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Today's Readings
Reading I
1 Pt 2:2-5, 9-12
Beloved: Like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk so that
through it you may grow into salvation, for you have tasted that the
Lord is good. Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings
but chosen and precious in the sight of God, and, like living
stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy
priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through
Jesus Christ. You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a
holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the
praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful
light. Once you were no people but now you are God’s people;
you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy.
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and sojourners to keep away from
worldly desires that wage war against the soul. Maintain good
conduct among the Gentiles, so that if they speak of you as
evildoers, they may observe your good works and glorify God on the
day of visitation.
Responsorial Psalm
100:2, 3, 4, 5
R. (2c) Come with joy into the presence of the Lord. Sing
joyfully to the LORD, all you lands; serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song. R. Come with joy into the
presence of the Lord. Know that the LORD is God; he made us, his
we are; his people, the flock he tends. R. Come with joy into the
presence of the Lord. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his
courts with praise; Give thanks to him; bless his name. R. Come
with joy into the presence of the Lord. The LORD is good: his
kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness, to all generations.
R. Come with joy into the presence of the Lord.
Gospel
Mk 10:46-52
As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd,
Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside
begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry
out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.” And many
rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all
the more, “Son of David, have pity on me.” Jesus stopped and said,
“Call him.” So they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take
courage; get up, Jesus is calling you.” He threw aside his cloak,
sprang up, and came to Jesus. Jesus said to him in reply, “What do
you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied to him, “Master, I
want to see.” Jesus told him, “Go your way; your faith has saved
you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.
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