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Today's Readings
Reading I
Jas 2:1-9
My brothers and sisters, show no partiality as you adhere to the
faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. For if a man with gold
rings and fine clothes comes into your assembly, and a poor person
with shabby clothes also comes in, and you pay attention to the one
wearing the fine clothes and say, “Sit here, please,” while you say
to the poor one, “Stand there,” or “Sit at my feet,” have you not
made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil
designs? Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Did
not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith
and heirs of the Kingdom that he promised to those who love him? But
you dishonored the poor. Are not the rich oppressing you? And do
they themselves not haul you off to court? Is it not they who
blaspheme the noble name that was invoked over you? However, if you
fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love
your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. But if you show
partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as
transgressors.
Responsorial Psalm
34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
R. (7a) The Lord hears the cry of the poor. I will
bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall be ever in my mouth.
Let my soul glory in the LORD; the lowly will hear me and be
glad. R. The Lord hears the cry of the poor. Glorify the LORD
with me, let us together extol his name. I sought the LORD, and he
answered me and delivered me from all my fears. R. The Lord hears
the cry of the poor. Look to him that you may be radiant with
joy, and your faces may not blush with shame. When the poor one
called out, the LORD heard, and from all his distress he saved him.
R. The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
Gospel
Mk 8:27-33
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 he 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.”
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