Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Isaiah 6:1-8 (JB)

A reading from the prophet Isaiah

Here am I! Send me.

In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord seated on a high throne; his train filled the sanctuary; above him stood seraphs, each one with six wings.

And they cried out one to another in this way,

‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.

His glory fills the whole earth.’

The foundations of the threshold shook with the voice of the one who cried out, and the Temple was filled with smoke. I said:

‘What a wretched state I am in! I am lost,

for I am a man of unclean lips

and I live among a people of unclean lips,

and my eyes have looked at the King, the Lord of hosts.’

Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding in his hand a live coal which he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. With this he touched my mouth and said:

‘See now, this has touched your lips,

your sin is taken away,

your iniquity is purged.’

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:

‘Whom shall I send? Who will be our messenger?’

I answered, ‘Here I am, send me.’

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Isaiah 6:1-8 (NRSV)

A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah

In the year that King Uzziah died,

I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty;

and the hem of his robe filled the temple.

Seraphs were in attendance above him;

each had six wings.

And one called to another and said:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;

the whole earth is full of his glory.”

The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices

of those who called,

and the house filled with smoke.

And I said:

“Woe is me! I am lost,

for I am a man of unclean lips,

and I live among a people of unclean lips;

yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Then one of the seraphs flew to me,

holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar

with a pair of tongs.

The seraph touched my mouth with it and said:

“Now that this has touched your lips,

your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.”

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,

“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”

And I said, “Here am I; send me!”

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Ps 137:1-5, 7-8 (JB)

R. In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.

I thank you, Lord, with all my heart,

you have heard the words of my mouth.

Before the angels I will bless you.

I will adore before your holy temple. R.

I thank you for your faithfulness and love

which excel all we ever knew of you.

On the day I called, you answered;

you increased the strength of my soul. R.

All earth’s kings shall thank you

when they hear the words of your mouth.

They shall sing of the Lord’s ways:

‘How great is the glory of the Lord!’ R.

You stretch out your hand and save me,

your hand will do all things for me.

Your love, O Lord, is eternal,

discard not the work of your hands. R.

1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (JB)

A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians

I preach what they preach, and this is what you believe.

Brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, the gospel that you received and in which you are firmly established; because the gospel will save you only if you keep believing exactly what I preached to you – believing anything else will not lead to anything.

Well then, in the first place, I taught you what I had been taught myself, namely that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the scriptures; that he was buried; and that he was raised to life on the third day, in accordance with the scriptures; that he appeared first to Cephas and secondly to the Twelve. Next he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died; then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles; and last of all he appeared to me too; it was as though I was born when no one expected it.

I am the least of the apostles; in fact, since I persecuted the Church of God, I hardly deserve the name apostle; but by God’s grace that is what I am, and the grace that he gave me has not been fruitless. On the contrary, I, or rather the grace of God that is with me, have worked harder than any of the others; but what matters is that I preach what they preach, and this is what you all believed.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 11 (JB)

A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians

I preach what they preach, and this is what you believe.

In the first place, I taught you what I had been taught myself, namely that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the scriptures; that he was buried; and that he was raised to life on the third day, in accordance with the scriptures; that he appeared first to Cephas and secondly to the Twelve. Next he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died; then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles; and last of all he appeared to me too; it was as though I was born when no one expected it. But what matters is that I preach what they preach, and this is what you all believed.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (NRSV)

A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians

I would remind you, brothers and sisters,

of the good news that I proclaimed to you,

which you in turn received, in which also you stand.

This is the good news through which also you are being saved,

if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you-

unless you have come to believe in vain.

For I handed on to you as of first importance

what I in turn had received:

that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,

and that he was buried,

and that he was raised on the third day

in accordance with the scriptures,

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

Then Christ appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters

at one time,

most of whom are still alive, though some have died.

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Last of all, as to one untimely born, Christ appeared also to me.

For I am the least of the apostles,

unfit to be called an apostle,

because I persecuted the church of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am,

and his grace toward me has not been in vain.

On the contrary, I worked harder than any of the apostles-

though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

Whether then it was I or they,

so we proclaim and so you have come to believe.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 11 (NRSV)

A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians

My brothers and sisters,

I handed on to you as of first importance

what I in turn had received:

that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,

and that he was buried,

and that he was raised on the third day

in accordance with the scriptures,

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

Then Christ appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters

at one time,

most of whom are still alive, though some have died.

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Last of all, as to one untimely born, Christ appeared also to me.

Whether then it was I or they,

so we proclaim and so you have come to believe.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Matthew 4:19 (JB)

Alleluia, alleluia!

Come follow me, says the Lord,

and I will make you fishers of my people.

Alleluia!

Matthew 4:19 (NRSV)

Alleluia, alleluia!

Come follow me, says the Lord,

and I will make you fishers of my people.

Alleluia!

Luke 5:1-11 (JB)

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

They left everything and followed him.

Jesus was standing one day by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the crowd pressing round him listening to the word of God, when he caught sight of two boats close to the bank. The fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats – it was Simon’s – and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

 When he had finished speaking he said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.’ ‘Master,’ Simon replied ‘we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.’ And when they had done this they netted such a huge number of fish that their nets began to tear, so they signalled to their companions in the other boat to come and help them; when these came, they filled the two boats to sinking point.

When Simon Peter saw this he fell at the knees of Jesus saying, ‘Leave me, Lord; I am a sinful man.’ For he and all his companions were completely overcome by the catch they had made; so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were Simon’s partners. But Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid; from now on it is men you will catch.’ Then, bringing their boats back to land, they left everything and followed him.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke 5:1-11 (NRSV)

A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke

While Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret,

and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God,

he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake;

the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

Jesus got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon,

and asked him to put out a little way from the shore.

Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon,

“Put out into the deep water

and let down your nets for a catch.”

Simon answered,

“Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing.

Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.”

When they had done this,

they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to break.

So they signalled their partners in the other boat

to come and help them.

And they came and filled both boats,

so that they began to sink.

But when Simon Peter saw it,

he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying,

“Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

For Simon Peter and all who were with him were amazed

at the catch of fish that they had taken;

and so also were James and John sons of Zebedee

who were partners with Simon

Then Jesus said to Simon,

“Do not be afraid;

from now on you will be catching people”

When they had brought their boats to shore

they left everything and followed Jesus.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.