Today the Church celebrates the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Isaiah 35:4-7, James 2:1-5, and Mark 7:31-37. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 146 (Psalm 146:7-10).
For one version of the responsorial psalm set to music, please visit:
YouTube: Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 146 "An Invitation to Praise God the Creator and Redeemer"
The Gospel reading is as follows:
Again Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis. And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” – that is, “Be opened!” And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly.
He ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them not to, the more they proclaimed it. They were exceedingly astonished and they said, “He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
Reflections on these readings:
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 9, 2012)
Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio: Showing Off or Compassion? The Miracles of Jesus
The Deacon's Bench: Homily for September 9, 2012: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (8 SEP 12)
The Lectionary: The poor are rich in faith and heirs of God’s kingdom (6 SEP 12)
Dr. Scott Hahn: All Things Well (September 9th 2012 - Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The Word Encountered: “Faith, Yes, But . . .” (Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time B)
Dominican Daily: Word to Life: Sirius XM: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (8 SEP 12)
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