Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Book of Jeremiah

20,7-9.

You duped me, O LORD, and I let myself be duped; you were too strong for me, and you triumphed. All the day I am an object of laughter; everyone mocks me.
Whenever I speak, I must cry out, violence and outrage is my message; The word of the LORD has brought me derision and reproach all the day.
I say to myself, I will not mention him, I will speak in his name no more. But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones; I grow weary holding it in, I cannot endure it.

Psalms

63(62),2.3-4.5-6.8-9.

O God, you are my God whom I seek;
for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts
like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water.
Thus have I gazed toward you in the sanctuary
to see your power and your glory,
for your kindness is a greater good than life;
my lips shall glorify you.
Thus will I bless you while I live;
lifting up my hands, I will call upon your name.
As with the riches of a banquet shall my soul be satisfied,
and with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you.
You indeed are my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.
My soul clings fast to you;
your right hand upholds me.

Letter to the Romans

12,1-2.

I urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship.
Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

16,21-27.

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 him 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 everyone according to his conduct."

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St. Gregory the Great(Pope and Doctor of the Church (c.540-604) - Memorial)

SAINT GREGORY THE GREATPope and Doctor of the Church(540-604) St. Gregory the Great was a Roman noble. At a young age, he became the governor of Rome. Upon his father's passing, Gregory gave his great wealth to the poor, turned his house on the Cœlian Hill into a monastery and lived as a monk. By divine providence, Gregory saw Anglo-Saxon slaves at the market. The Holy One kindled a longing to convert the Angles in Gregory's heart. Gregory then set out for Deira and converted a nation that would end the practice of slavery in the 1800s. The pope soon appointed Gregory as one of the seven deacons of Rome. He served faithfully as Nuncio to the imperial court in Constantinople for many years. Although apart from Britain, Gregory never forgot his inspiration to convert the Angles. After becoming pope, he sent St. Augustine and other monks to sow the seeds of faith in Britain. For fourteen years, Pope Gregory raised the Church and Western Civilization on his shoulders. He healed schisms, revived discipline, saved Italy by converting the wild Arian Lombards, aided in the conversion of the Spanish and French Goths and kindled the light of Faith in Britain. He is honored as one of the four great doctors of the Church.

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