Readings

First Reading
Eccl 3:1-11

There is a time for everything under the heavens.

A reading from the Book of Ecclesiasties

There is an appointed time for everything,
   and a time for every thing under the heavens.
A time to be born, and a time to die;
   a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
   a time to tear down, and a time to build.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
   a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather them;
   a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
   a time to keep, and a time to cast away.
A time to rend, and a time to sew;
   a time to be silent, and a time to speak.
A time to love, and a time to hate;
   a time of war, and a time of peace.

What advantage has the worker from his toil?
I have considered the task that God has appointed
   for the sons of men to be busied about.
He has made everything appropriate to its time,
   and has put the timeless into their hearts,
   without man’s ever discovering,
   from beginning to end, the work which God has done.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 144:1b and 2abc, 3-4

R. :

℟. (1) Blessed be the Lord, my Rock!

Blessed be the LORD, my rock,
   my mercy and my fortress,
   my stronghold, my deliverer,
My shield, in whom I trust.

℟. Blessed be the Lord, my Rock!

LORD, what is man, that you notice him;
   the son of man, that you take thought of him?
Man is like a breath;
   his days, like a passing shadow.

℟. Blessed be the Lord, my Rock!

Acclamation before the Gospel
Mk 10:45

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

The Son of Man came to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many.

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Lk 9:18-22

You are the Christ of God. The Son of Man must suffer greatly.

✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Once when Jesus was praying in solitude,
   and the disciples were with him,
   he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah;
   still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’”
Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter said in reply, “The Christ of God.”
He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone.

He said, “The Son of Man must suffer greatly
   and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
   and be killed and on the third day be raised.”

At the end of the Gospel, the Deacon, or the Priest, acclaims:

The Gospel of the Lord.

All reply:

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Then he kisses the book, saying quietly:

Through the words of the Gospel
may our sins be wiped away.