Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Isaiah 50:5-9, James 2:14-18, and Mark 8:27-35. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 114 (Psalm 114:1-6, 8-9).

The Gospel reading is as follows:

Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

They said in reply, “John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets.”

And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?”

Peter said to him in reply, “You are the Christ.”

Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him. He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and rise after three days. He spoke this openly.

Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”

He summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.”

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 16, 2012)

Msgr. Charles Pope: Not your average Messiah. A Meditation on the Gospel for the 24th Sunday of the Year (15 SEP 12)

The Deacon’s Bench: Homily for September 16, 2012: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (15 SEP 12)

The Quiet Corner: The cross is the substance of Christian life (13 SEP 12)

The Lectionary: We must live by God’s standards, not our own (13 SEP 12)

Father James | Pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Author: Who is Jesus? (13 SEP 12)

Dr. Scott Hahn: Following the Messiah (September 16th 2012 - Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Word Encountered: Faith Doing Justice (Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time B)

Dominican Daily: Word to Life: Sirius XM: Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (8 SEP 12)