hand, Lord, dashes the enemy into pieces.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
You shall bring them in, the people you redeemed,
and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance,
the place, the Lord, which you have made for yourself to dwell in;
the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
The Lord shall reign forever and ever.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
Reading 4 – Isaiah 54.5-14
Your Maker is your husband;
the Lord of Hosts is his name:
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of the Whole Earth.
For the Lord has called you
like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
even a wife of youth, cast off,
says your God.
For a small moment have I forsaken you;
but with great mercies will I gather you.
In overflowing wrath
I hid my face from you for a moment;
but with everlasting loving kindness
will I have mercy on you,
says the Lord your Redeemer.
This is for me like the waters of Noah;
for as I have sworn that
the waters of Noah
shall never again go over the earth,
so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you,
nor rebuke you.
For the mountains may depart,
and the hills be removed;
but my loving kindness shall not depart from you,
nor shall my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the Lord who has mercy on you.
You afflicted,
tossed with storms,
and not comforted,
behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors,
and lay your foundations with sapphires.
I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
and your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
All your children shall be taught by the Lord;
and great shall be the peace of your children.
In righteousness you shall be established:
you shall be far from oppression,
for you shall not be afraid;
and from terror,
for it shall not come near you.
Responsorial – Psalm 30.2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 Resp. 2a
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up,
and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of his.
Give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment.
His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may last all night,
but joy comes in the morning.
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Hear, Lord, and have mercy on me.
Lord, be my helper.
You have turned my mourning into dancing.
Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Reading 5 – Isaiah 55.1-11
Thus says the LORD:
Come, everyone who thirsts,
to the waters!
Come, you who have no money,
buy, and eat!
Yes, come, without money and without price.
drink wine and milk!
Why do you spend money
for what is not bread?
Your labor for
what does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me,
and you will eat what is good,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Turn your ear, and come to me;
hear, and your soul shall live:
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the mercies assured to David.
Behold, I have made him
a witness to the nations,
a leader and commander to the nations.
Behold, you shall call a nation
that you do not know,’
and a nation that did not know
you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel;
for he has glorified you.
Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call you on him while he is near:
let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
and let him return to the Lord,
and he will have mercy on him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain and the snow
come down from the heavens,
and do not return there,
until they water the earth,
and makes it grow and bud,
giving seed to the sower
and bread to the eater,
so shall my word be
that goes out of my mouth:
it shall not return to me void,
but it shall accomplish my will,
and it shall prosper
in what I sent it to do.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12.2-3, 4, 5-6 Resp. 3
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord, is my strength and song;
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Reading 6 – Baruch 3.9-15, 32-4.4
Hear, Israel, the commandments of life;
listen, to understand wisdom.
How has it happened, Israel,
that you are in your enemies’ land,
that you have grown old in a strange country,
that you are defiled with the dead,
that you are counted with those
who go down into the grave?
You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom!
For if you had walked in the way of God,
you would have dwelled in peace for ever.
Learn, where wisdom is,
where strength is, where understanding is,
so that you may know also
where length of days and life are,
where the light of the eyes and peace are.
Who has found out her place?
Or who has come into her treasures?
He who knows all things knows her
and has found her with his understanding:
he who prepared the earth forevermore,
who has filled it with four-footed beasts,
he who sends forth light and it goes,
who calls it again and it obeys him with fear.
The stars shine in their watches and rejoice.
When he calls them, they say, “Here we are!”
And so with cheerfulness
they shine for him who made them.
This is our God,
and no other shall stand in comparison with him.
He has founded all the way of knowledge,
and has given it to Jacob his servant
and Israel his beloved.
Afterward, he revealed himself upon the earth,
and conversed with men.
This is the book of the commandments of God
and the law that endures forever.
All those who keep it shall come to life,
but such as leave it shall die.
Turn, O Jacob, and take hold of it;
walk in the presence of its light
so that you may be illuminated.
Give not your honor to another,
nor the things which are beneficial for you
to a strange nation.
O Israel, happy are we,
for the things which are pleasing to God
are made known to us.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. John 6:68c
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
More to be desired are they than gold,
yes, than a pile of fine gold;
sweeter also than honey,
the extract of the honeycomb.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
Reading 7 – Ezekiel 36.16-17a, 18-28
The Word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Son of man, when the house of Israel
lived in their own land,
they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds:
Therefore I poured out my wrath on them
for the blood which they had poured out on the land,
and because they had defiled it with their idols;
and I scattered them among the nations,
and they were dispersed through the foreign lands:
according to their ways and according to their deeds
I judged them.
