Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Wisdom 2:12, 17-20; James 3:16-4:3; and Mark 9:30-37. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 54 (Psalm 54:3-6, 8).

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

YouTube: Responsorial Psalm Ps 54:3-4, 5, 6 and 8

The Gospel reading is as follows:

Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it. He was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise." But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to question him.

They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, he began to ask them, "What were you arguing about on the way?" But they remained silent. They had been discussing among themselves on the way who was the greatest.

Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all." Taking a child, he placed it in the their midst, and putting his arms around it, he said to them, "Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me."

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 20, 2015)

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Salesian Sunday Reflection: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 20, 2015)

Community in Mission: Asking a Crucial Question: A Homily for the 25th Sunday of the Year (19 SEP 15)

Word on Fire: The Undoing of Original Sin (Cycle B * Ordinary Time * Week 25)

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology: Servant of All: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (14 SEP 15)

CWR: The Dispatch: By embracing Christ's Passion, we overcome our passions (19 SEP 15)

Spirituality of the Readings: Childish Behavior (25th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Let the Scriptures Speak: Of Pablum and Passion (25th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

The Word Embodied: Perils of Power (25th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Historical Cultural Context: Children (25th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary by Theophylact (25th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Word to Life Radio Broadcast: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (19 SEP 15)