Official Translation
Reading 1 – James 1.1-11
James, a servant of God
and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
to the twelve tribes which
are in the Dispersion:
Greetings.
Count it all joy, my brothers and sisters,
when you fall into various trials,
knowing that the testing of your faith
produces endurance.
Let endurance work completely,
that you may be perfect and complete,
lacking in nothing.
But if any of you lacks wisdom,
let them ask of God,
who gives to all liberally and without reproach;
and it will be given to them.
But let them ask in faith, without any doubting,
for they who doubt are like a wave of the sea,
driven by the wind and tossed.
Let not that human think
that they will receive anything from the Lord.
They are a double-minded human,
unstable in all their ways.
But let the brother and sister in humble circumstances
glory in their high position;
and the rich in their humility,
because like the flower in the grass,
he will pass away.
For the sun arises with the scorching wind,
and withers the grass,
and the flower in it falls,
and the beauty of its appearance perishes.
Thus also will the rich fade away in their pursuits.
Responsorial – Psalm 119.67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76 Resp. 77a
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray;
but now I observe your word.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
You are good, and do good.
Teach me your statutes.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
that I may learn your statutes.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
Lord, I know that your judgments are righteous,
that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort,
according to your word to your servant.
R. Let your tender mercies come to me, Lord, that I may live.
Gospel – Mark 8.11-13
The Pharisees came out
and began to question Jesus,
seeking from him
a sign from heaven,
and testing him.
He sighed deeply in his spirit,
and said, “Why does this kind
seek a sign?
Most certainly I tell you,
no sign will be given to this kind.”
He left them,
and again entering into the boat,
departed to the other side.
Mass Readings
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Leviticus 13.1-2, 44-46
The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:
“When a human has on their body’s skin,
a blister, or a scab, or a white spot,
and it becomes in the skin of their body
the plague of leprosy,
then they shall be brought
to Aaron the priest,
or to one of his sons, the priests.
If they are a leprous human, they are unclean.
The priest shall surely pronounce them unclean.
Their plague is on their head.
“The leper in whom the plague is
shall wear torn clothes,
and the hair of their head shall hang loose.
They shall cover their upper lip, and shall cry,
‘Unclean! Unclean!’
All the days in which the plague is on them
they shall be unclean, for they are unclean.
They shall dwell alone.
Outside of the camp shall be their dwelling.
Responsorial – Psalm 32.1-2, 5, 11
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputes no guilt,
in whose spirit there is no deceit.
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
I acknowledged my sin to you.
I did not hide my guilt.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, you righteous!
Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 10.31-11.1
Brothers and sisters,
Whether you eat or drink,
or whatever you do,
do all to the glory of God.
Become an occasion for not-stumbling,
to Jews and to Greeks,
and to the Church of God;
even as I also please all in all things,
not seeking my own profit,
but the profit of the many,
that they may be saved.
Be imitators of me,
just as I am of Christ.
Gospel - Mark 1.40-45
A leper came to Jesus,
begging him, kneeling down to him,
and saying to him,
“If you want to, you can make me clean.”
Being moved with compassion,
he stretched out his hand,
and touched him, and said to him,
“I want to. Be made clean.”
When he had said this,
the leprosy immediately departed from him,
and he was made clean.
He rebuked him,
and immediately cast him out.
He said to him, “See that you
say nothing to anybody,
but go show yourself to the priest,
and offer for your cleansing
the things which Moses commanded,
for a martyrdom to them.”
But he went out,
and began to proclaim it much,
and to spread the report around,
so that Jesus could no longer
openly enter into a city,
but was outside in desert places:
and they came to him from everywhere.
Reading 1 - Leviticus 13.1-2, 44-46
The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:
“When a human has on their body’s skin,
a blister, or a scab, or a white spot,
and it becomes in the skin of their body
the plague of leprosy,
then they shall be brought
to Aaron the priest,
or to one of his sons, the priests.
