Sunday between 25 September and 1 October
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
First Reading - Numbers 11.14,16,25-29
A reading from the book of Numbers. Moses cried out to the Lord that leading the people was too great a burden to bear alone. So the Lord instructed Moses to gather seventy of the elders of Israel at the Tent of Meeting. When they were gathered, the Lord came down, in the cloud, and spoke to Moses. And the Lord took some of the spirit that was on Moses, and put it on the seventy elders, and they began to speak the word of the Lord, as prophets. Two of the elders had not gone out to the Tent of Meeting, but had remained in the camp; and the spirit came upon them also; and they began to speak the word of the Lord, as prophets, there in the camp. When Moses and Joshua heard of this, at the Tent of Meeting, Joshua said, ‘My lord Moses, you must stop them!’ But Moses said to Joshua, ‘Do not be jealous on my behalf. I would prefer that all the Lord’s people were prophets, with the spirit of the Lord upon them!’ This is the word of the Lord.Second Reading - James 5.13-16
A reading from the letter of James. Those who are suffering should pray. Those who are strong should sing praise. Those who are sick should call for the leaders of the church, to pray over them, and to anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will restore those who are sick, for the Lord will raise them up; and if they have sinned, they will be forgiven.So confess your faults to one another,
and pray for one another,
that you may be restored;
for the prayer of the righteous
is powerful, and effective.
This is the word of the Lord.