Sunday in Twenty-Fifth of Ordinary Time, Year B

Send us Fan MailSunday, 22 September 2024Sunday in Twenty-Fifth of Ordinary Time, Year BAntiphons on p 1280 and Readings on p 1282 of the Daily Missal and p 735 of the Sunday Missal Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 54:3-4.5.6 & 8 (R. cf. 6b)Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:R/. Behold, the Lord is the upholder of my life.O God, save me by your name;by your power, defend my cause.O God, hear my prayer;give ear to the words of my mouth.For the proud have risen against me,and the ruthless seek my life.They have no regard for God.See, I have God for my help.The Lord sustains my soul.I will sacrifice to you with willing heart,and praise your name, for it is good.R/. Behold, the Lord is the upholder of my life.Second Reading: James 3:16-4:3A reading from the Letter of Saint James.Beloved: Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity. And the harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.What causes wars, and what causes fighting among you? Is it not your passions that are at war in your members? You desire and do not have; so you kill. And you covet and cannot obtain; so you fight and wage war. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.The Word of the LordPlease stand for the GospelAlleluia, alleluia. God has called us through the Gospel, to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.Alleluia. Gospel: Mark 9:30-37A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.At that time: Jesus and his disciples went on from the mountain and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.And they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” And he took a child, and put him in the midst of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”The Gospel of the LordCommunion Antiphon You have laid down your precepts to be carefully kept. May my ways be firm in keeping your statutes. 2