If they are a leprous human, they are unclean.
The priest shall surely pronounce them unclean.
Their plague is on their head.
“The leper in whom the plague is
shall wear torn clothes,
and the hair of their head shall hang loose.
They shall cover their upper lip, and shall cry,
‘Unclean! Unclean!’
All the days in which the plague is on them
they shall be unclean, for they are unclean.
They shall dwell alone.
Outside of the camp shall be their dwelling.
Responsorial – Psalm 32.1-2, 5, 11
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputes no guilt,
in whose spirit there is no deceit.
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
I acknowledged my sin to you.
I did not hide my guilt.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, you righteous!
Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
R. You are my hiding place from trouble, and you will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 10.31-11.1
Brothers and sisters,
Whether you eat or drink,
or whatever you do,
do all to the glory of God.
Become an occasion for not-stumbling,
to Jews and to Greeks,
and to the Church of God;
even as I also please all in all things,
not seeking my own profit,
but the profit of the many,
that they may be saved.
Be imitators of me,
just as I am of Christ.
Gospel - Mark 1.40-45
A leper came to Jesus,
begging him, kneeling down to him,
and saying to him,
“If you want to, you can make me clean.”
Being moved with compassion,
he stretched out his hand,
and touched him, and said to him,
“I want to. Be made clean.”
When he had said this,
the leprosy immediately departed from him,
and he was made clean.
He rebuked him,
and immediately cast him out.
He said to him, “See that you
say nothing to anybody,
but go show yourself to the priest,
and offer for your cleansing
the things which Moses commanded,
for a martyrdom to them.”
But he went out,
and began to proclaim it much,
and to spread the report around,
so that Jesus could no longer
openly enter into a city,
but was outside in desert places:
and they came to him from everywhere.
Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 12.26-32; 13.33-34
Jeroboam said in his heart,
“Now the kingdom will return
to the house of David.
If this people goes up to offer sacrifices
in the Lord’s house at Jerusalem,
then the hearts of these people
will turn again to their master,
to Rehoboam king of Judah;
and they will kill me,
and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
So the king took counsel,
and made two calves of gold;
and he said to them,
“Long enough have you
gone up to Jerusalem.
Look and see your God, Israel,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
He set the one in Bethel,
and the other he put in Dan.
This thing became a sin;
for the people went to worship
even going to the one in Dan.
He made temples on the high places,
and made priests from among the people
who were not of the sons of Levi.
Jeroboam ordained a feast
in the eighth month,
on the fifteenth day of the month,
like the feast that is in Judah,
and he went up to the altar in Bethel,
sacrificing to the calves that he had made:
and he placed in Bethel
the priests of the high places
that he he built.
After this Jeroboam did not return
from his evil way,
but again made priests of the high places
from among all the people.
Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him,
that there might be priests of the high places.
This was a sin of the house of Jeroboam,
so it was cut off and destroyed
from the face of the earth.
Responsorial – Psalm 106.6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22 Resp. 4a
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
We have sinned with our fathers.
We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.
Our fathers, in Egypt,
did not understand your wonders.
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
They made a calf in Horeb,
and worshiped a molten image.
Thus they exchanged their glory
for an image of a bull that eats grass.
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
They forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and awesome things by the Red Sea.
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Gospel – Mark 8.1-10
In those days, when there was once again
a very large crowd who had nothing to eat.
Jesus called his disciples to himself,
and said to them,
“I have compassion for the crowd,
because they have stayed with me now three days,
and have nothing to eat.
If I send them away fasting to their home,
they will faint on the way,
for some of them have come a long way.”
His disciples answered him,
“From where could one satisfy
these people with bread here in a deserted place?”
He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?”
They said, “Seven.”
He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground,
and he took the seven loaves.
Having given thanks,
he broke them,
and gave them to his disciples to serve,
and they served the crowd.
And they had a few small fish.
Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
They ate, and were filled.
