Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Isaiah 22:19-23 (JB)

A reading from the prophet Isaiah

I place the key of the House of David upon his shoulder.

Thus says the Lord of hosts to Shebna, the master of the palace:

I dismiss you from your office,

I remove you from your post,

and the same day I call on my servant

Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

I invest him with your robe,

gird him with your sash,

entrust him with your authority;

and he shall be a father

to the inhabitants of Jerusalem

and to the House of Judah.

I place the key of the House of David

on his shoulder;

should he open, no one shall close,

should he close, no one shall open.

I drive him like a peg

into a firm place;

he will become a throne of glory

for his father’s house.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Isaiah 22:19-23 (NRSV)

A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah

Thus says the Lord God of hosts:

“Go to the steward, to Shebna,

who is master of the household, and say to him:

“I will thrust you from your office,

and you will be pulled down from your post.

On that day I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah,

and will clothe him with your robe and bind your sash on him.

I will commit your authority to his hand,

and he shall be a father

to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

“I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David;

he shall open, and no one shall shut;

he shall shut, and no one shall open.

I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place,

and he will become a throne of honour to his ancestral house”.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Ps 137:1-3, 6, 8 (JB)

R. Lord, your love is eternal;

do not forsake the work of your hands.

I thank you, Lord, with all my heart,

you have heard the words of my mouth.

Before the angels I will bless you,

I will adore before your holy temple. R.

I thank you for your faithfulness and love

which excel all we ever knew of you.

On the day I called, you answered;

you increased the strength of my soul. R.

The Lord is high yet he looks on the lowly

and the haughty he knows from afar.

Your love, O Lord, is eternal,

discard not the work of your hands. R.

Romans 11:33-36 (JB)

A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans

From him, through him, and in him are all things.

How rich are the depths of God – how deep his wisdom and knowledge – and how impossible to penetrate his motives or understand his methods! Who could ever know the mind of the Lord? Who could ever be his counsellor? Who could ever give him anything or lend him anything? All that exists comes from him; all is by him and for him. To him be glory for ever! Amen.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Romans 11:33-36 (NRSV)

A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans

O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!

How unsearchable are his judgments

and how inscrutable his ways!

“For who has known the mind of the Lord?

Or who has been his counselor?

Or who has given a gift to him,

to receive a gift in return?”

For from him and through him and to him are all things.

To him be the glory forever. Amen.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Matthew 16:18 (JB)

Alleluia, alleluia!

You are Peter, the rock on which I will build my Church;

the gates of hell will not hold out against it.

Alleluia!

Matthew 16:18 (NRSV)

Alleluia, alleluia!

You are Peter, the rock on which I will build my Church;

the gates of hell will not hold out against it.

Alleluia!

Matthew 16:13-20 (JB)

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

You are Peter, to you I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven.

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say he is John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he said, ‘who do you say I am?’ Then Simon Peter spoke up, ‘You are the Christ,’ he said, ‘the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Simon son of Jonah, you are a happy man! Because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth shall be considered bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosed in heaven.’ Then he gave the disciples strict orders not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 16:13-20 (NRSV)

A reading from the holy gospel according to Matthew

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi,

he asked his disciples,

“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

And they said, “Some say John the Baptist,

but others Elijah.

and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

He said to them,

“But who do you say that I am?”

Simon Peter answered,

“You are the Messiah,

the Son of the living God.”

And Jesus answered him,

“Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah!

For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,

but my Father in heaven.

And I tell you, you are Peter,

and on this rock I will build my church,

and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,

and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven,

and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

Then Jesus sternly ordered the disciples

not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.