Official Translation
Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 - 1 Samuel 1.1-8
There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim,
whose name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu,
the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
He had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah,
and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
Every year, this man went up from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of Hosts in Shiloh.
The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to the Lord, were there.
When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed,
he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions,
but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah though the Lord had shut up her womb.
Her rival seriously provoked her, to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
Thus she did, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, she provoked her;
therefore she wept, and did not eat.
Elkanah her husband said to her,
“Hannah, why do you weep? And why do not you eat? And why is your heart grieved?
Am I not more to you than ten sons?”
Responsorial - Psalm 116.12-13, 14-17, 18-19 Resp. 17a
R. I will offer to you Lord the sacrifice of thanksgiving. or R. Alleluia.
What will I give to the Lord
for all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation,
and call on the name of the Lord.
R. I will offer to you Lord the sacrifice of thanksgiving. or R. Alleluia.
I will pay my vows to the Lord,
yes, in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
O Lord, truly I am your servant.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
R. I will offer to you Lord the sacrifice of thanksgiving. or R. Alleluia.
I will pay my vows to the Lord,
yes, in the presence of all his people,
in the courts of the Lord’s house,
in your midst Jerusalem.
R. I will offer to you Lord the sacrifice of thanksgiving. or R. Alleluia.
Gospel - Mark 1.14-20
After John was taken into custody,
Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, and saying,
“The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Change your mind, and believe in the Gospel.”
Passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon,
casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
Jesus said to them, “Come follow me, and I will make you to become fishers of humans.”
Immediately they left their nets, and followed him.
Going on a little further from there, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother,
who were also in the boat mending the nets.
Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants,
and went and followed him.
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Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Isaiah 50.5-9a
The Lord God has opened my ear to hear,
and I was not rebellious, nor have I turned back.
I gave my back to the strikers,
and my cheeks to those who plucked my beard;
I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.
For the Lord God will help me;
therefore I have not been confounded:
therefore I have set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
He is near who justifies me;
who will bring charges against me?
Let us stand up together.
Who is my adversary?
Let him come near to me.
Behold, the Lord God will help me.
Who shall condemn me?
Responsorial – Psalm 116.1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 Resp. 9
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. or R. Alleluia!
I love the Lord, because he listens
to my voice and my cries for mercy.
Because he has turned his ear to me,
when I call on him.
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. or R. Alleluia!
The cords of death surrounded me,
the pains of Sheol got hold of me.
I found trouble and sorrow.
Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I beg you, deliver my soul.”
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. or R. Alleluia!
The Lord is gracious and righteous.
Yes, our God is merciful.
The Lord preserves the simple.
I was brought low, and he saved me.
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. or R. Alleluia!
For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
I will walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. or R. Alleluia!
Reading 2 – James 2.14-18
What good is it, my brothers and sisters,
if someone says they have faith but not works?
Faith cannot save them, can it?
And if a brother or sister is naked and lacks basic food,
and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, keep warm and well-fed”,
but you do not give them the things the body needs,
what good is that?
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead according to its own nature.
But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.”
Show me your faith separate from works,
and I will show you, by my works, my faith.
Gospel – Mark 8.27-35
Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi.
On the way he asked his disciples, “Who do humans say that I am?”
They told him, “John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, one of the prophets.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”
He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things,
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed, and after three days rise again.
He spoke to them openly.
Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him.
But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples,
rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan!
For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of humans.”
Jesus called the crowd to himself with his disciples, and said to them:
“Whoever wants to come after me,
let them deny themself, and take up their cross, and follow me.
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it;
and whoever will lose their life
for my sake and the sake of the Gospel
will save it.”
Reading 1 – Isaiah 50.5-9a
The Lord God has opened my ear to hear,
and I was not rebellious, nor have I turned back.
I gave my back to the strikers,
and my cheeks to those who plucked my beard;
I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.
For the Lord God will help me;
therefore I have not been confounded:
therefore I have set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
He is near who justifies me;
who will bring charges against me?
Let us stand up together.
Who is my adversary?
Let him come near to me.
Behold, the Lord God will help me.
Who shall condemn me?
Responsorial – Psalm 116.1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 Resp. 9
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. or R. Alleluia!
I love the Lord, because he listens
to my voice and my cries for mercy.