They took up seven baskets of broken pieces
that were left over.
Those who had eaten
were about four thousand.
Then he sent them away.
Immediately he entered into the boat
with his disciples,
and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 12.26-32; 13.33-34
Jeroboam said in his heart,
“Now the kingdom will return
to the house of David.
If this people goes up to offer sacrifices
in the Lord’s house at Jerusalem,
then the hearts of these people
will turn again to their master,
to Rehoboam king of Judah;
and they will kill me,
and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
So the king took counsel,
and made two calves of gold;
and he said to them,
“Long enough have you
gone up to Jerusalem.
Look and see your God, Israel,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
He set the one in Bethel,
and the other he put in Dan.
This thing became a sin;
for the people went to worship
even going to the one in Dan.
He made temples on the high places,
and made priests from among the people
who were not of the sons of Levi.
Jeroboam ordained a feast
in the eighth month,
on the fifteenth day of the month,
like the feast that is in Judah,
and he went up to the altar in Bethel,
sacrificing to the calves that he had made:
and he placed in Bethel
the priests of the high places
that he he built.
After this Jeroboam did not return
from his evil way,
but again made priests of the high places
from among all the people.
Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him,
that there might be priests of the high places.
This was a sin of the house of Jeroboam,
so it was cut off and destroyed
from the face of the earth.
Responsorial – Psalm 106.6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22 Resp. 4a
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
We have sinned with our fathers.
We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.
Our fathers, in Egypt,
did not understand your wonders.
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
They made a calf in Horeb,
and worshiped a molten image.
Thus they exchanged their glory
for an image of a bull that eats grass.
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
They forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and awesome things by the Red Sea.
R. Remember me, the Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Gospel – Mark 8.1-10
In those days, when there was once again
a very large crowd who had nothing to eat.
Jesus called his disciples to himself,
and said to them,
“I have compassion for the crowd,
because they have stayed with me now three days,
and have nothing to eat.
If I send them away fasting to their home,
they will faint on the way,
for some of them have come a long way.”
His disciples answered him,
“From where could one satisfy
these people with bread here in a deserted place?”
He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?”
They said, “Seven.”
He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground,
and he took the seven loaves.
Having given thanks,
he broke them,
and gave them to his disciples to serve,
and they served the crowd.
And they had a few small fish.
Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
They ate, and were filled.
They took up seven baskets of broken pieces
that were left over.
Those who had eaten
were about four thousand.
Then he sent them away.
Immediately he entered into the boat
with his disciples,
and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 11.29-32; 12.19
Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
found him on the way.
Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new cloak;
and the two of them were alone in the field.
Ahijah took off his new cloak that he had on
and tore it in twelve pieces.
He said to Jeroboam:
“Take ten pieces;
for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom
out of the hand of Solomon,
and will give ten tribes to you.
He shall have one tribe,
for my servant David’s sake
and for Jerusalem’s sake,
the city which I have chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel.
So Israel has rebelled
against the house of David
even to this day.
Responsorial – Psalm 81.10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15 Resp. 11a+9a
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
There shall be no strange god among you,
nor shall you worship any foreign god.
I am the Lord, your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
My people did not listen to my voice.
Israel wanted nothing to do with me.
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts,
that they might walk in their own counsels.
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
Oh that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
I would soon subdue their enemies,
and turn my hand against their adversaries.
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
Gospel – Mark 7.31-37
Jesus departed from
the borders of Tyre,
and came through Sidon
to the sea of Galilee,
in the middle of
the region of Decapolis.
They brought to him
a deaf man who had trouble speaking,
and they begged him to lay
his hand on him.
He took him by himself,
away from the crowd,
and put his fingers into his ears,
and he spat and touched his tongue.
Looking up into heaven,
he sighed, and said to him,
“Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
Immediately his ears were opened,
and the bond on his tongue was undone,
and he spoke clearly.
He commanded them that they should tell no one,
but the more he commanded them,
so much more widely they proclaimed it.
