Mass Reading - Sunday, 13th October 2019

FIRST READING:
A reading from the second Book of Kings 5:14-17
Naaman returned to Elisha and acknowledged the Lord

Naaman the leper went down and immersed himself seven times
in the Jordan, as Elisha had told him to do. And his flesh became
clean once more like the flesh of a little child.
Returning to Elisha with his whole escort, he went in and stood
before him. ‘Now I know’ he said ‘that there is no God in all the
earth except in Israel. Now, please, accept a present from your
servant.’ But Elisha replied, ‘As the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will
accept nothing’. Naaman pressed him to accept, but he refused.
Then Naaman said, ‘Since your answer is “No”, allow your servant
to be given as much earth as two mules may carry, because your
servant will no longer offer holocaust or sacrifice to any god
except the Lord.

The Word of the Lord



Responorial Psalm     Ps 97

Response:  The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations.

1. Sing a new song to the Lord
for he has worked wonders.
His right’hand and his holy arm
have brought salvation. Response

2. The Lord has made known his salvation;
has shown his justice to the nations.
He has remembered his truth
and love for the house of Israel. Response

3. All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.
Shout to the Lord all the earth,
ring out your joy. Response


SECOND READING
A reading from the second letter of St Paul to Timothy 2:8-13
If we hold firm, we shall reign with Christ.

Remember the Good News that I carry, ‘Jesus Christ risen from the
dead, sprung from the race of David’; it is on account of this that I
have my own hardships to bear, even to being chained like a
criminal – but they cannot chain up God’s news. So I bear it all for
the sake of those who are chosen, so that in the end they may
have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus and the eternal glory that
comes with it.
Here is a saying that you rely on:
If we have died with him, then we shall live with him.
If we hold firm, then we shall reign with him.
If we disown him, then he will disown us.
We may be unfaithful, but he is always faithful,
for he cannot disown his own self.

The Word of the Lord



Gospel Acclamation     1 Jn 6: 63
Alleluia, alleluia!
Your words are spirit
and they are life:
you have the message of eternal life.
Alleluia!

Or 1 Thess 5: 18

Alleluia, alleluia!
For all things give thanks,
Because of what God expects you to do in Christ Jesus.
Alleluia!



GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Luke 17:11-19
No one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.
Now on the way to Jerusalem Jesus travelled along the border
between Samaria and GaliIee. As he entered one of the villages,
ten lepers came to meet him. They stood some way off and
called to him, ‘Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.’ When he saw them
he said, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests’.
Now as they were going away they were cleansed. Finding
himself cured, one of them turned back praising God at the top of
his voice and threw himself at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.
The man was a Samaritan. This made Jesus say, ‘Were not all ten
made clean? The other nine, where are they? It seems that no
one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.’
And he said to the man, ‘Stand up and go on your way. Your faith
has saved you.’

The Gospel of the Lord