Because he has turned his ear to me,
when I call on him.
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. or R. Alleluia!
The cords of death surrounded me,
the pains of Sheol got hold of me.
I found trouble and sorrow.
Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I beg you, deliver my soul.”
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. or R. Alleluia!
The Lord is gracious and righteous.
Yes, our God is merciful.
The Lord preserves the simple.
I was brought low, and he saved me.
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. or R. Alleluia!
For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
I will walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. or R. Alleluia!
Reading 2 – James 2.14-18
What good is it, my brothers and sisters,
if someone says they have faith but not works?
Faith cannot save them, can it?
And if a brother or sister is naked and lacks basic food,
and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, keep warm and well-fed”,
but you do not give them the things the body needs,
what good is that?
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead according to its own nature.
But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.”
Show me your faith separate from works,
and I will show you, by my works, my faith.
Gospel – Mark 8.27-35
Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi.
On the way he asked his disciples, “Who do humans say that I am?”
They told him, “John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, one of the prophets.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”
He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things,
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed, and after three days rise again.
He spoke to them openly.
Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him.
But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples,
rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan!
For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of humans.”
Jesus called the crowd to himself with his disciples, and said to them:
“Whoever wants to come after me,
let them deny themself, and take up their cross, and follow me.
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it;
and whoever will lose their life
for my sake and the sake of the Gospel
will save it.”
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Exodus 24.3-8
Moses came and told the people
all the words of the Lord,
and all the ordinances;
and all the people answered
with one voice, and said,
“All the words which the Lord has spoken
will we do.”
Moses wrote all the words of the Lord,
and rose up early in the morning,
and built an altar
at the foot of the mountain,
and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
He sent young men of the children of Israel,
who offered burnt offerings
and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to the Lord.
Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins,
and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
He took the book of the covenant
and read it in the hearing of the people,
and they said,
“All that the Lord has spoken
we will do and be obedient.”
Moses took the blood,
and sprinkled it on the people, and said,
“Look, this is the blood of the covenant,
which the Lord has made with you
concerning all these words.”
Responsorial – Psalm 116.12-13, 15-16, 17-18 Resp. 13
R. I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
What will I give to the Lord
for all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation,
and call on the name of the Lord.
R. I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
R. I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows to the Lord,
yes, in the presence of all his people,
R. I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
Reading 2 – Hebrews 9.11-15
Brothers and sisters:
Christ having come as a high priest
of the good things to come,
through the greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands,
that is to say, not of this creation,
obtained eternal redemption
by entering once for all into the sanctuary,
not with the blood of goats and calves,
but with his own blood.
For if the blood of goats and bulls,
and the ashes of a heifer
sprinkling those who have been defiled,
sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:
how much more will the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without defect to God,
cleanse your conscience from dead works
to serve the living God?
For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant,
since a death has occurred
for the redemption of the transgressions
that were under the first covenant,
that those who have been called
may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
Gospel – Mark 14.12-16, 22-26
On the first day of unleavened bread,
when they sacrificed the Passover,
his disciples asked him,
“Where do you want us to go
and prepare that you may eat the Passover?”
He sent two of his disciples, and said to them,
“Go into the city, and there you will
meet a human carrying a pitcher of water.
Follow them, and wherever they enter in,
tell the master of the house,
‘The Teacher says,
“Where is the guest room,
where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’
He will himself show you a large upper room
furnished and ready. Get ready for us there.”
His disciples went out, and came into the city,
and found things as he had said to them,
and they prepared the Passover.
As they were eating, he took bread,
and when he had blessed,
he broke it, and gave to them, and said,
“Take; this is my body.”
He took a cup,
and when he had given thanks,
he gave it to them.
They all drank of it.
He said to them,
“This is my blood of the new covenant,
which is poured out for many.
Amen I say to you,
I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine,
until that day when I drink it new
in the Kingdom of God.”
When they had sung a hymn,
they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Reading 1 – Exodus 24.3-8
Moses came and told the people
all the words of the Lord,
and all the ordinances;
and all the people answered
with one voice, and said,
“All the words which the Lord has spoken
will we do.”
Moses wrote all the words of the Lord,
and rose up early in the morning,
and built an altar
at the foot of the mountain,
and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
He sent young men of the children of Israel,
who offered burnt offerings
and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to the Lord.
Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins,
and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
He took the book of the covenant
and read it in the hearing of the people,
and they said,
“All that the Lord has spoken
we will do and be obedient.”
Moses took the blood,
and sprinkled it on the people, and said,
“Look, this is the blood of the covenant,
which the Lord has made with you
concerning all these words.”
Responsorial – Psalm 116.12-13, 15-16, 17-18 Resp. 13
R. I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
What will I give to the Lord
for all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation,
and call on the name of the Lord.
R. I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
R. I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows to the Lord,
yes, in the presence of all his people,
R. I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
Reading 2 – Hebrews 9.11-15
Brothers and sisters:
Christ having come as a high priest
of the good things to come,
through the greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands,
that is to say, not of this creation,
obtained eternal redemption
by entering once for all into the sanctuary,
not with the blood of goats and calves,
but with his own blood.
For if the blood of goats and bulls,
and the ashes of a heifer
sprinkling those who have been defiled,
sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:
how much more will the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without defect to God,
cleanse your conscience from dead works
to serve the living God?
For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant,
since a death has occurred
for the redemption of the transgressions
that were under the first covenant,
that those who have been called
may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
Gospel – Mark 14.12-16, 22-26
On the first day of unleavened bread,
when they sacrificed the Passover,
his disciples asked him,
“Where do you want us to go
and prepare that you may eat the Passover?”
He sent two of his disciples, and said to them,
“Go into the city, and there you will
meet a human carrying a pitcher of water.
Follow them, and wherever they enter in,
tell the master of the house,
‘The Teacher says,
“Where is the guest room,
where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’
He will himself show you a large upper room
furnished and ready. Get ready for us there.”
His disciples went out, and came into the city,
and found things as he had said to them,
and they prepared the Passover.
As they were eating, he took bread,
and when he had blessed,
he broke it, and gave to them, and said,
“Take; this is my body.”
He took a cup,
and when he had given thanks,
he gave it to them.
They all drank of it.
He said to them,
“This is my blood of the new covenant,
which is poured out for many.
Amen I say to you,
I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine,
until that day when I drink it new
in the Kingdom of God.”
When they had sung a hymn,
they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Saturday of the Third Week of Easter
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 9:31-42
The Church throughout
all Judea and Galilee and Samaria
had peace and were built up.
She multiplied,
walking in the fear of the Lord
and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
As Peter went
throughout all those parts,
he came down also to the saints
who lived at Lydda.
There he found a human named Aeneas,
who had been bedridden for eight years,
because he was paralyzed.
Peter said to him,
“Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you.
Get up and make your bed!”
Immediately he arose.
All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon
saw him and turned to the Lord.
Now there was at Joppa
a certain disciple named Tabitha,
which translated means Dorcas.
This woman was full of good works
and acts of mercy which she did.
In those days, she fell sick, and died.
When they had washed her,
they laid her in an upper room.
As Lydda was near Joppa,
the disciples, hearing that Peter was there,
sent two men to him,
imploring him not to delay
in coming to them.
Peter got up and went with them.
When he had come,
they brought him into the upper room.
All the widows stood by him weeping,
and showing the coats and garments
which Dorcas had made
while she was with them.
Peter sent them all out,
and knelt down and prayed.
Turning to the body, he said,
“Tabitha, get up!”
She opened her eyes,
and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
He gave her his hand, and raised her up.
Calling the saints and widows,
he presented her alive.
And it became known
throughout all Joppa,
and many believed in the Lord.
Responsorial – Psalm 116.12-13, 14-15, 16-17 Resp. 12
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
What will I give to the Lord
for all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation,
and call on the Lord’s name.
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
I will pay my vows to the Lord,
yes, in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
O Lord, truly I am your servant.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of the Lord.
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 6.60-69
Many of Jesus’ disciples,
when they heard this, said,
“This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
But Jesus knowing in himself
that his disciples murmured at this,
said to them,
“Does this scandalize you?
Then what if you were to see
the Son of Human ascending
to where he was before?
It is the Spirit who gives life.
The flesh profits nothing.
The words that I speak to you
are Spirit and life.
But there are some of you
who do not believe.”
