Sunday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
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Mass Readings
First Reading – Is 53:10-11
The LORD was pleased to crush him in infirmity. If he gives his life as an offering for sin, he shall see his descendants in a long life, and the will of the LORD shall be accomplished through him. Because of his affliction he shall see the light in fullness of days; through his suffering, my servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear.
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 (R.22)
R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
Upright is the word of the LORD,
and all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right;
of the kindness of the LORD the earth is full. R.
See, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his kindness,
To deliver them from death
and preserve them in spite of famine. R.
Our soul waits for the LORD,
who is our help and our shield.
May your kindness, O LORD, be upon us
who have put our hope in you. R.
Second Reading – Heb 4:14-16
Brothers and sisters: Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help.
Gospel – Mk 10:35-45 or 10:42-45
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” He replied, “What do you wish me to do for you?” They answered him, “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.” Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” They said to him, “We can.” Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink, you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared.” When the ten heard this, they became indignant at James and John. Jesus summoned them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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Jesus summoned the twelve and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Featured Saints
St. Cornelius the Centurion. Roman pagan stationed as a Centurion in Caesarea of Palestine. The Acts of the Apostles recounts his vision of an Angel and his Baptism by St. St. Peter, along with his entire family, marking the beginning of St. Peter’s evangelization to the Gentiles.
St. Vitalis of Salzburg, bishop (†c. 730). Disciple of St. Rupert, travel companion and imitator of his works and vigils, as well as becoming his successor as Bishop and Abbot of the Monastery of St. Peter in Salzburg, Austria.
St. Andrew of Crete, martyr (†767). A monk from Crete who was incarcerated and killed in Istanbul by the fury of the Byzantine iconoclasts.
St. Adeline of Savigny, abbess (†c. 1125). First superior of the monastery of Mortain, France, which she founded with the help of her brother St. Vitalis.
St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin, virgin (†1922). Religious from the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts, she dedicated herself to those ailing in body and soul, in a hospital in Treviso, Italy.
Blessed James Strepa, bishop (†1409). Prior of the Franciscan convent of Lviv, Ukraine, appointed Bishop of Halicz.
In USA: Optional memorial of St. Paul of the Cross, priest (†1775, Rome). Celebrated October 19 in the General Calendar.
In Canada: Optional Memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin (†1690) and St. Hedwig, religious (†1243) Celebrated October 16 in the General Calendar.
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