Matt 16:13-23

Thursday, 4 August 2022
Memorial of St John Vianney – Year II
Readings on p. 1132 and Antiphons on p. 1918 of the Daily Missal.

First Reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34

A reading from the Book of Jeremiah.

“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,
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,
and I showed myself their Master, says the Lord.
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.
And no longer shall each person teach their neighbour

and each his brother or sister, 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.”

The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 51:12-13.14-15.18-19 (R. 12a)

Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:

R/.Create a pure heart for me, O God.

Create a pure heart for me, O God;
renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from your presence;
take not your holy spirit from me.

Restore in me the joy of your salvation;
sustain in me a willing spirit.
I will teach transgressors your ways,
that sinners may return to you.

For in sacrifice you take no delight;
burnt offering from me would not please you.
My sacrifice to God, a broken spirit:
a broken and humbled heart,
O God, you will not spurn.

R/.Create a pure heart for me, O God.

Alleluia, Alleluia.
You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew 16:13-23

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.

At that time:
When Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi,
he asked his disciples,
“Who do men say that the Son of man is?”

And they said, “Some say John the Baptist,
others say Elijah,
and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

He said to them,
“But who do you say that I am?”

Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.”

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.
And I tell you, you are Peter,
and on this rock, I will build my church,
and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
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.”
Then he strictly charged the disciples
to tell no one that he was the Christ.

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.
And Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying,
“God forbid, Lord! This shall never happen to you.”

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.”

The Gospel of the Lord.