Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Samuel 17.32-33, 37, 40-51
David said to Saul,
“Let no man’s heart fail because of him.
Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
Saul said to David,
“You are not able to go against this Philistine
to fight with him;
for you are but a youth,
and he a man of war from his youth.”
David said, “The Lord who delivered me
out of the paw of the lion,
and out of the paw of the bear,
he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.”
Saul said to David, “Go; and the Lord shall be with you.”
David took his staff in his hand,
and chose for himself
five smooth stones out of the brook,
and put them in the shepherd’s bag he had.
His sling in hand, he drew near to the Philistine.
His shield-bearer going before him,
the Philistine came forward and drew near to David.
When the Philistine looked about and saw David,
he despised him;
for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and with a fair face.
The Philistine said to David,
“Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?”
The Philistine cursed David by his gods,
and said to David, “Come to me,
and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky
and to the animals of the field.”
Then David said to the Philistine,
“You come to me with a sword,
and with a spear, and with a javelin:
but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Armies,
the God of the armies of Israel,
whom you have defied.
Today, the Lord will deliver you into my hand.
I will strike you, and take your head from off you.
I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines
this day to the birds of the sky
and to the wild animals of the earth;
that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
and that all this assembly may know that
the Lord does not save with sword and spear:
for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.”
When the Philistine arose,
and came and drew near to meet David,
David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it,
and struck the Philistine in his forehead;
and the stone sank into his forehead,
and he fell on his face to the earth.
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone,
and struck the Philistine, and killed him;
though there was no sword in the hand of David.
Then David ran and stood over the Philistine,
and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath,
and killed him, and cut off his head with it.
Responsorial – Psalm 144.1b, 2, 9-10 Resp. 1
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle:
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
My loving kindness, my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and he in whom I take refuge;
who subdues my people under me.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
I will sing a new song to you, God.
On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
You are he who gives salvation to kings,
who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Gospel – Mark 3.1-6
Jesus entered again into the synagogue,
and there was a man there
who had his hand withered.
They watched Jesus,
whether he would heal him on the Sabbath,
that they might accuse him.
He said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up.”
He said to them,
“Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm?
To save a life or to kill?”
But they were silent.
When he had looked around at them with anger,
grieved at the hardening of their hearts,
he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”
He stretched it out, and his hand was restored
as healthy as the other.
The Pharisees went out,
and immediately conspired
with the Herodians against him,
how they might destroy him.
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Saturday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Revelation 11.4-12
I, John, heard a voice from heaven speak to me,
“My two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands,
standing before the Lord of the earth.
If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies.
If anyone desires to harm them, he shall be killed in this way.
They have the power to shut up the sky, so that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy.
They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood,
and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
When they have finished their testimony,
the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city,
which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations,
people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days,
and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.
Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad.
They will give gifts to one another,
because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
After the three and a half days,
the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet.
Great fear fell on those who saw them.
I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!”
They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.
Responsorial – Psalm 144.1b, 2, 9-10 Resp. 1
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle:
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
My loving kindness, my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and he in whom I take refuge;
who subdues my people under me.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
I will sing a new song to you, God.
On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
You are he who gives salvation to kings,
who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Gospel – Luke 20.27-40
Some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection,
came to Jesus, and they asked him, saying:
“Master, Moses wrote for us: ‘If any man's brother dies, having a wife, and he leaves no children,
his brother should take her as his own wife, and raise up seed for his brother.’
There were once seven brothers:
the first took a wife, and died without children.
And the next took her as his wife, and he also died childless.
And the third took her. And in like manner all seven, and they left no children, and died.
Last of all, the woman died also.
In the resurrection therefore, whose wife shall she be? For all the seven had her as wife.”
And Jesus said to them,
“The sons and daughters of this world marry, and are given in marriage,
but those who shall be accounted worthy of that world,
and the resurrection from the dead,
shall neither be married nor take wives.
Nor can they die anymore,for they are equal to the angels,
and are the sons and daughters of God,
being the sons and daughters of the resurrection.
Now, that the dead are raised, even Moses showed,
at the bush, when he called the Lord:
the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
But he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live in him.”