For Jesus knew from the beginning
who did not believe,
and who it was who would betray him.
He said, “For this cause have I said to you
that no one can come to me,
unless it is given to them by my Father.”
At this, many of his disciples went back,
and walked no more with him.
Jesus said therefore to the Twelve,
“You do not also want to go away, do you?”
Simon Peter answered him,
“Lord, to whom would we go?
You have the words of eternal life.
We have come to believe and know
that you are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.”
Reading 1 – Acts 9:31-42
The Church throughout
all Judea and Galilee and Samaria
had peace and were built up.
She multiplied,
walking in the fear of the Lord
and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
As Peter went
throughout all those parts,
he came down also to the saints
who lived at Lydda.
There he found a human named Aeneas,
who had been bedridden for eight years,
because he was paralyzed.
Peter said to him,
“Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you.
Get up and make your bed!”
Immediately he arose.
All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon
saw him and turned to the Lord.
Now there was at Joppa
a certain disciple named Tabitha,
which translated means Dorcas.
This woman was full of good works
and acts of mercy which she did.
In those days, she fell sick, and died.
When they had washed her,
they laid her in an upper room.
As Lydda was near Joppa,
the disciples, hearing that Peter was there,
sent two men to him,
imploring him not to delay
in coming to them.
Peter got up and went with them.
When he had come,
they brought him into the upper room.
All the widows stood by him weeping,
and showing the coats and garments
which Dorcas had made
while she was with them.
Peter sent them all out,
and knelt down and prayed.
Turning to the body, he said,
“Tabitha, get up!”
She opened her eyes,
and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
He gave her his hand, and raised her up.
Calling the saints and widows,
he presented her alive.
And it became known
throughout all Joppa,
and many believed in the Lord.
Responsorial – Psalm 116.12-13, 14-15, 16-17 Resp. 12
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
What will I give to the Lord
for all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation,
and call on the Lord’s name.
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
I will pay my vows to the Lord,
yes, in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
O Lord, truly I am your servant.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of the Lord.
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 6.60-69
Many of Jesus’ disciples,
when they heard this, said,
“This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
But Jesus knowing in himself
that his disciples murmured at this,
said to them,
“Does this scandalize you?
Then what if you were to see
the Son of Human ascending
to where he was before?
It is the Spirit who gives life.
The flesh profits nothing.
The words that I speak to you
are Spirit and life.
But there are some of you
who do not believe.”
For Jesus knew from the beginning
who did not believe,
and who it was who would betray him.
He said, “For this cause have I said to you
that no one can come to me,
unless it is given to them by my Father.”
At this, many of his disciples went back,
and walked no more with him.
Jesus said therefore to the Twelve,
“You do not also want to go away, do you?”
Simon Peter answered him,
“Lord, to whom would we go?
You have the words of eternal life.
We have come to believe and know
that you are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.”
Holy Thursday: Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Exodus 12.1-8, 11-14
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron
in the land of Egypt, saying,
“This month shall be to you
the beginning of months.
It shall be the first month of the year to you.
Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying,
‘On the tenth day of this month,
they shall take to them every man a lamb,
according to their fathers’ houses,
one lamb per household;
and if the household is too little for a lamb,
then he and his neighbor next to his house
shall take one according to the number of the souls;
according to what everyone can eat
you shall make your count for the lamb.
Your lamb shall be without defect, a year old male.
You shall take it from the sheep or from the goats:
and you shall keep it
until the fourteenth day of the same month;
and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel
shall kill it at evening.
They shall take some of the blood,
and put it on the two door posts and on the lintel,
on the houses in which they shall eat it.
They shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire,
They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
This is how you shall eat it:
with your belt on your waist,
your shoes on your feet,
and your staff in your hand.
You shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s Passover.
For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night
and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
both man and animal.
Against all the gods of Egypt
I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.
The blood shall be to you
a token on the houses where you are:
and when I see the blood, I will pass over you,
and there shall be no plague
on you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
This day shall be to you a memorial,
and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord:
throughout your generations
you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.’”
Responsorial – Psalm 116.12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18 Resp. 1 Cor 10:16
R. The cup of blessing is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
What will I give to the Lord
for all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation,
and call on the name of the Lord.
