Official Translation
(I will clean up these readings later tonight, but I just wanted to get them out now.)
Reading 1 – Genesis 11.1-9
1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 2 As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there. 3 They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. 4 They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
5 the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. 6 the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do. 7 Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. From there, the Lord scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
Or Exodus 19.3-8a, 16-20b
Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, “This is what you shall tell the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
7 Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the Lord commanded him. 8 All the people answered together, and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.”
Or Ezekiel 37.1-14
1 The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out in the Lord’s Spirit, and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 He caused me to pass by them all around: and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and behold, they were very dry. 3 He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? I answered, Lord the Lord, you know. 4 Again he said to me, Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, you dry bones, hear the Lord’s word. 5 Thus says the Lord the Lord to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. 6 I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord. 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, Thus says the Lord the Lord: Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live. 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army. 11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off. 12 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, Thus says the Lord the Lord: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 You shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, my people. 14 I will put my Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it, says the Lord.
Or Joel 3.1-5
Thus says the LORD:
1 “For, behold, in those days,
and in that time,
when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will gather all nations,
and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat;
and I will execute judgment on them there for my people,
and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations.
They have divided my land,
3 and have cast lots for my people,
and have given a boy for a prostitute,
and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
4 “Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon,
and all the regions of Philistia?
Will you repay me?
And if you repay me,
I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
5 Because you have taken my silver and my gold,
and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
Responsorial – Psalm 104.1-2, 24+35b, 27-28, 29b+30 Resp. 30
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth. or R. Alleluia!
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. or R. Alleluia!
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 R. Alleluia!
These all wait for you,
that you may give them their food in due season.
You give to them; they gather.
You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth. or R. Alleluia!
You take away their breath: they die,
and return to the dust.
You send out your Spirit and they are created.
You renew the face of the earth.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth. or R. Alleluia!
Reading 2 – Romans 8.22-27
Brothers and sisters:
For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. 23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees? 25 But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience. 26 In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered. 27 He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
Gospel – John 7.37-39
The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?”
They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”
39 He said to them, “Come, and see.”
They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
Mass Readings
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Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Ezekiel 37.21-28
Thus says the Lord God:
Behold, I will take the children of Israel
from among the nations,
where they have gone,
and will gather them on every side,
and bring them into their own land:
and I will make them one nation in the land,
on the mountains of Israel;
and one king shall be king to them all;
and they shall be no more two nations,
nor shall they be divided into two kingdoms
anymore at all;
nor shall they defile themselves
anymore with their idols,
nor with their detestable things,
nor with any of their transgressions;
but I will save them from
all their backsliding, in which they have sinned,
and will cleanse them:
so shall they be my people,
and I will be their God.
My servant David shall be king over them;
and they all shall have one shepherd:
they shall also walk in my ordinances,
and observe my statutes, and do them.
They shall dwell in the land
that I have given to Jacob my servant,
in which your fathers lived;
and they shall dwell therein,
they, and their children,
and their children’s children, forever:
and David my servant shall be their prince forever.
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them;
it shall be an everlasting covenant with them;
and I will place them, and multiply them,
and will set my sanctuary among them forevermore.
My tent also shall be with them;
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
The nations shall know that I am the Lord
who sanctifies Israel,
when my sanctuary shall be among them
forevermore.
Responsorial – Jeremiah 31.10, 11-12abcd, 13 Resp. 10d
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
Hear the word of the Lord, you nations,
and declare it on the far off islands, and say,
“He who scattered Israel will gather him,
and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
For the Lord will ransom Jacob,
and redeem him from the hand of him who was stronger.
They shall come and sing in the height of Zion,
and shall flow to the goodness of the Lord,
to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil,
and to the young of the flock and of the herd:
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old together;
for I will turn their mourning into joy,
and will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrows.
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
Gospel – John 11.45-56
Many of the Jews who came to Mary
and had seen what Jesus did,
believed in him.
But some of them went away to the Pharisees,
and told them the things which Jesus had done.
The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees
gathered the Sanhedrin, and said,
“What are we going to do?
For this man does many signs.
If we leave him alone like this,
everyone will believe in him,
and the Romans will come and take away
both our land and our nation.”
But a certain one of them, Caiaphas,
being high priest that year, said to them,
“You know nothing at all,
nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us
that one man should die for the people,
and that the whole nation not perish.”
Now he did not say this of himself,
but being high priest that year,
he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
and not for the nation only,
but that he might also gather together
into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
So from that day forward they took counsel
that they might put him to death.
Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews,
but departed from there
into the country near the wilderness,
to a city called Ephraim.
He stayed there with his disciples.
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand.
Many went up from the country to Jerusalem
before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another,
as they stood in the temple,
“What do you think—that he is not coming to the feast?”
Reading 1 - Ezekiel 37.21-28
Thus says the Lord God:
Behold, I will take the children of Israel
from among the nations,
where they have gone,
and will gather them on every side,
and bring them into their own land:
and I will make them one nation in the land,
on the mountains of Israel;
and one king shall be king to them all;
and they shall be no more two nations,
nor shall they be divided into two kingdoms
anymore at all;
nor shall they defile themselves
anymore with their idols,
nor with their detestable things,
nor with any of their transgressions;
but I will save them from
all their backsliding, in which they have sinned,
and will cleanse them:
so shall they be my people,
and I will be their God.
My servant David shall be king over them;
and they all shall have one shepherd:
they shall also walk in my ordinances,
and observe my statutes, and do them.
They shall dwell in the land
that I have given to Jacob my servant,
in which your fathers lived;
and they shall dwell therein,
they, and their children,
and their children’s children, forever:
and David my servant shall be their prince forever.
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them;
it shall be an everlasting covenant with them;
and I will place them, and multiply them,
and will set my sanctuary among them forevermore.
My tent also shall be with them;
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
The nations shall know that I am the Lord
who sanctifies Israel,
when my sanctuary shall be among them
forevermore.
Responsorial – Jeremiah 31.10, 11-12abcd, 13 Resp. 10d
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
Hear the word of the Lord, you nations,
and declare it on the far off islands, and say,
“He who scattered Israel will gather him,
and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
For the Lord will ransom Jacob,
and redeem him from the hand of him who was stronger.
They shall come and sing in the height of Zion,
and shall flow to the goodness of the Lord,
to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil,
and to the young of the flock and of the herd:
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old together;
for I will turn their mourning into joy,
and will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrows.
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
Gospel – John 11.45-56
Many of the Jews who came to Mary
and had seen what Jesus did,
believed in him.
But some of them went away to the Pharisees,
and told them the things which Jesus had done.
The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees
gathered the Sanhedrin, and said,
“What are we going to do?
For this man does many signs.
If we leave him alone like this,
everyone will believe in him,
and the Romans will come and take away
both our land and our nation.”
But a certain one of them, Caiaphas,
being high priest that year, said to them,
“You know nothing at all,
nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us
that one man should die for the people,
and that the whole nation not perish.”
Now he did not say this of himself,
but being high priest that year,
he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
and not for the nation only,
but that he might also gather together
into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
So from that day forward they took counsel
that they might put him to death.
Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews,
but departed from there
into the country near the wilderness,
to a city called Ephraim.
He stayed there with his disciples.
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand.
Many went up from the country to Jerusalem
before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another,
as they stood in the temple,
“What do you think—that he is not coming to the feast?”
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