Saturday, 13 October,
2018
28th Sunday of
Ordinary Time – Year B
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
WISDOM 7:7-11
7 And so I prayed, and
understanding was given me; I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me.
8 I esteemed her more
than sceptres and thrones; compared with her, I held riches as nothing.
9 I reckoned no
precious stone to be her equal, for compared with her, all gold is a pinch of
sand, and beside her, silver ranks as mud.
10 I loved her more than
health or beauty, preferred her to the light, since her radiance never sleeps.
11 In her company all
good things came to me, and at her hands incalculable wealth.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 90:12-13,
14-15, 16-17
12 Teach us to count up
the days that are ours, and we shall come to the heart of wisdom.
13 Come back, Yahweh!
How long must we wait? Take pity on your servants.
14 Each morning fill us
with your faithful love, we shall sing and be happy all our days;
15 let our joy be as
long as the time that you afflicted us, the years when we experienced disaster.
16 Show your servants
the deeds you do, let their children enjoy your splendour!
17 May the sweetness of
the Lord be upon us, to confirm the work we have done!
Second Reading
HEBREWS 4:12-13
12 The word of God is
something alive and active: it cuts more incisively than any two-edged sword:
it can seek out the place where soul is divided from spirit, or joints from
marrow; it can pass judgement on secret emotions and thoughts.
13 No created thing is
hidden from him; everything is uncovered and stretched fully open to the eyes
of the one to whom we must give account of ourselves.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MARK 10:17-30
17 He was setting out on
a journey when a man ran up, knelt before him and put this question to him,
'Good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'
18 Jesus said to him,
'Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
19 You know the
commandments: You shall not kill; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not
steal; You shall not give false witness; You shall not defraud; Honour your
father and mother.'
20 And he said to him,
'Master, I have kept all these since my earliest days.'
21 Jesus looked steadily
at him and he was filled with love for him, and he said, 'You need to do one
thing more. Go and sell what you own and give the money to the poor, and you
will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.'
22 But his face fell at
these words and he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth.
23 Jesus looked round
and said to his disciples, 'How hard it is for those who have riches to enter
the kingdom of God!'
24 The disciples were
astounded by these words, but Jesus insisted, 'My children,' he said to them,
'how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a
camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone rich to enter the
kingdom of God.'
26 They were more
astonished than ever, saying to one another, 'In that case, who can be saved?'
27 Jesus gazed at them
and said, 'By human resources it is impossible, but not for God: because for
God everything is possible.'
28 Peter took this up.
'Look,' he said to him, 'we have left everything and followed you.'
29 Jesus said, 'In truth
I tell you, there is no one who has left house, brothers, sisters, mother,
father, children or land for my sake and for the sake of the gospel
30 who will not receive
a hundred times as much, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and land
-- and persecutions too -- now in this present time and, in the world to come,
eternal life.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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