Friday, Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time – Year II

Send us Fan MailFriday, 27 September 2024Friday, Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time – Year IIMemorial of St Vincent de Paul, PriestAntiphons on p. 1762 and readings on p. 1298 and of the Daily  Entrance Antiphon.The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me and sent me to preach the good news to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted. First Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11A reading from the Book of Ecclesiastes.For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven:a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;a time to kill, and a time to heal;a time to break down, and a time to build up;a time to weep, and a time to laugh;a time to mourn, and a time to dance;a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;a time to seek, and a time to lose;a time to keep, and a time to cast away;a time to rend, and a time to sew;a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;a time to love, and a time to hate;a time for war, and a time for peace.What gain has the worker from his toil?I have seen the business that God has given to the sons of men to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time; also he has put eternity into people’s mind, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.The Word of the Lord. Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 144:1a and 2abc.3-4 (R. 1a)Let us now pray the Responsorial PsalmR/. Blest be the Lord, my rock!Blest be the Lord, my rock, He is my merciful love, my fortress;he is my stronghold, my saviour,my shield in whom I take refuge.Lord, what is man that you regard him,the son of man that you keep him in mind,man who is merely a breath,whose days are like a passing shadow?R/. Blest be the Lord, my rock! Please stand for the Gospel.Alleluia, Alleluia.The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.Alleluia.Gospel: Luke 9:18-22A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.Now it happened that as Jesus was praying alone the disciples were with him; and he asked them, “Who do the people say that I am?” And they answered, “John the Baptist; but others say, Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen.” And he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.” But he charged and commanded them to tell this to no one, saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”The Gospel of the Lord. Communion Antiphon.Let them thank the Lord for his mercy, his wonders for the children of men, for he has satisfied the thirsty soul, and the hungry he has filled with good things. 2