27th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
Mass prayers and readings.
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Within your will, O Lord, all things are established and there is none that can resist your will. For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth, and all that is held within the circle of heaven; you are the Lord of all.
COLLECT
Almighty ever-living God, who in the abundance of your kindness surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you, pour out your mercy upon us: to pardon what conscience dreads, and give what prayer does not dare to ask. Through our Lord.
READINGS FOR YEAR B
READING I
Genesis 2:18–24
The Lord God said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him.” So the Lord God formed out of the ground various wild animals and various birds of the air, and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them; whatever the man called each of them would be its name. The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and all wild animals; but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man.
So the Lord God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. The Lord God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man. When he brought her to the man, the man said: “This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called ‘woman, ‘ for out of ‘her man’ this one has been taken.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one flesh.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
R. May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.
Benedícat nobis Dóminus ómnibus diébus vitæ nostræ.
Blessed are you who fear the Lord,
who walk in his ways!
For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork;
blessed shall you be, and favored.
R.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
in the recesses of your home;
your children like olive plants
around your table.
R.
Behold, thus is the man blessed
who fears the Lord.
The Lord bless you from Zion:
may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.
R.
May you see your children’s children.
Peace be upon Israel!
R.
READING II
Letter of St. Paul to the Hebrews 2:9–11
Brothers and sisters: He “for a little while” was made “lower than the angels,” that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering. He who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one origin. Therefore, he is not ashamed to call them “brothers.”
ALLELUIA
If we love one another, God will live in us in perfect love.
GOSPEL
A reading for the Gospel of St. Mark 10:2–16
The Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him. He said to them in reply, “What did Moses command you?” They replied, “Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her.” But Jesus told them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” In the house the disciples again questioned Jesus about this. He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” And people were bringing children to him that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.” Then he embraced them and blessed them, placing his hands on them.
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UNIVERSAL PRAYER OR PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL GENERAL FORMULA 1
Priest’s Introduction
To God the Father almighty, dear brothers and sisters, may every prayer of our heart be directed, for his will it is that all humanity should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.
Intentions
- For the holy Church of God, that the Lord may graciously watch over her and care for her, let us pray to the Lord.
R. Grant this, almighty God.
- For the peoples of all the world, that the Lord may graciously preserve harmony among them, let us pray to the Lord.
R. Grant this, almighty God.
- For all who are oppressed by any kind of need, that the Lord may graciously grant them relief, let us pray to the Lord.
R. Grant this, almighty God.
- For ourselves and our own community, that the Lord may graciously receive us as a sacrifice acceptable to himself, let us pray to the Lord.
R. Grant this, almighty God.
Priest’s Prayer
O God, our refuge and our strength, hear the prayers of your Church, for you yourself are the source of all devotion, and grant, we pray, that what we ask in faith we may truly obtain. Through Christ our Lord.
PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Accept, O Lord, we pray, the sacrifices instituted by your commands, and through the sacred mysteries, which we celebrate with dutiful service, graciously complete the sanctifying work by which you are pleased to redeem us. Through Christ our Lord.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Bonus est Dóminus sperántibus in eum, ánimæ quærénti illum.
The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.
Or:
Unus panis et unum corpus multi sumus, omnes qui de uno pane et de uno cálice participámus.
Though many, we are one bread, one body: we who share, all of us, the one bread and one cup.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Grant us, almighty God, that we may be refreshed and nourished by the Sacrament which we have received, so as to be transformed into what we consume. Through Christ our Lord.
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