Saturday, February 28,
2015
2nd Sunday of LENT –
Year B
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
GENESIS 22:1-2, 9-13,
15-18
1 It happened some time
later that God put Abraham to the test. 'Abraham, Abraham!' he called. 'Here I
am,' he replied.
2 God said, 'Take your
son, your only son, your beloved Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, where you
are to offer him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I shall
point out to you.'
9 When they arrived at
the place which God had indicated to him, Abraham built an altar there, and
arranged the wood. Then he bound his son and put him on the altar on top of the
wood.
10 Abraham stretched out
his hand and took the knife to kill his son.
11 But the angel of
Yahweh called to him from heaven. 'Abraham, Abraham!' he said. 'Here I am,' he
replied.
12 'Do not raise your
hand against the boy,' the angel said. 'Do not harm him, for now I know you fear God. You have not refused me your own
beloved son.'
13 Then looking up,
Abraham saw a ram caught by its horns in a bush. Abraham took the ram and
offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
15 The angel of Yahweh
called Abraham a second time from heaven.
16 'I swear by my own
self, Yahweh declares, that because you have done this, because you have not
refused me your own beloved son,
17 I will shower
blessings on you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven
and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will gain possession
of the gates of their enemies.
18 All nations on earth
will bless themselves by your descendants, because you have obeyed my command.'
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 116: 10, 15, 16-17, 18-19
15 Costly in Yahweh's
sight is the death of his faithful.
16 I beg you, Yahweh! I
am your servant, I am your servant and my mother was your servant; you have
undone my fetters.
17 I shall offer you a
sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of Yahweh.
18 I shall fulfil my
vows to Yahweh, witnessed by all his people,
19 in the courts of the
house of Yahweh, in your very heart, Jerusalem.
Second Reading
ROMAN 8:31-34
31 After saying this,
what can we add? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 Since he did not
spare his own Son, but gave him up for the sake of all of us, then can we not
expect that with him he will freely give us all his gifts?
33 Who can bring any
accusation against those that God has chosen? When God grants saving justice
34 who can condemn? Are
we not sure that it is Christ Jesus, who died -- yes and more, who was raised
from the dead and is at God's right hand -- and who is adding his plea for us?
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MARK 9:2-10
2 Six days later, Jesus
took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain on their
own by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured:
3 his clothes became
brilliantly white, whiter than any earthly bleacher could make them.
4 Elijah appeared to
them with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus.
5 Then Peter spoke to
Jesus, 'Rabbi,' he said, 'it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us make
three shelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.'
6 He did not know what
to say; they were so frightened.
7 And a cloud came,
covering them in shadow; and from the cloud there came a voice, 'This is my
Son, the Beloved. Listen to him.'
8 Then suddenly, when
they looked round, they saw no one with them any more but only Jesus.
9 As they were coming
down from the mountain he warned them to tell no one what they had seen, until
after the Son of man had risen from the dead.
10 They observed the
warning faithfully, though among themselves they discussed what 'rising from
the dead' could mean.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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