A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 16:21-27
Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.
Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.
I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship.
You duped me, O Lord, and I let myself be duped;/ you were too strong for me, and you triumphed./ All the day I am an object of laughter;/ everyone mocks me.
Herod was the one who had John the Baptist arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married.
Consider your own calling, brothers and sisters.
The word of the Lord came to me thus:/ Gird your loins;/ stand up and tell them/ all that I command you./ Be not crushed on their account,/ as though I would leave you crushed before them;/ For it is I this day/ who have made you a fortified city,/ A pillar of iron, a wall of brass,/ against the whole land:/ Against Judah’s kings and princes,/ against its priests and people./ They will fight against you, but not prevail over you,/ for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.
Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
