SUNDAY BETWEEN 16 AND 22
OCTOBER YEAR B
PROPER 24
TRACK 1
FIRST READING (Short or long reading) Job 38.1-7, (34-41)
A reading from the book of Job.
1 The LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
2 'Who is this that darkens counsel by words without
knowledge?
3 Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you,
and you shall declare to me.
4 Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 Who determined its measurements - surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone
7 when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly
beings shouted for joy?
[ 34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that a
flood of waters may cover you?
35 Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go
and say to you,"Here we are"?
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts,or given understanding
to the mind?
37 Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can
tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
38 when the dust runs into a mass and the clods cling
together?
39 Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the
appetite of the young lions,
40 when they crouch in their dens, or lie in wait in their
covert?
41 Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young
ones cry to God, and wander about for lack of food?' ]
PSALM Psalm 104.1-9, 25, 37b
RR At your rebuke, O Lord, the waters fled. [They shall not
again cover the earth.]
1 Bless the Lord, O my
soul;O Lord my God, how excellent is your greatness! you are clothed
with majesty and splendour.
2 You wrap yourself with light as with a cloak and spread
out the heavens like a curtain. RR
3 You lay the beams of your chambers in the waters above;you
make the clouds your chariot;you ride on the wings of the wind.
4 You make the winds your messengers and flames of fire
your servants. RR
5 You have set the earth upon its foundations, so that
it never shall move at any time.
6 You covered it with the deep as with a mantle; the
waters stood higher than the mountains. RR
7 At your rebuke they fled; at the voice of your thunder
they hastened away.
8 They went up into the hillsand down to the valleys
beneath, to the places you had appointed for them. RR
9 You set the limits that they should not pass; they
shall not again cover the earth.
25 O Lord, how manifold are your works! in wisdom you
have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
37 Alleluia! RR
Or TRACK 2
FIRST READING Isaiah 53.4-12
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
4 Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our
diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and
afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed
for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole,
and by his bruises we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned
to our own way, and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us
all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did
not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did
not open his mouth.
8 By a perversion of justice he was taken away. Who could
have imagined his future? For he was cut off from the land of
the living, stricken for the transgression of my people.
9 They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with
the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit
in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him with pain.
When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring,
and shall prolong his days; through him the will of the LORD shall
prosper.
11 Out of his anguish he shall see light; he shall find
satisfaction through his knowledge. The righteous one, my servant,
shall make many righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured
out himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
PSALM Psalm 91.9-16
RR The Lord shall give his angels charge over you [to keep
you in all your ways].
9 Because you have made
the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your habitation;
10 No evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague
come near your dwelling. RR
11 For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep
you in all your ways.
12 They shall bear you in their hands, lest you dash your
foot against a stone. RR
13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder; you shall
trample the young lion and the serpent under your feet.
14 Because he is bound to me in love, therefore will I
deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. RR
15 He shall call upon me and I will answer him; I am with
him in trouble, I will rescue him and bring him to honour.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my
salvation. RR
SECOND READING Hebrews 5.1-10
A reading from the letter to the Hebrews.
1 Every high priest chosen from among mortals is put
in charge of things pertaining to God on their behalf, to offer
gifts and sacrifices for sins.
2 He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and wayward,
since he himself is subject to weakness;
3 and because of this he must offer sacrifice for his
own sins as well as for those of the people.
4 And one does not presume to take this honour, but takes
it only when called by God, just as Aaron was.
5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming
a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him, 'You
are my Son, today I have begotten you';
6 as he says also in another place, 'You are a priest
for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.'
7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers
and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was
able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent
submission.
8 Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through
what he suffered;
9 and having been made perfect, he became the source
of eternal salvation for all who obey him,
10 having been designated by God a high priest according
to the order of Melchizedek.
GOSPEL Mark 10.35-45
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.
35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to
Jesus and said to him, 'Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever
we ask of you.'
36 And he said to them, 'What is it you want me to do
for you?'
37 And they said to him, 'Grant us to sit, one at your
right hand and one at your left, in your glory.'
38 But Jesus said to them, 'You do not know what you are
asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with?'
39 They replied, 'We are able.' Then 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;
40 but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine
to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.'
41 When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with
James and John.
42 So Jesus called them and said to them, 'You know that
among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord
it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them.
43 But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become
great among you must be your servant,
44 and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave
of all.
45 For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve,
and to give his life a ransom for many.'