R. The cup of blessing is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
R. The cup of blessing is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows to the Lord,
yes, in the presence of all his people,
R. The cup of blessing is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
Reading 2 – 1 Corinthians 11.23-26
Brothers and sisters:
I received from the Lord
what I also delivered to you:
that the Lord Jesus
on the night in which he was betrayed
took bread.
When he had given thanks,
he broke it and said,
“This is my body, which is for you.
Do this in memory of me.”
In the same way
he also took the cup, after supper, saying,
“This cup is the new covenant in my blood.
Do this, as often as you drink it, in memory of me.”
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
Gospel – John 13.1-15
Before the feast of the Passover,
Jesus, knowing that his time had come
when he would depart from this world to the Father,
having loved his own who were in the world,
he loved them to the end.
During supper,
the devil having already put
into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,
Jesus, knowing that the Father
had given all things into his hands,
and that he came from God and was going to God,
arose from supper and laid aside his outer garments.
He took a towel and wrapped it around his waist.
Then he poured water into the basin
and began to wash the disciples’ feet
and to wipe them with the towel
that was wrapped around him.
Then he came to Simon Peter
who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”
Jesus answered him,
“You do not know what I am doing now,
but you will understand later.”
Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!”
Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you,
you have no part with me.”
Simon Peter said to him,
“Lord, not my feet only,
but also my hands and my head!”
Jesus said to him,
“Someone who has bathed
only needs to have his feet washed,
and is completely clean.
You are clean, but not all of you.”
For he knew him who would betray him,
therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”
So when he had washed their feet,
he put his outer garment back on,
and sat down again and said to them,
“Do you know what I have done to you?
You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’
You say so correctly, for so I am.
If I then, the Lord and the Teacher,
have washed your feet,
you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
For I have given you an example,
that you also should do as I have done for you.
Reading 1 – Exodus 12.1-8, 11-14
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron
in the land of Egypt, saying,
“This month shall be to you
the beginning of months.
It shall be the first month of the year to you.
Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying,
‘On the tenth day of this month,
they shall take to them every man a lamb,
according to their fathers’ houses,
one lamb per household;
and if the household is too little for a lamb,
then he and his neighbor next to his house
shall take one according to the number of the souls;
according to what everyone can eat
you shall make your count for the lamb.
Your lamb shall be without defect, a year old male.
You shall take it from the sheep or from the goats:
and you shall keep it
until the fourteenth day of the same month;
and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel
shall kill it at evening.
They shall take some of the blood,
and put it on the two door posts and on the lintel,
on the houses in which they shall eat it.
They shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire,
They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
This is how you shall eat it:
with your belt on your waist,
your shoes on your feet,
and your staff in your hand.
You shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s Passover.
For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night
and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
both man and animal.
Against all the gods of Egypt
I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.
The blood shall be to you
a token on the houses where you are:
and when I see the blood, I will pass over you,
and there shall be no plague
on you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
This day shall be to you a memorial,
and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord:
throughout your generations
you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.’”
Responsorial – Psalm 116.12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18 Resp. 1 Cor 10:16
R. The cup of blessing is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
What will I give to the Lord
for all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation,
and call on the name of the Lord.
R. The cup of blessing is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
R. The cup of blessing is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows to the Lord,
yes, in the presence of all his people,
R. The cup of blessing is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
Reading 2 – 1 Corinthians 11.23-26
Brothers and sisters:
I received from the Lord
what I also delivered to you:
that the Lord Jesus
on the night in which he was betrayed
took bread.
When he had given thanks,
he broke it and said,
“This is my body, which is for you.
Do this in memory of me.”
In the same way
he also took the cup, after supper, saying,
“This cup is the new covenant in my blood.
Do this, as often as you drink it, in memory of me.”
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
Gospel – John 13.1-15
Before the feast of the Passover,
Jesus, knowing that his time had come
when he would depart from this world to the Father,
having loved his own who were in the world,
he loved them to the end.
During supper,
the devil having already put
into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,
Jesus, knowing that the Father
had given all things into his hands,
and that he came from God and was going to God,
arose from supper and laid aside his outer garments.
He took a towel and wrapped it around his waist.
Then he poured water into the basin
and began to wash the disciples’ feet
and to wipe them with the towel
that was wrapped around him.
