February 4, 2018 – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Readings
First Reading
A reading from the book of Job 7:1-4. 6-7
Restlessly I fret till twilight falls.
Is not man’s life on earth nothing more than pressed service,
his time no
better than hired drudgery?
Like the slave, sighing for the shade,
or the workman with no thought but his wages,
months of delusion I have assigned to me,
nothing for my own but nights of grief.
Lying in bed I wonder, ‘When will it be day?’
Risen I think,
‘How slowly evening comes!’
Restlessly I fret till twilight falls.
Swifter than a weaver’s shuttle my days have passed,
and vanished, leaving no hope behind.
Remember that my life is but a breath,
and that my eyes will never again see joy.
Responsorial Psalm Ps146:1-6.R/ v.9
R/Praise the Lord who heals the broken – hearted.
1. Praise the Lord for he is good;
sing to our God for he is loving:
to him our praise is due. R/
2. The Lord builds up Jerusalem
and brings back Israel’s exiles,
he heals the broken – hearted,
he binds up all their wounds.
He fixes the number of the stars;
he calls each one by its name. R/
3. Our Lord is great and almighty;
his wisdom can never be measured.
The Lord raises the lowly;
he humbles the wicked to the dust.R/
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St.Paul to the Corinthians 9:16-19. 22-23
I should be punished if I did not preach the Gospel.
I do not boast of preaching the gospel, since it is a duty which has been laid on me; I should
be punished if I did not preach it! If I had chosen this work myself, I might
have been paid for it, but as I have not, it is a responsibility which has been put into
my hands. Do you know what my reward is? It is this in my preaching, to be able to offer
the Good News free, and not insist on the rights which the gospel gives me. So
though I am not a slave of any man I have made myself the slave of everyone so as to
win as many as I could. For the weak I made myself weak. I made myself all things
to all men in order to save some at any cost; and I still do this, for the sake of the
gospel, to have a share in its blessings.
The word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation Jn 8:12
Alleluia, Alleluia!
I am the light of the world, says the Lord,
anyone who follows me
will have the light of life.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 1:29-39
He cured many who were suffering from diseases of one kind or another.
On leaving the synagogue, Jesus went with James and John straight to the house of
Simon and Andrew. Now Simon’s mother-in-law had gone to bed with fever, and
they told him about her straightaway. He went to her, took her by the hand and
helped her up. And the fever left her and she began to wait on them.
That evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and those who
were possessed by devils. The whole town came crowding round the do
or, and he cured many who were suffering from diseases of one kind or another; he also cast
out many devils, but he would not allow them to speak, because they knew who he
was.
In the morning, long before dawn, he got up and left the house, and went off to a
lonely place and prayed there. Simon and his companions set out in search of him,
and when they found him they said, ‘Everybody is looking for you.’ He answered,
‘Let us go elsewhere, to the neighbouring country towns, so that I can preach there too,
because that is why I came.’ And he went all through Galilee, preaching in their
synagogues and casting out devils.
The Gospel of the Lord
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