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Readings at Mass

Liturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).


First readingActs 7:44-50

‘The Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands.’

In those days: Stephen said to the people and the elders and the scribes, ‘Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as God who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen. Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David, who found favour in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?” ’

Responsorial Psalm
1 Ch 29:10. 11a-c. 11d-12a. 12b-d. ℟13b
We praise your splendid name, O Lord.
Blessed are you, O Lord,
God of Israel, our father,
from eternity unto eternity.
We praise your splendid name, O Lord.
Yours, O Lord, is greatness and power,
splendour, victory and majesty;
for all is yours in heaven and on earth.
We praise your splendid name, O Lord.
Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom,
you are exalted as head over all.
Riches and honour are from you.
We praise your splendid name, O Lord.
You have dominion over all.
In your hand is power and might;
your hand gives greatness and strength to all.
We praise your splendid name, O Lord.

Gospel Acclamation
2 Chronicles 7:16
I have chosen and consecrated this house, says the Lord,
that my name may be there for ever.

Gospel
Matthew 16:13-19

‘You are Peter, and I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.’

At that time: When Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ He said to them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ Simon Peter replied, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ And Jesus answered him, ‘Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.’

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