When they came to the nations, where they went,
they profaned my holy name; since men said of them,
“These are the people of the Lord,
and are gone out of his land.”
But I had respect for my holy name,
which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations,
where they went.
Therefore tell the house of Israel,
Thus says the Lord God:
I do not do this for your sake, house of Israel,
but for my holy name,
which you have profaned among the nations,
where you went.
I will sanctify my great name,
which has been profaned among the nations,
which you have profaned among them;
and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,
says the Lord God,
I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the nations,
and gather you out of all the foreign lands,
and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you.
I will also give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
I will put my Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and you shall keep my ordinances and do them.
You shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers,
and you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.
Responsorial – Psalm 42:3, 5, 43:3, 4 Resp. 42.2 (When baptism is celebrated)
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
My soul thirsts for the living God.
When shall I come to see the face of God?
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
I went with the crowd,
and led them to God’s house,
with the voice of joy and praise,
a multitude keeping a holy day.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
O send out your light and your truth.
Let them lead me.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my exceeding joy.
I will praise you on the harp,
O God, my God.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 Resp. 3 (When baptism is not celebrated.)
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord, is my strength and song;
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Or Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12 (When baptism is not celebrated.)
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Epistle – Romans 6.3-11
Brothers and Sisters:
Do you not know that whoever was baptized in Christ Jesus
was baptized in his death?
For we are buried together with him by baptism into death
so that, as Christ is risen from the dead
by the glory of the Father,
so we too may walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in a death like his,
so also we will be raised.
Knowing this, that our old humanity is crucified with him,
that the body of sin may be destroyed,
so that we will no longer serve sin.
For the dead one is justified from sin.
Now, if we have died with Christ,
we believe that we shall also live together with him.
Knowing that Christ, rising again from the dead, will not die again
Death no longer has power over you.
For the death that he died,
he died to sin one time;
but the life is life with God.
Thus consider yourselves also
to be dead with respect to sin,
but alive with God
in Christ Jesus.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1-2, 16-17, 22-23
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted!
I will not die, but live,
and declare the works of the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Mark 16.1-7
When the Sabbath was over,
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome,
bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Very early on the first day of the week,
they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
They were saying among themselves,
“Who will roll away the stone
from the entrance of the tomb for us?”
Looking ahead,
they saw that the stone was rolled back.
It was very large.
Entering into the tomb,
they saw a young man sitting on the right side,
dressed in a white robe,
and they were amazed.
He said to them, “Do not be amazed.
You seek Jesus of Nazareth the crucified.
He has been raised. He is not here.
Behold, the place where they laid him.
But go, tell his disciples and Peter,
‘He goes before you into Galilee.
There you will see him, as he said to you.’”
Fifth Sunday of Lent (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Jeremiah 31.31-34
Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord,
that I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and the house of Judah:
not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers
on the day that I took them by the hand
to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
This covenant of mine they broke,
although I was a husband to them,
says the Lord.
But this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days,
says the Lord:
I will put my law within them,
and on their heart I will write it;
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people:
and they shall no longer teach,
every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying,
“Know the Lord”;
for they shall all know me,
from the least to the greatest,
says the Lord:
for I will forgive their iniquity,
and their sin will I remember no more.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 12-13, 14-15 Resp. 12a
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Reading 2 – Hebrews 5.7-9
Christ Jesus, in the days of his flesh,
having offered up prayers and petitions
with strong crying and tears
to him who was able to save him from death,
and having been heard for his godly fear,
though he was a Son,
yet learned obedience
by the things which he suffered.
Having been made perfect,
he became to all of those who obey him
the author of eternal salvation.
Gospel – John 12.20-33
Now there were, among those that went up
to worship at the feast, some Greeks.
These, therefore, came to Philip,
who was from Bethsaida of Galilee,
and asked him, saying,
“Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
Philip came and told Andrew,
and in turn, Andrew came with Philip,
and they told Jesus.
Jesus answered them, saying,
“The hour has come
for the Son of Man to be glorified.
Amen, amen, I tell you,
unless a grain of wheat
falls into the earth and dies,
it remains by itself alone.
But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
He who loves his life will lose it.
He who hates his life in this world
will keep it to eternal life.
If anyone serves me, let him follow me.
Where I am, there will my servant also be.
If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Now my soul is troubled, but what shall I say?
‘Father, save me from this hour?’
But for this cause I came to this hour.
Father, glorify your name!”
Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying,
“I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
The crowd therefore,
who stood by and heard it,
said that it had thundered.
Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
Jesus answered,
“This voice has not come for my sake, but for yours.
Now is the judgment of this world.
