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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time of Sunday September 15, 2024

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(Cf. Sirach 36.18)
Give peace, O Lord, to those who wait for you, that your prophets be found true. Hear the prayers of your servant, and of your people Israel.
 

Texts of the day

Texts of the day

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First reading

Isaiah 50.5-9

The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward. I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide...

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Psalm

Psalm 116

I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. R. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs...

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Second reading

James 2.14-18

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or a sister is without clothing and lacks daily food, and one of you...

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Gospel

Mark 8.27-35

Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others,...

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Saving Our Lives

Today’s Gospel has Jesus expressing some pretty strong words for Peter. When Peter challenges what Jesus is telling the disciples about his death and resurrection, Jesus tells him that he thinks like a human and not like God. “Get behind...

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