First Reading Jeremiah 20:7-9 ·
The word of the Lord has meant insult for me
You have seduced me, Lord, and I have let myself be seduced;
you have overpowered me: you were the stronger.
I am a daily laughing-stock,
everybody’s butt.
Each time I speak the word, I have to howl
and proclaim: ‘Violence and ruin!’
The word of the Lord has meant for me
insult, derision, all day long.
I used to say, ‘I will not think about him,
I will not speak in his name any more.’
Then there seemed to be a fire burning in my heart,
imprisoned in my bones.
The effort to restrain it wearied me,
I could not bear it.
The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 62(63):2-6,8-9
For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God.
O God, you are my God, for you I long;
for you my soul is thirsting.
My body pines for you
like a dry, weary land without water.
For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God.
to see your strength and your glory.
For your love is better than life,
my lips will speak your praise.
For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God
in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul shall be filled as with a banquet,
my mouth shall praise you with joy.
For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God.
in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand holds me fast.
For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God.
Second Reading Romans 12:1-2 ·
Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice
Think of God’s mercy, my brothers, and worship him,
I beg you, in a way that is worthy of thinking beings,
by offering your living bodies as a holy sacrifice, truly
pleasing to God.
Do not model yourselves on the behaviour of the world around
you,
but let your behaviour change, modelled by your new mind.
This is the only way to discover the will of God and know
what is good,
what it is that God wants, what is the perfect thing to do.
The word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation cf.Ep1:17,18
May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
enlighten the eyes of our mind,
so that we can see what hope his call holds for us.
Alleluia!
Gospel Matthew 16:21-27
'Get behind me, Satan!'
Jesus began to make it clear to his disciples that he was
destined to go to Jerusalem
and suffer grievously at the hands of the elders and chief
priests and scribes,
to be put to death and to be raised up on the third day.
Then, taking him aside,
Peter started to remonstrate with him. ‘Heaven preserve you,
Lord;’ he said
‘this must not happen to you.’ But he turned and said to
Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan!
You are an obstacle in my path, because the way
you think is not God’s way but man’s.’
Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it. What, then, will a man gain if he wins the whole world and ruins his life? Or what has a man to offer in exchange for his life?
‘For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and, when he does, he will reward each one according to his behaviour.’
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