And some of the scribes answering, said to him, “Teacher, you have said this well”,
and after that they did not dare ask him any more questions.
Reading 1 – Revelation 11.4-12
I, John, heard a voice from heaven speak to me,
“My two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands,
standing before the Lord of the earth.
If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies.
If anyone desires to harm them, he shall be killed in this way.
They have the power to shut up the sky, so that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy.
They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood,
and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
When they have finished their testimony,
the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city,
which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations,
people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days,
and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.
Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad.
They will give gifts to one another,
because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
After the three and a half days,
the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet.
Great fear fell on those who saw them.
I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!”
They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.
Responsorial – Psalm 144.1b, 2, 9-10 Resp. 1
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle:
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
My loving kindness, my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and he in whom I take refuge;
who subdues my people under me.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
I will sing a new song to you, God.
On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
You are he who gives salvation to kings,
who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Gospel – Luke 20.27-40
Some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection,
came to Jesus, and they asked him, saying:
“Master, Moses wrote for us: ‘If any man's brother dies, having a wife, and he leaves no children,
his brother should take her as his own wife, and raise up seed for his brother.’
There were once seven brothers:
the first took a wife, and died without children.
And the next took her as his wife, and he also died childless.
And the third took her. And in like manner all seven, and they left no children, and died.
Last of all, the woman died also.
In the resurrection therefore, whose wife shall she be? For all the seven had her as wife.”
And Jesus said to them,
“The sons and daughters of this world marry, and are given in marriage,
but those who shall be accounted worthy of that world,
and the resurrection from the dead,
shall neither be married nor take wives.
Nor can they die anymore,for they are equal to the angels,
and are the sons and daughters of God,
being the sons and daughters of the resurrection.
Now, that the dead are raised, even Moses showed,
at the bush, when he called the Lord:
the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
But he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live in him.”
And some of the scribes answering, said to him, “Teacher, you have said this well”,
and after that they did not dare ask him any more questions.
Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ecclesiastes 3.1-11
For everything there is a season,
and a time for every purpose under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to tear down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
What profit has the worker in all his labors?
I have looked at the burden which God
has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
He has made everything beautiful in its time.
He has also set eternity in their hearts,
yet man cannot find out the work
that God has done from the beginning to the end.
Responsorial – Psalm 144.1b+2abc, 3-4 Resp. 1
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
My loving kindness, my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and he in whom I take refuge.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Lord, what is man, that you care for him?
The son of man, that you think of him?
Man is like a breath.
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Gospel – Luke 9.18-22
As he was praying alone, the disciples were with him,
and he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
They answered, “‘John the Baptist,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’
and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,
saying, “The Son of Human must suffer many things,
and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”
Reading 1 – Ecclesiastes 3.1-11
For everything there is a season,
and a time for every purpose under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to tear down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
What profit has the worker in all his labors?
I have looked at the burden which God
has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
He has made everything beautiful in its time.
He has also set eternity in their hearts,
yet man cannot find out the work
that God has done from the beginning to the end.
Responsorial – Psalm 144.1b+2abc, 3-4 Resp. 1
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
My loving kindness, my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and he in whom I take refuge.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Lord, what is man, that you care for him?
The son of man, that you think of him?
Man is like a breath.
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Gospel – Luke 9.18-22
As he was praying alone, the disciples were with him,
and he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
They answered, “‘John the Baptist,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’
and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,
saying, “The Son of Human must suffer many things,
and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”
Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Samuel 17.32-33, 37, 40-51
David said to Saul,
“Let no man’s heart fail because of him.
Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
Saul said to David,
“You are not able to go against this Philistine
to fight with him;
for you are but a youth,
and he a man of war from his youth.”
David said, “The Lord who delivered me
out of the paw of the lion,
and out of the paw of the bear,
he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.”
Saul said to David, “Go; and the Lord shall be with you.”
David took his staff in his hand,
and chose for himself
five smooth stones out of the brook,
and put them in the shepherd’s bag he had.
His sling in hand, he drew near to the Philistine.
His shield-bearer going before him,
the Philistine came forward and drew near to David.
When the Philistine looked about and saw David,
he despised him;
for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and with a fair face.
