May 26, 2021
I hope that you have a nice day today too.
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Memorial of Saint Philip Neri, Priest
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Gospel : Mark 10:32-45
32 They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.
33 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.
34 They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again."
35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."
36 He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
37 They said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory."
38 But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised with?"
39 They said to him, "We are able."
Jesus said to them, "You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised with;
40 but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared."
41 When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John.
42 Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they who are recognised as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43 But it shall not be so amongst you, but whoever wants to become great amongst you shall be your servant.
44 Whoever of you wants to become first amongst you, shall be bondservant of all.
45 For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
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Sirach 36:1, 4-5, 10-17
Sir 36:1, 4-5a, 10-17
1 Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and behold;
4 As you were sanctified in us before them,
So be you magnified in them before us.
5 And let them know you, as we also have known you,
That there is no God but only you, O God.
10 Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemies,
That say, There is none but we.
11 Gather all the tribes of Jacob together,
And take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.
12 O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name,
And upon Israel, whom you did liken to a firstborn.
13 Have compassion upon the city of your sanctuary,
Jerusalem, the place of your rest.
14 Fill Sion; exalt your oracles,
And fill your people with your glory.
15 Give testimony to those that were your creatures in the beginning,
And raise up the prophecies that have been in your name.
16 Give reward to them that wait for you:
And men shall put their trust in your prophets.
17 Hearken, O Lord, to the prayer of your suppliants,
According to the blessing of Aaron concerning your people;
And all they that are on the earth shall know
That you are the Lord, the eternal God.
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