FIRST
READING: 1
Peter 5:1-4
1
The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech, who am myself
also an ancient, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ: as also a
partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come:
2
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by
constraint, but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's
sake, but voluntarily:
3
Neither as lording it over the clergy, but being made a pattern of
the flock from the heart.
4
And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a
never fading crown of glory.
PSALM:
Psalms 23:1-6
1
The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing.
2
He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up, on the
water of refreshment:
3
He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of justice,
for his own name's sake.
4
For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have
comforted me.
5
Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me.
Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebriateth
me, how goodly is it!
6
And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I may
dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 16:13-19
13
And Jesus came into the quarters of Caesarea Philippi: and he asked
his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is?
14
But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and
others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15
Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am?
16
Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living
God.
17
And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona:
because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father
who is in heaven.
18
And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will
build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19
And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And
whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in
heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be
loosed also in heaven.
