First reading
Wisdom 7:7–11
I esteemed Wisdom more than sceptres or thrones.
Responsorial psalm
Psalm 89(90):12–17
R. Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!
Second reading
Hebrews 4:12–13
The word of God cuts more finely than a double-edged sword.
Gospel acclamation
Matthew 5:3
Happy the poor in spirit; the kingdom of heaven is theirs!
Gospel
Mark 10:17–30
Give everything you own to the poor, and follow me.
Images from the Word
- A journey
- Follow me
- Eternal life
- Riches as nothing
- Alive and active
Liturgical notes
Moreover, the holy people of God is to form one body, whether in hearing the Word of God, or in taking part in the prayers and in the singing, or above all by the common offering of the Sacrifice and by participating together at the Lord’s table. This unity is beautifully apparent from the gestures and bodily postures observed together by the faithful.
—General Instruction of the Roman Missal, §96
The mystery of Church is constantly being formed. This work relies upon the contribution of all members. As we gather to celebrate our Sunday Mass, we come to be formed by the Word of God. The proclaimed Word is like the two-edged sword that can both disturb us in our complacency and comfort us when we are disturbed. The ongoing work of the Holy Spirit requires our attentive listening so that the seed being sown is able to take root and flourish into the way we live.
‘If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But with you is found forgiveness, O God of Israel’
—entrance antiphon