Sunday of Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

Send us Fan MailSunday, 8 September 2024Sunday of Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle BAntiphons on p 1235 and Readings on p 1237 of the Daily Missal and p 727 of the Sunday Missal  Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 146:6c-7.8-9a.9bc-10ab (R. 1b)Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:R/. My soul, give praise to the Lord.It is the Lord who preserves fidelity forever,who does justice to those who are oppressed.It is he who gives bread to the hungry,the Lord who sets prisoners free,It is the Lord who opens the eyes of the blind,the Lord who raises up those who are bowed down.It is the Lord who loves the just,the Lord who protects the stranger.The Lord upholds the orphan and the widow,but thwarts the path of the wicked.The Lord will reign forever,the God of Sion from age to age.R/. My soul, give praise to the Lord.Alleluia, alleluia. Jesus was preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.Alleluia.Gospel: Mark 7:31-37A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.At that time: Jesus returned from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand upon him. And taking him aside from the multitude privately, he put his fingers into his ears and he spat and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphata," that is, “Be opened.” And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf here and the mute speak.The Gospel of the LordCommunion AntiphonLike the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God; my soul is thirsting for God, the living God.2