They were astonished beyond measure, saying,
“He has done all things beautifully.
He both makes the deaf hear and the unspeaking speak!”
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 11.29-32; 12.19
Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem,
and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
found him on the way.
Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new cloak;
and the two of them were alone in the field.
Ahijah took off his new cloak that he had on
and tore it in twelve pieces.
He said to Jeroboam:
“Take ten pieces;
for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom
out of the hand of Solomon,
and will give ten tribes to you.
He shall have one tribe,
for my servant David’s sake
and for Jerusalem’s sake,
the city which I have chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel.
So Israel has rebelled
against the house of David
even to this day.
Responsorial – Psalm 81.10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15 Resp. 11a+9a
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
There shall be no strange god among you,
nor shall you worship any foreign god.
I am the Lord, your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
My people did not listen to my voice.
Israel wanted nothing to do with me.
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts,
that they might walk in their own counsels.
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
Oh that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
I would soon subdue their enemies,
and turn my hand against their adversaries.
R. I am the Lord, your God. Listen to me!
Gospel – Mark 7.31-37
Jesus departed from
the borders of Tyre,
and came through Sidon
to the sea of Galilee,
in the middle of
the region of Decapolis.
They brought to him
a deaf man who had trouble speaking,
and they begged him to lay
his hand on him.
He took him by himself,
away from the crowd,
and put his fingers into his ears,
and he spat and touched his tongue.
Looking up into heaven,
he sighed, and said to him,
“Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
Immediately his ears were opened,
and the bond on his tongue was undone,
and he spoke clearly.
He commanded them that they should tell no one,
but the more he commanded them,
so much more widely they proclaimed it.
They were astonished beyond measure, saying,
“He has done all things beautifully.
He both makes the deaf hear and the unspeaking speak!”
Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 11.4-13
When Solomon was old,
his wives turned away his heart to other gods;
and his heart was not perfectly
with the Lord his God,
as was the heart of David his father.
For Solomon went after
Astarte, the goddess of the Sidonians,
and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.
Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord
and did not go fully after the Lord,
as did David his father.
Then Solomon built a high place for
Chemosh the abomination of Moab,
on the mountain that is opposite Jerusalem,
and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
So he did for all his foreign wives,
who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.
The Lord was angry with Solomon,
because his heart was turned away from
the Lord, the God of Israel,
who had appeared to him twice,
and had commanded him concerning this thing,
that he should not go after other gods:
but he did not keep the Lord's command.
Therefore the Lord said to Solomon,
“Because this is done by you,
and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes,
which I have commanded you,
I will surely tear the kingdom from you,
and will give it to your servant.
I will not do it in your days,
for David your father’s sake;
but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
However I will not tear away all the kingdom;
I will give one tribe to your son,
for David my servant’s sake,
and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.”
Responsorial – Psalm 106.3-4, 35-36, 37+40 Resp. 4a
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Blessed are those who keep justice.
Blessed is one who always does what is right.
Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Visit us with your salvation,
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
But they mixed themselves with the nations,
and learned their works.
They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Yes, they sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to demons.
Therefore the Lord burned with anger against his people.
He abhorred his inheritance.
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Gospel - Mark 7.24-30
From there Jesus arose
and went away into
the borders of Tyre.
He entered into a house,
and did not want anyone to know it,
but he could not escape notice.
For a woman, whose little daughter
had an unclean spirit,
having heard of him,
came and fell down at his feet.
Now the woman was a Greek,
a Syrophoenician by race.
She begged him that he would cast
the demon out of her daughter.
But Jesus said to her,
“Let the children be filled first,
for it is not appropriate
to take the children’s bread
and throw it to the dogs.”
But she answered him,
“Yes, Lord. Yet even
the dogs under the table
eat the children’s crumbs.”
He said to her,
“For this saying,
go your way.
The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
She went away to her house,
and found the child
having been laid on the bed,
with the demon gone out.
