Mass Readings

Twenty–fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 24, 2006

(Mass Readings from the New Calendar)
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A reading from the Book of Wisdom

The wicked say:
‛Let us lie in wait for the righteous man,
because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions;
he reproaches us for sins against the law,
and accuses us of sins against our training.
Let us see if his words are true,
and let us test what will happen at the end of his life;
for if the righteous man is God’s son, he will help him,
and will deliver him from the hand of his adversaries.
Let us test him with insult and torture,
so that we may find out how gentle he is,
and make trial of his forbearance.
Let us condemn him to a shameful death,
for, according to what he says, he will be protected.’

For insolent men have risen against me,
ruthless men seek my life;
they do not set God before them.

But surely, God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life.
With a freewill–offering I will sacrifice to you;
I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good.

A reading from the Letter of James

Beloved,
For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.
And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.
Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you?
You want something and do not have it; so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it; so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have, because you do not ask.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.

V. The Lord be with you.

R. And also with you.

V. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.

R. Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus and his disciples went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it;
for he was teaching, saying to them, ‛The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.’
But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.
Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, ‛What were you arguing about on the way?’
But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.
He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, ‛Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.’
Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them,
‛Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.’

Short Pause: V. The Word of the Lord.; R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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