Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Wisdom 7:7-11, Hebrews 4:12-13, and Mark 10:17-30. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 90 (Psalm 90:12-17).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 90 Fill us with Your love and we will sing for joy

The Gospel reading is as follows:

As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother.'"

He replied and said to him, "Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth."

Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, "You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me."

At that statement his face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were amazed at his words. So Jesus again said to them in reply, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."

They were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, "Then who can be saved?"

Jesus looked at them and said, "For human beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God."

Peter began to say to him, "We have given up everything and followed you."

Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come."

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Salesian Sunday Reflections: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 14, 2018)

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Twenty-eight Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 14, 2018)

Community in Mission: What Does Heaven Cost? A Homily for the 28th Sunday of the Year (13 OCT 18)

Crossroads Initiative: The Rich Young Man and King Solomon

The Sacred Page: How Do I Live Forever? The 28th Sunday of OT (11 OCT 18)

The Sacred Page: The Camel and the "Eye of the Needle" (The Mass Readings Explained) (8 OCT 18)

St. Paul Center: Wisdom and Riches: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Word on Fire: Riches and Wisdom (Cycle B * Ordinary Time * Week 28)

Spirituality of the Readings: For the Love of God! (Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

In Exile: Jesus' Way of Wisdom (Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Let the Scriptures Speak: The Camel and the Needle (Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

The Word Encountered: The Sadness of Many Securities (Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Historical Cultural Context: Challenge (Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary by John Henry Newman (Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time B)