Saturday, June 02, 2018
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of the
Lord – Year B
5:30 pm
Multilingual Mass followed by Corpus Christi Procession
(Mandarin
Mass scheduled at 08:00 pm is cancelled)
First Reading
EXODUS 24:3-8
3 Moses
went and told the people all Yahweh's words and all the laws, and all the
people answered with one voice, 'All the words Yahweh has spoken we will carry
out!'
4 Moses
put all Yahweh's words into writing, and early next morning he built an altar
at the foot of the mountain, with twelve standing-stones for the twelve tribes
of Israel.
5 Then
he sent certain young Israelites to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice
bullocks to Yahweh as communion sacrifices.
6 Moses
then took half the blood and put it into basins, and the other half he
sprinkled on the altar.
7 Then,
taking the Book of the Covenant, he read it to the listening people, who then
said, 'We shall do everything that Yahweh has said; we shall obey.'
8 Moses
then took the blood and sprinkled it over the people, saying, 'This is the
blood of the covenant which Yahweh has made with you, entailing all these
stipulations.'
“The Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18
12 What
return can I make to Yahweh for his generosity to me?
13 I
shall take up the cup of salvation and call on the name of Yahweh.
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,
Second Reading
HEBREWS 9:11-15
11 But
now Christ has come, as the high priest of all the blessings which were to
come. He has passed through the greater, the more perfect tent, not made by
human hands, that is, not of this created order;
12 and
he has entered the sanctuary once and for all, taking with him not the blood of
goats and bull calves, but his own blood, having won an eternal redemption.
13 The
blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkled on those who have
incurred defilement, may restore their bodily purity.
14 How
much more will the blood of Christ, who offered himself, blameless as he was,
to God through the eternal Spirit, purify our conscience from dead actions so
that we can worship the living God.
15 This
makes him the mediator of a new covenant, so that, now that a death has
occurred to redeem the sins committed under an earlier covenant, those who have
been called to an eternal inheritance may receive the promise.
“The Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MARK 14:12-16, 22-26
12 On
the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was sacrificed, his
disciples said to him, 'Where do you want us to go and make the preparations
for you to eat the Passover?'
13 So
he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 'Go into the city and you will
meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,
14 and
say to the owner of the house which he enters, "The Master says: Where is
the room for me to eat the Passover with my disciples?"
15 He
will show you a large upper room furnished with couches, all prepared. Make the
preparations for us there.'
16 The
disciples set out and went to the city and found everything as he had told
them, and prepared the Passover.
22 And
as they were eating he took bread, and when he had said the blessing he broke
it and gave it to them. 'Take it,' he said, 'this is my body.'
23 Then
he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he handed it to them, and all drank
from it,
24 and
he said to them, 'This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, poured out for
many.
25 In
truth I tell you, I shall never drink wine any more until the day I drink the
new wine in the kingdom of God.'
26 After
the psalms had been sung they left for the Mount of Olives.
“The Gospel of the Lord”
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