First Reading - Is 50:5-9
The Lord God opens my
ear that I may hear. And I have
not rebelled, have not turned
back. I gave my back to those
who beat me, my cheeks to
those who plucked my beard;
my face I did not shield from
buffets and spitting. The Lord
God is my help, therefore I am
not disgraced; I have set my
face like
flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame. He is near who upholds my right; if anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my right? Let that man confront me. See, the Lord God is my help; who will prove me wrong?
flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame. He is near who upholds my right; if anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my right? Let that man confront me. See, the Lord God is my help; who will prove me wrong?
Responsorial Psalm Ps 116
I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living!
* I love the Lord because he has heard my voice in supplication, because he has inclined his ear to me the day I called. R. *
The cords of death encompassed me; the snares of the netherworld seized upon me; I fell into distress and sorrow and I called upon the name of the Lord, “O Lord, save my life!” R.
* Gracious is the Lord and just; yes, our God is merciful. The Lord keeps the little ones; I was brought low, and he saved me. R. *
For he has freed my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. I shall walk before the Lord in the land of the living. R.
Second Reading - Jas 2:14-18
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says
he has faith but does not have
works? Can that faith save
him?
If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them what they need for their bodies, what good is it?
So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Indeed someone might say, “You have faith and I have works.” Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.
If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them what they need for their bodies, what good is it?
So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Indeed someone might say, “You have faith and I have works.” Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia! Alleluia!
May I never boast except
in the cross of our Lord
through which the world
has been crucified to me
and I to the world.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Mk 8:27-35
Jesus and his disciples set
out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he
asked his disciples, “Who do
people say that I am?” They
said in reply, “John the Baptist,
others Elijah, still others one
of the prophets.” And he asked
them, “But who do you say that
I am?” Peter said to him in reply, “You are the Christ!” Then
he warned them not to tell anyone about him.
He began to teach them
that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by
the elders, the chief priests,
and the scribes, and be killed,
and rise after three days. He
spoke this openly. Then Peter
took him aside and began to rebuke him. At this Jesus turned
around and, looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter and said,
“Get behind me, Satan. You
are thinking not as God does,
but as human beings do.”
He summoned the crowd
with his disciples and said to
them, “Whoever wishes to
come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes
to save his life will lose it, but
whoever loses his life for my
sake and for the sake of the
gospel will save it.”
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