Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Jeremiah 20:7-9, Romans 12:1-2, and Matthew 16:21-27. The Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 63 (Psalm 63:2-6, 8-9).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: My Soul Is Thirsting for You, O Lord My God. Psalm 63

The Gospel reading is as follows:

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. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, "God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you." He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do."

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "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 will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay all according to his conduct."

Reflections related to these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Salesian Sunday Reflections: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: 22ns Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 3, 2023)

Community in Mission: Trademarks of the True Messiah - A Homily for the 22nd Sunday of the Year (2 SEP 23)

Benedictine College: This Sunday, Satan Says "Reject Suffering!" (31 AUG 23)

Word on Fire: A Fire in the Heart  (Cycle A * Ordinary Time * 22nd Wk of Ordinary Time)