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Thursday, September 23, 2027
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St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Priest (Memorial)
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Second Option
First Reading
Haggai 1:1-8
1In the second year of Dariʹus the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubʹbabel the son of She-alʹti-el, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehoʹzadak, the high priest,
2“Thus says the LORD of hosts: This people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.”
3Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet,
4“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
5Now therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider how you have fared.
6You have sown much, and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.
7“Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider how you have fared.
8Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may appear in my glory, says the LORD.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 149:1-6, 9
1Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful!
2Let Israel be glad in his Maker, let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King!
3Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with timbrel and lyre!
4For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with victory.
5Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their couches.
6Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,
9to execute on them the judgment written! This is glory for all his faithful ones. Praise the LORD!
Gospel
Luke 9:7-9
7Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,
8by some that Eliʹjah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen.
9Herod said, “John I beheaded; but who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he sought to see him.
First Reading
Galatians 2:19-20
19For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.
20I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 128:1-5
1Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways!
2You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
4Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.
5The LORD bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life!
Gospel
Matthew 16:24-27
24Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
25For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
26For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?
27For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done.