Twenty-Fourth Sundayin Ordinary Time
Year B
15th September 2024 (Sunday)
Psalter: Week 4
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | Isaiah 50:5-9a |
| Response | I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living. |
| Second Reading | James 2:14-18 |
| Gospel | Mark 8:27-35 |
First Reading
Isaiah 50:5-9a
The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backwards. I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting. But the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. He who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me. Behold, the Lord God helps me; who will declare me guilty?
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 (R. 9)
R/. I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living
I love the Lord, for he has heard
my voice, my appeal;
for he has turned his ear to me
whenever I call. R/.
They surrounded me, the snares of death;
the anguish of the grave has found me;
anguish and sorrow I found.
I called on the name of the Lord:
“Deliver my soul, O Lord!” R/.
How gracious is the Lord, and just;
our God has compassion.
The Lord protects the simple;
I was brought low, and he saved me. R/.
He has kept my soul from death,
my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.
I will walk in the presence of the Lord
in the land of the living. R/.
Second Reading
James 2:14-18
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled”, without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
Gospel Acclamation
Galatians 6:14
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
R/.Alleluia.
Gospel
Mark 8:27-35
At that time: Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him. And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
