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| "Get Thee Behind Me Satan" -- by James Tissot |
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Memorial Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), Virgin
and Martyr
FIRST
READING: Jeremiah
31: 31 - 34
31
"Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a
new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
32
not like the covenant which I made with their fathers when I took
them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant
which they broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD.
33
But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I
will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they
shall be my people.
34
And no longer shall each man teach his neighbor and each his brother,
saying, `Know the LORD,' for they shall all know me, from the least
of them to the greatest, says the LORD; for I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
PSALM:
Psalms 51:
12 - 15, 18 - 19
12
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing
spirit.
13
Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to
thee.
14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and
my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance.
15
O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
18
Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,
19
then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and
whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on thy altar.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 16:
13 - 23
13
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesare'a Philip'pi, he
asked his disciples, "Who do men say that the Son of man is?"
14
And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Eli'jah,
and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
15
He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
16
Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living
God."
17
And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For
flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in
heaven.
18
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my
church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.
19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you
bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on
earth shall be loosed in heaven."
20
Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the
Christ.
21
From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to
Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests
and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
22
And Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying, "God forbid,
Lord! This shall never happen to you."
23
But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are
a hindrance to me; for you are not on the side of God, but of men."