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 11.4-13
When Solomon was old,
his wives turned away his heart to other gods;
and his heart was not perfectly
with the Lord his God,
as was the heart of David his father.
For Solomon went after
Astarte, the goddess of the Sidonians,
and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.
Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord
and did not go fully after the Lord,
as did David his father.
Then Solomon built a high place for
Chemosh the abomination of Moab,
on the mountain that is opposite Jerusalem,
and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
So he did for all his foreign wives,
who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.
The Lord was angry with Solomon,
because his heart was turned away from
the Lord, the God of Israel,
who had appeared to him twice,
and had commanded him concerning this thing,
that he should not go after other gods:
but he did not keep the Lord's command.
Therefore the Lord said to Solomon,
“Because this is done by you,
and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes,
which I have commanded you,
I will surely tear the kingdom from you,
and will give it to your servant.
I will not do it in your days,
for David your father’s sake;
but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
However I will not tear away all the kingdom;
I will give one tribe to your son,
for David my servant’s sake,
and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.”
Responsorial – Psalm 106.3-4, 35-36, 37+40 Resp. 4a
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Blessed are those who keep justice.
Blessed is one who always does what is right.
Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Visit us with your salvation,
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
But they mixed themselves with the nations,
and learned their works.
They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Yes, they sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to demons.
Therefore the Lord burned with anger against his people.
He abhorred his inheritance.
R. Remember us, O Lord, with the favor that you show to your people.
Gospel - Mark 7.24-30
From there Jesus arose
and went away into
the borders of Tyre.
He entered into a house,
and did not want anyone to know it,
but he could not escape notice.
For a woman, whose little daughter
had an unclean spirit,
having heard of him,
came and fell down at his feet.
Now the woman was a Greek,
a Syrophoenician by race.
She begged him that he would cast
the demon out of her daughter.
But Jesus said to her,
“Let the children be filled first,
for it is not appropriate
to take the children’s bread
and throw it to the dogs.”
But she answered him,
“Yes, Lord. Yet even
the dogs under the table
eat the children’s crumbs.”
He said to her,
“For this saying,
go your way.
The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
She went away to her house,
and found the child
having been laid on the bed,
with the demon gone out.
Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 10.1-10
When the queen of Sheba heard of
the fame of Solomon
she came to test him with hard questions.
She came to Jerusalem with a very great company,
with camels that bore spices,
and very much gold and precious stones;
and when she had come to Solomon,
she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
Solomon explained to her all her questions:
there was not anything hidden from the king
which he could not tell her.
When the queen of Sheba had seen
all the wisdom of Solomon,
and the house that he had built,
and the food of his table,
and the seating of his ministers,
and the attendance of his servants,
and their clothing, and his cup bearers,
and his burnt offerings which
went up in the Temple of the Lord;
she was breathless.
She said to the king,
“It was a true report that I heard
in my own land of your acts,
and of your wisdom,
but I did not believe the words,
until I came, and my eyes had seen it.
Behold, the half was not told me!
Your wisdom and prosperity exceed
the rumors which I heard.
Happy are your men,
happy are these your servants,
who stand continually before you,
who hear your wisdom.
Blessed is the Lord your God,
who delighted in you,
to set you on the throne of Israel.
Because the Lord loved Israel forever,
therefore made he you king,
to do justice and righteousness.”
She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold,
and a lot of spices and precious stones.
Never again was there such an abundance of spices
as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Responsorial – Psalm 37.5-6, 30-31, 39-40 Resp. 30a
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
Commit your way to the Lord.
Trust also in him, and he will do this:
he will make your righteousness come out as the light,
and your justice as the noon day sun.
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
His tongue speaks justice.
The law of his God is in his heart.
None of his steps shall slip.
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord.
He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
The Lord helps them, and rescues them.
He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them,
Because they have taken refuge in him.
