Mass Readings

Twenty–third Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 10, 2006

(Mass Readings from the New Calendar)
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A reading from the Book of Isaiah

Thus says the Lord:
Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
‛Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
He will come and save you.’
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
then the lame man shall leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy.
For waters shall break forth in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;
the burning sand shall become a pool,
and the thirsty ground springs of water;

The God of Jacob keeps faith for ever;
he executes justice for the oppressed;
he gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down.
Lord loves the righteous;
the Lord watches over the strangers;

The Lord upholds the fatherless and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
The Lord will reign for ever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord!

A reading from the Letter of James
My Brethren, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ?
For if a man with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor man in dirty clothes also comes in,
and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, ‘Have a seat here, please’, while to the poor man you say, ‘Stand there’, or, ‘Sit at my feet’,
have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
Listen, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

V. The Lord be with you.

R. And also with you.

V. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.

R. Glory to you, O Lord.

Then Jesus returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.
They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him.
He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue.
Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, ‘Ephphatha’, that is, ‘Be opened.’
And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.
Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.
They were astounded beyond measure, saying, ‘He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.’

Short Pause: V. The Word of the Lord.; R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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