FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME — Year B
*Alternate* First Reading: “I Dream a World” by Langston Hughes
“I Dream a World” by Langston Hughes
I dream a world where man
No other man will scorn,
Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn
I dream a world where all
Will know sweet freedom’s way,
Where greed no longer saps the soul
Nor avarice blights our day.
A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free,
Where wretchedness will hang its head
And joy, like a pearl,
Attends the needs of all mankind—
Of such I dream, my world!
The words of Langston Hughes
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME — Year B
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 123
R: So our eyes are on You, O God.
To You have I lifted up my eyes,
You who dwell in the heavens.
Behold, like the eyes of slaves
ate on the hand of their master.
R: So our eyes are on You, O God.
Like the eyes of servants
on the hand of their mistress.
So our eyes ate on You, O God,
till You show us Your mercy.
R: So our eyes are on You, O God.
Have mercy on us, O God! Have mercy!
We have endured much contempt.
Indeed, all too full is our soul
with scorn from the rich,
with scorn from the proud.
R: So our eyes are on You, O God.