Monday, Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year II

Send us Fan MailMonday, 16 September 2024Monday, Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year IIMemorial, Saints Cornelius, Pope and Cyprian, BishopAntiphons on p. 1920 and Readings on p. 1265 of the Daily Missal. Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 40:7-8a.8b-9.10.17 (R. 1 Cor 11:26b)Let us now pray the Responsorial PsalmR/. Proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.You delight not in sacrifice and offerings,but in an open ear.You do not ask for holocaust and victim.Then I said, “See, I have come.”In the scroll of the book it stands written of me:“I delight to do your will, O my God;your instruction lies deep within me.”Your justice I have proclaimedin the great assembly.My lips I have not sealed;you know it, O Lord.O let there be rejoicing and gladnessfor all who seek you.Let them ever say, “The Lord is great,”who long for your salvation.R/. Proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. Please stand for the Gospel.Alleluia, Alleluia.God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son; that whosoever believes in him should have eternal life.Alleluia. Gospel: Luke 7:1-10.A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.At that time: After Jesus had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Capernaum. Now a centurion had a slave who was dear to him, who was sick and at the point of death. When he heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his slave. And when they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation, and he built us our synagogue.” And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed. For I am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard this he marvelled at him, and turned and said to the multitude that followed him, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave well.The Gospel of the Lord. Communion Antiphon.The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as ransom for many. 2