Readings for
September 19, 2027
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Day
First Reading
Wisdom 2: 12, 17-20
12Let us lie in wait for the righteous one, because he is annoying to us; he opposes our actions, Reproaches us for transgressions of the law and charges us with violations of our training.
17Let us see whether his words be true; let us find out what will happen to him in the end.
18For if the righteous one is the son of God, God will help him and deliver him from the hand of his foes.
19With violence and torture let us put him to the test that we may have proof of his gentleness and try his patience.
20Let us condemn him to a shameful death; for according to his own words, God will take care of him.”
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 54: 3-4, 5, 6 and 8
3I - O God, by your name save me. By your strength defend my cause.
4O God, hear my prayer. Listen to the words of my mouth.
5Strangers have risen against me; the ruthless seek my life; they do not keep God before them. Selah
6II - God is present as my helper; the Lord sustains my life.
8Then I will offer you generous sacrifice and give thanks to your name, LORD, for it is good.
Second Reading
James 3: 16 - 4: 3
16For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice.
17But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity.
18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace.
1Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members?
2You 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.
3You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
Alleluia
Second Thessalonians 2: 14
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Gospel
Mark 9: 30-37
30The Second Prediction of the Passion. They left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it.
31He 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 he will rise.”
32But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to question him. IV. The Full Revelation of the Mystery - The Greatest in the Kingdom.
33They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, he began to ask them, “What were you arguing about on the way?”
34But they remained silent. They had been discussing among themselves on the way who was the greatest.
35Then 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.”
36Taking a child he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it he said to them,
37“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.” Another Exorcist.