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
Gospel – Mark 7.14-23
Jesus called all the crowds to himself,
and said to them,
“Hear me, all of you, and understand.
There is nothing from outside of the human,
that going into them can defile them;
but the things which proceed out of the human
are those that defile the human.
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
When he had entered into a house
away from the crowd,
his disciples asked him about the parable.
He said to them,
“Are you thus without understanding also?
Do you not perceive that
whatever goes into the human
from outside cannot defile them,
because it does not go into their heart,
but into their stomach, then into the toilet"
(Thus all foods are clean)
He said, “That which comes out from the human,
that defiles the human.
For from within, out of the hearts of humans,
proceed evil thoughts, unchastity,
murders, adulteries, thefts,
greed, wickedness, deceit,
lustful desires, and envious eyes,
blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
All these evil things come from within,
and defile the human.”
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 10.1-10
When the queen of Sheba heard of
the fame of Solomon
she came to test him with hard questions.
She came to Jerusalem with a very great company,
with camels that bore spices,
and very much gold and precious stones;
and when she had come to Solomon,
she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
Solomon explained to her all her questions:
there was not anything hidden from the king
which he could not tell her.
When the queen of Sheba had seen
all the wisdom of Solomon,
and the house that he had built,
and the food of his table,
and the seating of his ministers,
and the attendance of his servants,
and their clothing, and his cup bearers,
and his burnt offerings which
went up in the Temple of the Lord;
she was breathless.
She said to the king,
“It was a true report that I heard
in my own land of your acts,
and of your wisdom,
but I did not believe the words,
until I came, and my eyes had seen it.
Behold, the half was not told me!
Your wisdom and prosperity exceed
the rumors which I heard.
Happy are your men,
happy are these your servants,
who stand continually before you,
who hear your wisdom.
Blessed is the Lord your God,
who delighted in you,
to set you on the throne of Israel.
Because the Lord loved Israel forever,
therefore made he you king,
to do justice and righteousness.”
She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold,
and a lot of spices and precious stones.
Never again was there such an abundance of spices
as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Responsorial – Psalm 37.5-6, 30-31, 39-40 Resp. 30a
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
Commit your way to the Lord.
Trust also in him, and he will do this:
he will make your righteousness come out as the light,
and your justice as the noon day sun.
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
His tongue speaks justice.
The law of his God is in his heart.
None of his steps shall slip.
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord.
He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
The Lord helps them, and rescues them.
He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them,
Because they have taken refuge in him.
R. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
Gospel – Mark 7.14-23
Jesus called all the crowds to himself,
and said to them,
“Hear me, all of you, and understand.
There is nothing from outside of the human,
that going into them can defile them;
but the things which proceed out of the human
are those that defile the human.
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
When he had entered into a house
away from the crowd,
his disciples asked him about the parable.
He said to them,
“Are you thus without understanding also?
Do you not perceive that
whatever goes into the human
from outside cannot defile them,
because it does not go into their heart,
but into their stomach, then into the toilet"
(Thus all foods are clean)
He said, “That which comes out from the human,
that defiles the human.
For from within, out of the hearts of humans,
proceed evil thoughts, unchastity,
murders, adulteries, thefts,
greed, wickedness, deceit,
lustful desires, and envious eyes,
blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
All these evil things come from within,
and defile the human.”
Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 8.22-23, 27-30
Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord
in the presence of all the assembly of Israel,
and spread out his hands toward heaven;
and he said, “Lord, God of Israel,
there is no God like you,
in heaven above, or on earth beneath;
who keep covenant and loving kindness with
your servants who walk before you with all their heart;
Will God indeed dwell on the earth?
Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens
cannot contain you;
how much less this house that I have built!
Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant,
and for his supplication, Lord my God.
Listen to the cry and to the prayer
which your servant prays before you this day;
that your eyes may be open
toward this house night and day,
even toward the place of which you have said,
‘My name shall be there;’
to listen to the prayer which your servant s
hall pray toward this place.
