Reading I 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) 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. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we
place our trust in you.
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. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we
place our trust in you.
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. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we
place our trust in you.
Reading II 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.
Alleluia Mk 10:45
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Son of Man came to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for
many.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
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."
OR:
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."