Now the prince of this world will be cast out.
And I, if I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all people to myself.”
He said this to signify
by what kind of death he would die.
Reading 1 – Jeremiah 31.31-34
Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord,
that I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and the house of Judah:
not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers
on the day that I took them by the hand
to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
This covenant of mine they broke,
although I was a husband to them,
says the Lord.
But this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days,
says the Lord:
I will put my law within them,
and on their heart I will write it;
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people:
and they shall no longer teach,
every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying,
“Know the Lord”;
for they shall all know me,
from the least to the greatest,
says the Lord:
for I will forgive their iniquity,
and their sin will I remember no more.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 12-13, 14-15 Resp. 12a
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Reading 2 – Hebrews 5.7-9
Christ Jesus, in the days of his flesh,
having offered up prayers and petitions
with strong crying and tears
to him who was able to save him from death,
and having been heard for his godly fear,
though he was a Son,
yet learned obedience
by the things which he suffered.
Having been made perfect,
he became to all of those who obey him
the author of eternal salvation.
Gospel – John 12.20-33
Now there were, among those that went up
to worship at the feast, some Greeks.
These, therefore, came to Philip,
who was from Bethsaida of Galilee,
and asked him, saying,
“Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
Philip came and told Andrew,
and in turn, Andrew came with Philip,
and they told Jesus.
Jesus answered them, saying,
“The hour has come
for the Son of Man to be glorified.
Amen, amen, I tell you,
unless a grain of wheat
falls into the earth and dies,
it remains by itself alone.
But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
He who loves his life will lose it.
He who hates his life in this world
will keep it to eternal life.
If anyone serves me, let him follow me.
Where I am, there will my servant also be.
If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Now my soul is troubled, but what shall I say?
‘Father, save me from this hour?’
But for this cause I came to this hour.
Father, glorify your name!”
Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying,
“I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
The crowd therefore,
who stood by and heard it,
said that it had thundered.
Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
Jesus answered,
“This voice has not come for my sake, but for yours.
Now is the judgment of this world.
Now the prince of this world will be cast out.
And I, if I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all people to myself.”
He said this to signify
by what kind of death he would die.
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Hosea 6.1-6
“Come, and let us return to Yahweh;
for he has torn us to pieces,
but he will heal us;
he has injured us,
but he will bind up our wounds.
After two days he will revive us.
On the third day he will raise us up,
and we will live before him.
Let us acknowledge the Lord.
Let us press on to know the Lord.
As surely as the sun rises,
the Lord will appear.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your love is like a morning cloud,
and like the dew that disappears early.
Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;
I killed them with the words of my mouth.
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab Resp. Hosea 6:6
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
Do well in your good pleasure to Zion.
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,
in burnt offerings and in holocausts.
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
Gospel Lk 18:9-14
Jesus spoke this parable
to those who were convinced
of their own righteousness,
and who despised all others.
“Two humans went up
into the temple to pray;
one was a Pharisee,
and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood
and prayed to himself like this:
‘God, I thank you,
that I am not like the rest of the humans:
extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers,
or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week.
I give tithes of all that I get.’
But the tax collector, standing far away,
would not even lift up his eyes to heaven,
but beat his breast, saying,
‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
I tell you, this man went down
to his house justified
rather than the other;
for everyone who exalts himself
will be humbled,
but he who humbles himself
will be exalted.”
Reading 1 - Hosea 6.1-6
“Come, and let us return to Yahweh;
for he has torn us to pieces,
but he will heal us;
he has injured us,
but he will bind up our wounds.
After two days he will revive us.
On the third day he will raise us up,
and we will live before him.
Let us acknowledge the Lord.
Let us press on to know the Lord.
As surely as the sun rises,
the Lord will appear.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your love is like a morning cloud,
and like the dew that disappears early.
Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;
I killed them with the words of my mouth.
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab Resp. Hosea 6:6
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
Do well in your good pleasure to Zion.
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,
in burnt offerings and in holocausts.
R. For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.
Gospel Lk 18:9-14
Jesus spoke this parable
to those who were convinced
of their own righteousness,
and who despised all others.
“Two humans went up
into the temple to pray;
one was a Pharisee,
and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood
and prayed to himself like this:
‘God, I thank you,
that I am not like the rest of the humans:
extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers,
or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week.
I give tithes of all that I get.’
But the tax collector, standing far away,
would not even lift up his eyes to heaven,
but beat his breast, saying,
‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
I tell you, this man went down
to his house justified
rather than the other;
for everyone who exalts himself
will be humbled,
but he who humbles himself
will be exalted.”
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