Listen to the supplication of your servant,
and of your people Israel,
when they shall pray toward this place.
Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place;
and when you hear, forgive.
Responsorial – Psalm 84.3, 4, 5+10, 11 Resp. 2
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
My soul longs, and even faints
for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
Lo, the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young,
near your altars, Lord of Hosts,
my King, and my God.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
They are always praising you.
Behold, God our shield,
look at the face of your anointed.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
For a day in your courts
is better than a thousand elsewhere
I would rather live in the house of my God,
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
Gospel – Mark 7.1-13
Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes
gathered together around Jesus,
having come from Jerusalem.
When they saw some of his disciples
eating bread with unclean,
that is, unwashed, hands,
they were offended.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews,
do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms,
holding to the tradition of the elders.
They do not eat when they come from the marketplace,
unless they bathe themselves,
and there are many other things,
which they have received that they hold to:
washing of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and beds.
The Pharisees and the scribes asked him,
“Why do your disciples not walk
according to the tradition of the elders,
but eat their bread with unclean hands?”
He answered them,
“Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites,
as it is written:
‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
In vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of humans.'
“For you set aside the commandment of God,
and hold tightly to the tradition of humans."
He said to them, “Full well do you reject
the commandment of God,
that you may keep your tradition.
For Moses said,
‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and,
‘He who curses his father or mother,
let him be put to death.’
But you say,
‘If a human tells father or mother,
“Whatever benefit you might have received from me is
qorban" (which means 'given to God')
then you allow them to do nothing for father or mother,
making void the word of God by your tradition,
which you have handed down.
You do many things like this.”
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 8.22-23, 27-30
Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord
in the presence of all the assembly of Israel,
and spread out his hands toward heaven;
and he said, “Lord, God of Israel,
there is no God like you,
in heaven above, or on earth beneath;
who keep covenant and loving kindness with
your servants who walk before you with all their heart;
Will God indeed dwell on the earth?
Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens
cannot contain you;
how much less this house that I have built!
Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant,
and for his supplication, Lord my God.
Listen to the cry and to the prayer
which your servant prays before you this day;
that your eyes may be open
toward this house night and day,
even toward the place of which you have said,
‘My name shall be there;’
to listen to the prayer which your servant s
hall pray toward this place.
Listen to the supplication of your servant,
and of your people Israel,
when they shall pray toward this place.
Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place;
and when you hear, forgive.
Responsorial – Psalm 84.3, 4, 5+10, 11 Resp. 2
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
My soul longs, and even faints
for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
Lo, the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young,
near your altars, Lord of Hosts,
my King, and my God.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
They are always praising you.
Behold, God our shield,
look at the face of your anointed.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
For a day in your courts
is better than a thousand elsewhere
I would rather live in the house of my God,
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
R. How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of Hosts!
Gospel – Mark 7.1-13
Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes
gathered together around Jesus,
having come from Jerusalem.
When they saw some of his disciples
eating bread with unclean,
that is, unwashed, hands,
they were offended.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews,
do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms,
holding to the tradition of the elders.
They do not eat when they come from the marketplace,
unless they bathe themselves,
and there are many other things,
which they have received that they hold to:
washing of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and beds.
The Pharisees and the scribes asked him,
“Why do your disciples not walk
according to the tradition of the elders,
but eat their bread with unclean hands?”
He answered them,
“Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites,
as it is written:
‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
In vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of humans.'
“For you set aside the commandment of God,
and hold tightly to the tradition of humans."
He said to them, “Full well do you reject
the commandment of God,
that you may keep your tradition.
For Moses said,
‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and,
‘He who curses his father or mother,
let him be put to death.’
But you say,
‘If a human tells father or mother,
“Whatever benefit you might have received from me is
qorban" (which means 'given to God')
then you allow them to do nothing for father or mother,
making void the word of God by your tradition,
which you have handed down.
You do many things like this.”
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