Then he came to Simon Peter
who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”
Jesus answered him,
“You do not know what I am doing now,
but you will understand later.”
Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!”
Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you,
you have no part with me.”
Simon Peter said to him,
“Lord, not my feet only,
but also my hands and my head!”
Jesus said to him,
“Someone who has bathed
only needs to have his feet washed,
and is completely clean.
You are clean, but not all of you.”
For he knew him who would betray him,
therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”
So when he had washed their feet,
he put his outer garment back on,
and sat down again and said to them,
“Do you know what I have done to you?
You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’
You say so correctly, for so I am.
If I then, the Lord and the Teacher,
have washed your feet,
you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
For I have given you an example,
that you also should do as I have done for you.
Second Sunday of Lent (B)
Official Translation
Second Sunday of Lent
Reading 1 - Genesis 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.”
When they came to the place
which God had pointed out to him,
Abraham built the altar there,
and laid the wood in order,
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.
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 116.10, 15, 16-17, 18-19 Resp. 9
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
I believed though I said,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
O Lord, truly I am your servant.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of the Lord.
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
I will pay my vows to the Lord,
yes, in the presence of all his people,
in the courts of the Lord’s house,
in your midst Jerusalem.
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
Reading 2 – Romans 8.31b-34
Brothers and sisters:
If God is for us, who can be against us?
He who did not spare his own Son,
but delivered him up for us all,
how could he not also
freely give us everything with him?
Who could bring a charge
against God’s chosen ones?
It is God who justifies,
who will condemn?
It is Christ who died,
or rather,
who was raised from the dead,
who is at the right hand of God,
who even makes intercession for us.
Gospel – Mark 9.2-10
Jesus took with him
Peter, James, and John,
and brought them up onto
a high mountain
privately by themselves,
and he was transfigured in front of them.
His clothing became glistening,
exceedingly white, like snow,
such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
Elijah and Moses appeared to them,
and they were talking with Jesus.
Peter answered Jesus,
“Rabbi, it is good for us to be here.
Let us make three tents:
one for you,
one for Moses,
and one for Elijah.”
For he did not know what to say,
for they were very afraid.
A cloud came, overshadowing them,
and a voice came out of the cloud,
“This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”
Suddenly looking around,
they saw no one with them anymore,
except Jesus only.
As they were coming
down from the mountain,
he commanded them
that they should tell no one
what things they had seen,
until after the Son of Human
had risen from the dead.
They kept this saying to themselves,
wondering what rising from the dead meant.
Second Sunday of Lent
Reading 1 - Genesis 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.”
When they came to the place
which God had pointed out to him,
Abraham built the altar there,
and laid the wood in order,
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.
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 116.10, 15, 16-17, 18-19 Resp. 9
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
I believed though I said,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
O Lord, truly I am your servant.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of the Lord.
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
I will pay my vows to the Lord,
yes, in the presence of all his people,
in the courts of the Lord’s house,
in your midst Jerusalem.
R. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
Reading 2 – Romans 8.31b-34
Brothers and sisters:
If God is for us, who can be against us?
He who did not spare his own Son,
but delivered him up for us all,
how could he not also
freely give us everything with him?
Who could bring a charge
against God’s chosen ones?
It is God who justifies,
who will condemn?
It is Christ who died,
or rather,
who was raised from the dead,
who is at the right hand of God,
who even makes intercession for us.
Gospel – Mark 9.2-10
Jesus took with him
Peter, James, and John,
and brought them up onto
a high mountain
privately by themselves,
and he was transfigured in front of them.
His clothing became glistening,
exceedingly white, like snow,
such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
Elijah and Moses appeared to them,
and they were talking with Jesus.
Peter answered Jesus,
“Rabbi, it is good for us to be here.
Let us make three tents:
one for you,
one for Moses,
and one for Elijah.”
For he did not know what to say,
for they were very afraid.
A cloud came, overshadowing them,
and a voice came out of the cloud,
“This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”
Suddenly looking around,
they saw no one with them anymore,
except Jesus only.
As they were coming
down from the mountain,
he commanded them
that they should tell no one
what things they had seen,
until after the Son of Human
had risen from the dead.
They kept this saying to themselves,
wondering what rising from the dead meant.
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