The Philistine said to David,
“Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?”
The Philistine cursed David by his gods,
and said to David, “Come to me,
and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky
and to the animals of the field.”
Then David said to the Philistine,
“You come to me with a sword,
and with a spear, and with a javelin:
but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Armies,
the God of the armies of Israel,
whom you have defied.
Today, the Lord will deliver you into my hand.
I will strike you, and take your head from off you.
I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines
this day to the birds of the sky
and to the wild animals of the earth;
that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
and that all this assembly may know that
the Lord does not save with sword and spear:
for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.”
When the Philistine arose,
and came and drew near to meet David,
David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it,
and struck the Philistine in his forehead;
and the stone sank into his forehead,
and he fell on his face to the earth.
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone,
and struck the Philistine, and killed him;
though there was no sword in the hand of David.
Then David ran and stood over the Philistine,
and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath,
and killed him, and cut off his head with it.
Responsorial – Psalm 144.1b, 2, 9-10 Resp. 1
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle:
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
My loving kindness, my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and he in whom I take refuge;
who subdues my people under me.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
I will sing a new song to you, God.
On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
You are he who gives salvation to kings,
who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Gospel – Mark 3.1-6
Jesus entered again into the synagogue,
and there was a man there
who had his hand withered.
They watched Jesus,
whether he would heal him on the Sabbath,
that they might accuse him.
He said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up.”
He said to them,
“Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm?
To save a life or to kill?”
But they were silent.
When he had looked around at them with anger,
grieved at the hardening of their hearts,
he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”
He stretched it out, and his hand was restored
as healthy as the other.
The Pharisees went out,
and immediately conspired
with the Herodians against him,
how they might destroy him.
Reading 1 – 1 Samuel 17.32-33, 37, 40-51
David said to Saul,
“Let no man’s heart fail because of him.
Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
Saul said to David,
“You are not able to go against this Philistine
to fight with him;
for you are but a youth,
and he a man of war from his youth.”
David said, “The Lord who delivered me
out of the paw of the lion,
and out of the paw of the bear,
he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.”
Saul said to David, “Go; and the Lord shall be with you.”
David took his staff in his hand,
and chose for himself
five smooth stones out of the brook,
and put them in the shepherd’s bag he had.
His sling in hand, he drew near to the Philistine.
His shield-bearer going before him,
the Philistine came forward and drew near to David.
When the Philistine looked about and saw David,
he despised him;
for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and with a fair face.
The Philistine said to David,
“Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?”
The Philistine cursed David by his gods,
and said to David, “Come to me,
and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky
and to the animals of the field.”
Then David said to the Philistine,
“You come to me with a sword,
and with a spear, and with a javelin:
but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Armies,
the God of the armies of Israel,
whom you have defied.
Today, the Lord will deliver you into my hand.
I will strike you, and take your head from off you.
I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines
this day to the birds of the sky
and to the wild animals of the earth;
that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
and that all this assembly may know that
the Lord does not save with sword and spear:
for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.”
When the Philistine arose,
and came and drew near to meet David,
David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it,
and struck the Philistine in his forehead;
and the stone sank into his forehead,
and he fell on his face to the earth.
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone,
and struck the Philistine, and killed him;
though there was no sword in the hand of David.
Then David ran and stood over the Philistine,
and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath,
and killed him, and cut off his head with it.
Responsorial – Psalm 144.1b, 2, 9-10 Resp. 1
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle:
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
My loving kindness, my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and he in whom I take refuge;
who subdues my people under me.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
I will sing a new song to you, God.
On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
You are he who gives salvation to kings,
who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Gospel – Mark 3.1-6
Jesus entered again into the synagogue,
and there was a man there
who had his hand withered.
They watched Jesus,
whether he would heal him on the Sabbath,
that they might accuse him.
He said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up.”
He said to them,
“Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm?
To save a life or to kill?”
But they were silent.
When he had looked around at them with anger,
grieved at the hardening of their hearts,
he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”
He stretched it out, and his hand was restored
as healthy as the other.
The Pharisees went out,
and immediately conspired
with the Herodians against him,
how they might destroy him.
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