THE GOSPEL
Mark 8:27-35“But who do you say that I am?”
Jesus,
you ask us
over and over,
“Who do you say
that I am?”
Show us who you are.
In every joy, hold us close.
In every sorrow, take our hands.
Then we will know you well,
love you well.
Bearing up your cross will not be so hard
if you are there with us,
holding us
close.
THE FIRST READING
Isaiah 50:5-9a
He set his face like flint and gave his back to those who beat him.
Christ
so loved the world
that he set his face like flint and
gave his back to those who beat him.
Oh
Christ,
you are love,
which gets its meaning
from you.
Set our
faces
too
like flint,
toward that love.
THE SECOND READING
James 2:14-18
If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day,
and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm,
and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities
of the body, what good is it?
O
God,
open our eyes,
as you opened the eyes of
the apostle James, or
Mother Teresa, of
Vincent de Paul,
or Dorothy
Day.
Open our ears and
let the cry of the poor come in,
all the way
in.
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