June 30, 2024 - 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

 

First Reading - Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24

    God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living. For he fashioned all things that they might have being; and the creatures of the world are wholesome, and there is not a destructive drug among them nor any domain of the nether-world on earth, for justice is undying.

    God formed man to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he made him. But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world, and they who belong to his company experience it.

Responsorial Psalm - Ps 30 

R –I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me! 

* I will extol you, O Lord, for you drew me clear and did not let my enemies rejoice over me. O Lord, you brought me up from the netherworld; you preserved me from among those going down into the pit. R.

* Sing praise to the Lord, you his faithful ones, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger lasts but a moment; a lifetime, his good will. At nightfall, weeping enters in, but with the dawn, rejoicing. R.

* Hear, O Lord, and have pity on me; O Lord, be my helper. You changed my mourning into dancing; O Lord, my God, forever will I give you thanks. R. 

Second Reading - 2 Cor 8:7.9.13-15 

    Brothers and sisters:

    As you excel in every re- spect, in faith, discourse, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love we have for you, may you excel in this gracious act also.

    For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

    Not that others should have relief while you are burdened, but that as a matter of equality your abundance at the present time should supply their needs, so that their abundance may also supply your needs, that there may be equality.

    As it is written: “Whoever had much did not have more, and whoever had little did not have less.” 

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia! Alleluia!
Our Savior Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Gospel - Mk 5:21-43 

    When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea.

    One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came for- ward. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, “My daughter is at the point of death. Please, come lay your hands on her that she may get well and live.” He went off with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed upon him.

    People from the synagogue official’s house arrived and said, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the teacher any longer?” Disregarding the message that was reported, Jesus said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid; just have faith.” He did not allow anyone to accompany him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. When they arrived at the house of the synagogue official, he caught sight of a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. So he went in and said to them, “Why this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.” And they ridiculed him. Then he put them all out.

    Jesus took along the child’s father and mother and those who were with him and entered the room where the child was. He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!” The girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately and walked around. At that they were utterly  astounded. He gave strict orders that no one should know this and said that she should be given something to eat.

June 23, 2024 - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

 

First Reading - Jb 38:1.8-11

    The Lord addressed Job out of the storm and said: “Who shut within doors the sea, when it burst forth from the womb; when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling bands? When I set limits for it and fastened the bar of its door, and said: Thus far shall you come but no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stilled!”

Responsorial Psalm - Ps 107 

R –Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting! 

* They who sailed the sea in ships, trading on the deep waters, these saw the works of the Lord and his wonders in the abyss. R.

* His command raised up a storm wind which tossed its waves on high. They mounted up to heaven; they sank to the depths; their hearts melted away in their plight. R.

* They cried to the Lord in their distress; from their straits he rescued them, he hushed the storm to a gentle breeze, and the billows of the sea were stilled. R.

* They rejoiced that they were calmed, and he brought them to their desired haven. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness and his wondrous deeds to the children of men. R 

Second Reading - 2 Cor 5:14-17 

    Brothers and sisters:

    The love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died. He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

    Consequently, from now on we regard no one accord- ing to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer. So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. 

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia! Alleluia!
A great prophet has arisen in our midst. God has visited his people.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Gospel - Mk 4:35-41 

    On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took Jesus with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion.

    They woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?” They were filled with great awe and said to one an- other, “Who then is this whom even the wind and the sea obey?” 

June 16, 2024 - 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

 

First Reading - Ez 17:22-24

    Thus says the Lord God:

    I, too, will take from the crest of the cedar, from its topmost branches tear off a tender shoot, and plant it on a high and lofty mountain; on the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it. It shall put forth branches and bear fruit, and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind shall dwell be- neath it, every winged thing in the shade of its boughs. And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, bring low the high tree, lift high the lowly tree, wither up the green tree, and make the withered tree bloom. As I, the Lord, have spoken, so will I do. 

Responsorial Psalm - Ps 92

R –Lord, it is good to give thanks to you!

* It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to your name, Most High, to proclaim your kindness at dawn and your faithfulness throughout the night. R.

* The just one shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon shall he grow. They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. R.

* They shall bear fruit even in old age; vigorous and sturdy shall they be, declaring how just is the Lord, my rock, in whom there is no wrong. R.

Second Reading - 2 Cor 5:6-10

    Brothers and sisters: We are always courageous, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord. Therefore, we aspire to please him, whether we are at home or away. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense, according to what he did in the body, whether good or evil. 

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia! Alleluia!
The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower. All who come to him will live for ever.
Alleluia! Alleluia! 

Gospel - Mk 4:26-34 

    Jesus said to the crowds:

    “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and through it all the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how. Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come.”

    He said, “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.” With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it.

    Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private. 

June 9, 2024 -Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

 

First Reading - Gn 3:9-15

    After the man, Adam, had eaten of the tree, the Lord God called to the man and asked him: “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid, be- cause I was naked, so I hid myself.” Then God asked: “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten, then, from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat?” The man replied, “The woman whom you put here with me – she gave me fruit from the tree, and so I ate it.” The Lord God then asked the woman, “Why did you do such a thing?” The woman answered, “The snake tricked me into it, so I ate it.”

    Then the Lord God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, you shall be banned from all the animals, and from all wild creatures; on your belly shall you crawl, and dirt shall you eat all the days of your life.

    I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel.” 

Responsorial Psalm - Ps 130 

R –With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness of redemption! 

* Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice! 
Let your ears be attentive to my voice of my pleading. R. 

* If you, O Lord, mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand? 
But with you is forgiveness, that you may be revered. R.

* I trust in the Lord; my soul trusts in his word. More than sentinels wait for the dawn, 
let Israel wait for the Lord. R.

* For with the Lord is kindness and with him is plenteous redemption, 
and he will redeem Israel from all their iniquities. R. 

Second Reading - 2 Cor 4:13-5:1 

    Brothers and sisters: Since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed, therefore I spoke,” we too believe and therefore speak, knowing that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and place us with you in his presence. Everything indeed is for you, so that the grace be- stowed in abundance on more and more people may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God.

    Therefore, we are not discouraged. Rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to what is seen but to what is unseen; for what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal. We know that, if our earthly dwelling, [which is like] a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in heaven not made by [human] hands. 

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia! Alleluia!
“Now the ruler of this world will be driven out,” says the Lord; 
“and when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Gospel - Mk 3:20-35 

    Jesus came home with his disciples. Again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat.

    When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.”

    Summoning them, Jesus began to speak to them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand; that is the end of him. No one can enter a strong man’s house to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

    Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, for he is guilty of an everlasting sin.” [He said this] because they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”

    Jesus’ mother and his brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent word to him and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you.”

    But he said to them in reply, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”