The 30th of May, 2024 is Thursday in the Eighth Week of Ordinary Time. The Holy Bible verses for the mass readings for this day came from the Liturgical Calendar of the Year 2024.
Reading 1: 1 PT 2:2-5, 9-12
The first reading from the Letter of Saint Peter.
As newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Come to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation.
Responsorial Psalm: PS 100:1-2, 3, 4, 5
Response: Come before his presence with singing.
Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!
Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.
R: Come before his presence with singing.
Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
R: Come before his presence with singing.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
R: Come before his presence with singing.
For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
R: Come before his presence with singing.
Gospel of the Day: MK 10:46-52
From the gospel scripture according to Mark.
They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”
Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”
Jesus stood still and said, “Call him.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”
He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabboni, that I may see again.”
Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the way.
