Mass Readings for October 9, 2023

Jonah 1:1-2:2,1:11
Jonah 2:3-5,8
Luke 10:25-37

Jonah 1:1-2:2,1:11
(1) Now Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, (2) “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.” (3) But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. (4) But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up. (5) Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep. (6) So the ship master came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won’t perish.” (7) They all said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. (8) Then they asked him, “Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?” (9) He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.” (10) Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “What have you done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them. (11) Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy. (12) He said to them, “Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.” (13) Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them. (14) Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.” (15) So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging. (16) Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows. (17) Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. (1) Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly. (2) He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice. (11) Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy.

Jonah 2:3-5,8
(3) For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me. (4) I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’ (5) The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head. (8) Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Luke 10:25-37
(25) Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” (26) He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” (27) He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” (28) He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.” (29) But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” (30) Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. (31) By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. (32) In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. (33) But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, (34) came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. (35) On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.’ (36) Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?” (37) He said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”