First Reading – Job 38:1,8-11
Responsorial
Psalm – Psalm 106(107):23-26,28-32
Second
Reading – 2 Corinthians 5:14-17
Gospel Acclamation – Ephesians 1:17,
18
Alternative
Acclamation – Luke 7:16
The Gospel According to Mark 4:35 – 41
(NJB)
Listen!
First Reading – Job 38:1,8-11
From
the Heart of the Tempest the Lord Gives Job His Answer
He
said:
Who
pent up the sea behind closed doors when it leapt tumultuous out of the womb, when
I wrapped it in a robe of mist and made black clouds its swaddling bands; when
I marked the bounds it was not to cross and made it fast with a bolted gate?
Come
thus far, I said, and no farther:
here
your proud waves shall break.
Responsorial
Psalm – Psalm 106(107):23-26,28-32
Let
Them Thank the Lord For His love, For the Wonders He Does For Men.
Alleluia.
Give
thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his kindness is for ever.
Let
them say this, the people the Lord has redeemed,
those whom he rescued from their enemies
whom he gathered together from all lands,
from east and west, from the north and the
south.
They
wandered through desert and wilderness,
they could find no way to a city they could
dwell in.
Their
souls were weary within them,
weary from hunger and thirst.
They
cried to the Lord in their trouble
and he rescued them from their distress.
He
set them on the right path
towards a city they could dwell in.
Let
them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness,
for the wonders he works for men:
the
Lord, who feeds hungry creatures
and gives water to the thirsty to drink.
They
sat in the darkness and shadow of death,
imprisoned in chains and in misery,
because
they had rebelled against the words of God
and spurned the counsels of the Most High.
He
wore out their hearts with labour:
they were weak, there was no-one to help.
They
cried to the Lord in their trouble
and he rescued them from their distress.
He
led them out of the darkness and shadow of death,
he shattered their chains.
Let
them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness,
for the wonders he works for men:
the
Lord, who shatters doors of bronze,
who breaks bars of iron.
The
people were sick because they transgressed,
afflicted because of their sins.
All
food was distasteful to them,
they were on the verge of death.
They
cried to the Lord in their trouble
and he rescued them from their distress.
He
sent forth his word and healed them,
delivered them from their ruin.
Let
them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness,
for the wonders he works for men:
Let
them offer a sacrifice of praise
and proclaim his works with rejoicing.
Those
who go down to the sea in ships,
those who trade across the great waters –
they
have seen the works of the Lord,
the wonders he performs in the deep.
He
spoke, and a storm arose,
and the waves of the sea rose up.
They
rose up as far as the heavens
and descended down to the depths:
the
sailors’ hearts melted from fear,
they staggered and reeled like drunkards,
terror drove them out of their minds.
But
they cried to the Lord in their trouble
and he rescued them from their distress.
He
turned the storm into a breeze
and silenced the waves.
They
rejoiced at the ending of the storm
and he led them to the port that they wanted.
Let
them give thanks to the Lord for his kindness,
for the wonders he works for men:
let
them exalt him in the assembly of the people,
give him praise in the council of the elders.
The
Lord has turned rivers into wilderness,
he has made well-watered lands into desert,
fruitful ground into salty waste
because of the evil of those who dwelt there.
But
he has made wilderness into ponds,
deserts into the sources of rivers,
he
has called together the hungry
and they have founded a city to dwell in.
They
have sowed the fields, planted the vines;
they grow and harvest their produce.
He
has blessed them and they have multiplied;
he does not let their cattle decrease.
But
those others became few and oppressed
through trouble, evil, and sorrow.
He
poured his contempt on their princes
and set them to wander the trackless waste.
But
the poor he has saved from their poverty
and their families grow numerous as sheep.
The
upright shall see, and be glad,
and all wickedness shall block up its mouth.
Whoever
is wise will remember these things
and understand the mercies of the Lord.
Alleluia!
Second
Reading – 2 Corinthians 5:14-17
We
Do Not Judge Anyone by the Standards of the Flesh
The
love of Christ overwhelms us when we reflect that if one man has died for all,
then all men should be dead; and the reason he died for all was so that living
men should live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised
to life for them.
From now onwards, therefore, we do not judge
anyone by the standards of the flesh. Even if we did once know Christ in the
flesh, that is not how we know him now. And for anyone who is in Christ, there
is a new creation; the old creation has gone, and now the new one is here.
Gospel
Acclamation – Ephesians 1:17, 18
Alleluia,
alleluia!
May
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we
can see what hope his call holds for us.
Alleluia!
Alternative
Acclamation – Luke 7:16
Alleluia,
alleluia!
A
great prophet has appeared among us; God has visited his people.
Alleluia!
The Gospel According to Mark 4:35 – 41
'Even
the Wind and the Sea Obey Him'
With
the coming of evening, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Let us cross over to the
other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind they took him, just as he was, in the
boat; and there were other boats with him. Then it began to blow a gale and the
waves were breaking into the boat so that it was almost swamped. But he was in
the stern, his head on the cushion, asleep. They woke him and said to him,
‘Master, do you not care? We are going down!’ And he woke up and rebuked the
wind and said to the sea, ‘Quiet now! Be calm!’ And the wind dropped, and all
was calm again. Then he said to them, ‘Why are you so frightened? How is it
that you have no faith?’ They were filled with awe and said to one another,
‘Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him.’
The Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
(Year B)