Catholic Mass Readings and Reflection May 28, 2026
Thursday – 8th Week in Ordinary Time
28th May 2026 (Thursday)
Psalter: Week 4
Readings of the Day
First Reading: 1 Peter 2:2-5, 9-12
Beloved: Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honourable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 4, 5 (R. 2b)
R/. Come before him, singing for joy.
Gospel Acclamation
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows me will have the light of life
R/. Alleluia
Gospel: Mark 10:46-52
At that time: As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.” And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, let me recover my sight.” And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.
Daily Gospel Reflection
Thursday – 8th Week in Ordinary Time
Main Point: Jesus is passing by, and blind Bartimaeus refuses to stay silent. The question is whether we still have the courage to cry out for what we truly need.
1. We all know the feeling of a chance that comes only once. A door opens for a moment, and if we hesitate, it closes again. In today’s Gospel, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus understands this better than anyone around him.
2. He sits by the roadside in Jericho, begging in the dark. Then he hears that Jesus is passing by. He cannot see, but he can shout, and so he does: “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.” He will not let this moment slip away.
3. Notice what the crowd does. They scold him and tell him to be quiet. The very people near Jesus become a wall between him and the Lord. But Bartimaeus only shouts louder. His need is greater than his fear of what others think.
4. Then Jesus stops. The whole journey pauses for one blind beggar. Jesus asks him a striking question: “What do you want me to do for you?” The Lord already knows, yet He wants Bartimaeus to name his deepest desire out loud.
5. Here we should pause too. If Jesus asked us that same question today, what would we honestly answer? Many of us would mumble something safe and polite. We have forgotten how to ask boldly, because deep down we are not sure He is listening.
6. Bartimaeus does not play it safe. “Master, I want to see.” And Jesus heals him at once. But look at what he does next. He does not run back to his old life. He follows Jesus on the way, leaving his cloak, his begging, and his old self behind.
7. Peter tells us in the first reading who we now are. We are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.” We were once in darkness, but we have been called into God’s wonderful light. We are not meant to keep sitting by the roadside.
8. So we must ask ourselves the hard question. Are we still crying out to Jesus, or have we grown quiet and comfortable in our blindness? Sometimes we stop asking, not because we have everything, but because we have stopped believing He can change us.
My Practice: Today, stop mumbling polite prayers and tell Jesus the one thing you truly need. Name your real blindness, the thing you keep hiding even from yourself. Cry out before the moment passes, and when He heals you, do not crawl back to your old life. Get up, leave the cloak behind, and follow Him.
