First reading
Numbers 11:25–29
If only the whole people of the Lord were prophets!
Responsorial psalm
Psalm 18(19):8, 10, 12–14
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
Second reading
James 5:1–6
The Lord hears the cries of those you have cheated.
Gospel acclamation
cf. John 17:17
Your word, O Lord, is truth: make us holy in the truth.
Gospel
Mark 9:38–43, 45, 47–48
Do not stop anyone from working a miracle in my name.
Images from the Word
- Master
- Cup of water
- Great millstone
- Spirit came on them
- Wealth is all rotting
Liturgical notes
If the tabernacle with the Most Blessed Sacrament is situated in the sanctuary, the Priest, the Deacon, and the other ministers genuflect when they approach the altar and when they depart from it, but not during the celebration of Mass itself. Otherwise, all who pass before the Most Blessed Sacrament genuflect, unless they are moving in procession. Ministers carrying the processional cross or candles bow their heads instead of genuflecting.
—General Instruction of the Roman Missal, §274
In gathering for Mass, we move to the central part in Communion as we are nourished by the Body and Blood of the Son so that we may become one body, one spirit in Christ. If there are any remaining hosts, they are placed in the tabernacle to provide Communion for the sick and devotion to the faithful. During the celebration of the Mass, we do not focus upon the tabernacle but upon the sacrament of Christ in the gathered assembly.
‘All that you have done to us, O Lord, you have done with true judgment, for we have sinned against you and not obeyed your commandments. But give glory to your name and deal with us according to the bounty of your mercy’
—entrance antiphon