Sunday, Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time – Year B

Send us Fan MailSunday, 27 October 2024Sunday, Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time – Year BAntiphons on p. 1393 and Readings on p. 1395 of the Daily Missal and p.755 of the Sunday Missal. First Reading: Jeremiah 31:7-9A reading from the Book of Jeremiah.Thus says the Lord: “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘The Lord has saved his people, the remnant of Israel.’ Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who is in travail, together; a great company, they shall return here. With weeping, they shall come, and with consolations, I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 126:1-2ab.2cd-3.4-5.6 (R.3)Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:R/. What great deeds the Lord worked for us!​Indeed, we were glad.When the Lord brought back the exiles of Sion,we thought we were dreaming.Then was our mouth filled with laughter;on our tongues, songs of joy.Then the nations themselves said, “What great deedsthe Lord worked for them!”What great deeds the Lord worked for us!Indeed, we were glad.Bring back our exiles, O Lord,as streams in the south.Those who are sowing in tearswill sing when they reap.They go out, they go out, full of tears,bearing seed for the sowing;they come back, they come back with a song,bearing their sheaves.R/. What great deeds the Lord worked for us!​Indeed, we were glad.Second Reading: Hebrews 5:1-6A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews.Every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of people in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this, he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. And one does not take the honour upon himself, but he is called by God, just as Aaron was.So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”; as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”The Word of the Lord.Please stand for the Gospel.Alleluia, alleluia.Our Saviour Christ Jesus abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.Alleluia. Gospel: Mark 10:46-52A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.At that time: As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” A