Readings at Mass Monday 27 September 2021

 Readings at Mass

Monday 27 September 2021 (Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest)

26th Week in Ordinary Time

Liturgical Colour: White.

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First reading

Zechariah 8:1-8

The word of the Lord of Hosts was addressed to me as follows:

‘The Lord of Hosts says this.

I am burning with jealousy for Zion,

with great anger for her sake.

‘The Lord of Hosts says this.

I am coming back to Zion

and shall dwell in the middle of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem will be called Faithful City

and the mountain of the Lord of Hosts, the Holy Mountain.

‘The Lord of Hosts says this.

Old men and old women will again sit down

in the squares of Jerusalem;

every one of them staff in hand

because of their great age.

And the squares of the city will be full

of boys and girls

playing in the squares.

‘The Lord of Hosts says this.

If this seems a miracle

to the remnant of this people (in those days),

will it seem one to me?

It is the Lord of Hosts who speaks.

‘The Lord of Hosts says this.

Now I am going to save my people

from the countries of the East

and from the countries of the West.

I will bring them back

to live inside Jerusalem.

They shall be my people

and I will be their God

in faithfulness and integrity.’

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Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 101(102):16-21,29,22-23

Response: The Lord shall build up Zion again and appear in all his glory.

The nations shall fear the name of the Lord

    and all the earth’s kings your glory,

when the Lord shall build up Zion again

    and appear in all his glory.

Then he will turn to the prayers of the helpless;

    he will not despise their prayers.

Let this be written for ages to come

    that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord;

for the Lord leaned down from his sanctuary on high.

    He looked down from heaven to the earth

that he might hear the groans of the prisoners

    and free those condemned to die.

The sons of your servants shall dwell untroubled

    and their race shall endure before you

that the name of the Lord may be proclaimed in Zion

    and his praise in the heart of Jerusalem,

when peoples and kingdoms are gathered together

    to pay their homage to the Lord.

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Gospel Acclamation

Jn 14:6

Alleluia, alleluia!

I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord;

No one can come to the Father except through me.

Alleluia!

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Gospel

Luke 9:46-50

An argument started between the disciples about which of them was the greatest. Jesus knew what thoughts were going through their minds, and he took a little child and set him by his side and then said to them, ‘Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For the least among you all, that is the one who is great.’

    John spoke up. ‘Master,’ he said ‘we saw a man casting out devils in your name, and because he is not with us we tried to stop him.’ But Jesus said to him, ‘You must not stop him: anyone who is not against you is for you.’

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Scripture readings from the Jerusalem Bible, Text of the Psalms from The Grail