First Reading - Is 35:4-7
Thus says the Lord: Say to those whose hearts are frightened:
Be strong, fear not! Here is your God, he comes with
vindication; with divine recompense he comes to save you.
Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of
the deaf be cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then
the tongue of the mute will sing.
Streams will burst forth in the desert, and rivers in the
steppe. The burning sands will become pools, and the thirsty
ground, springs of water.
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 146
Praise the Lord, my soul!
* The God of Jacob keeps faith forever, secures justice for
the oppressed, gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets captives free. R.
* The Lord gives sight to the blind; the Lord raises up those
who were bowed down. The Lord loves the just; the Lord
protects strangers. R.
* The fatherless and the widow the Lord sustains, but the
way of the wicked he thwarts. The Lord shall reign forever;
your God, O Zion, through all generations. Alleluia! R.
Second Reading - Jas 2:1-5
My brothers and sisters:
Show no partiality as you adhere to the faith in our glorious
Lord Jesus Christ. For if a man with gold rings and fi ne clothes
comes into your assembly, and a poor person in shabby clothes
also comes in, and you pay attention to the one wearing the
fi ne clothes and say, “Sit here, please,” while you say to the
poor one, “Stand there,” or “Sit at my feet,” have you not
made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with
evil designs?
Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Did not God choose
those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of
the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Jesus proclaimed the Gospel of the kingdom
and cured every disease among the people.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Mk 7:31-37
Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon
to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis.
People brought to him a deaf man who had a speech
impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him. Jesus
took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger
into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue.
Then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him,
“Ephphatha!” – that is, “Be opened!” – And immediately
the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was
removed, and he spoke plainly.
Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more he
ordered them not to, the more they proclaimed it. They were
exceedingly astonished and said, “He has done all things
well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
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