First Reading - Wis 2:12.17-20
The wicked say: “Let us
beset the just one, because he is
obnoxious to us, he sets himself
against our doings, reproaches
us for transgressions of the law
and charges us with violations
of our training.
Let us see whether his words be true; let us fi nd out what will happen to him.
For, if the just one be the son of God, God will defend him and deliver him from the hand of his foes. With revilement and torture let us put the just one to the test that we may have proof of his gentleness and try his patience.
Let us condemn him to a shameful death; for according to his own words, God will take care of him.”
Let us see whether his words be true; let us fi nd out what will happen to him.
For, if the just one be the son of God, God will defend him and deliver him from the hand of his foes. With revilement and torture let us put the just one to the test that we may have proof of his gentleness and try his patience.
Let us condemn him to a shameful death; for according to his own words, God will take care of him.”
Responsorial - Psalm Ps 54
The Lord upholds my life!
* O God, by your name save
me, and by your might defend
my cause. O God, hear my
prayer; hearken to the words
of my mouth. R.
* For the haughty men have
risen up against me, the ruthless seek my life; they set not
God before their eyes. R.
* Behold, God is my helper;
the Lord sustains my life. Freely will I offer you sacrifice; I
will praise your name, O Lord,
for its goodness. R.
Second Reading - Jas 3:16-4:3
Beloved: Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist,
there is disorder and every foul
practice.
But the wisdom from
above is first of all pure, then
peaceable, gentle, compliant,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without inconstancy or insincerity. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for
those who cultivate peace.
Where do the wars and
where do the conflicts among
you come from? Is it not from
your passions that make war
within your members?
You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but you
cannot obtain; you fight and
wage war. You do not possess
because you do not ask. You
ask but do not receive, because
you ask wrongly, to spend it on
your passions.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia! Alleluia!
God has called us through
the Gospel to possess the
glory of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel Mk 9:30-37
Jesus and his disciples began a journey through Galilee,
but he did not wish anyone to
know about it.
He was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son
of Man is to be handed over to
men and they will kill him, and
three days after his death the
Son of Man will rise.” But they
did not understand the saying,
and they were afraid to question him.
They came to Capernaum
and, once inside the house, Jesus began to ask them, “What
were you arguing about on the
way?” But they remained silent. They had been discussing
among themselves on the way
who was the greatest. Then he
sat down, called the Twelve,
and said to them, “If anyone
wishes to be first, he shall be
the last of all and the servant
of all.”
Taking a child, he placed
it in their midst, and putting
his arms around it, he said to
them, “Whoever receives one
child such as this in my name,
receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but
the One who sent me.”
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