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 116 (Psalm 116:1-6, 8-9).

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

YouTube: Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 116 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living

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: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 13, 2015)

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Salesian Sunday Reflection: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 13, 2015)

Community in Mission: Not Your Average Messiah - A Homily for the 24th Sunday of the Year (12 SEP 15)

Word on Fire: Faith Perfected by Love (Cycle B * Ordinary Time * Week 24)

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology: Following the Messiah: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (7 SEP 15)

CWR: The Dispatch: A Spiritual Triptych: Jesus the Christ, Son of Man, Suffering Servant (12 SEP 15)

Spirituality of the Readings: Suffer? Be Killed? (24th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Let the Scriptures Speak: Faith and Works (24th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

The Word Embodied: Faith Doing Justice (24th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Historical Cultural Context: Attaching to Jesus (24th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary by Caesarius of Arles (24th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Word to Life Radio Broadcast: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (12 SEP 15)