BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//achurchnearyou.com//eventfeed//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PARISH MASS for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time DTSTART:20260823T100000Z DTEND:20260823T111500Z DTSTAMP:20260913T161914Z UID:13409112026-08-23 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Hymns at Mass\nGlorious things of thee are spoken\nAll hail th e power of Jesus name\nSoul of my Saviour\nPraise to the Holiest\n\nReadin gs at Mass\n________\n\nFirst reading\nIsaiah 22:15\, 19-23\n‘I will pla ce on his shoulder the key of the house of David.’\n\nThus says the Lord GOD of hosts\, ‘Come\, go to this steward\, to Shebna\, who is over the household\, and say to him: “I will thrust you from your office\, and y ou will be pulled down from your station. In that day I will call my serva nt Eliakim the son of Hilkiah\, and I will clothe him with your robe\, and will bind your sash on him\, and will commit your authority to his hand. And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open\, and none shall shut\; and he shall shut\, and none shall o pen. And I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place\, and he will beco me a throne of honour to his father’s house.” ’\n\n\n________\n\nRe sponsorial Psalm\nPsalm 138(137):1-2a. 2bc\, 3. 6\, 8bc. ℟8bc\n\nO LORD\ , your merciful love is eternal\;\ndiscard not the work of your hands.\n\n I thank you\, LORD\, with all my heart\;\nyou have heard the words of my m outh.\nIn the presence of the angels I praise you.\nI bow down towards you r holy Temple. \n\nO LORD\, your merciful love is eternal\;\ndiscard not t he work of your hands.\n\nI give thanks to your name\nfor your merciful lo ve and your faithfulness.\nOn the day I called\, you answered me\;\nyou in creased the strength of my soul. \n\nO LORD\, your merciful love is eterna l\;\ndiscard not the work of your hands.\n\nThe LORD is high\, yet he look s on the lowly\,\nand the haughty he knows from afar.\nO LORD\, your merci ful love is eternal\;\ndiscard not the work of your hands. \n\nO LORD\, yo ur merciful love is eternal\;\ndiscard not the work of your hands.\n\n\n__ ______\n\nSecond reading\nRomans 11:33-36\n‘From him and through him and to him are all things.’\n\nOh\, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways! ‘For who has known the mind of the Lord\, or who has been his counsellor?’ ‘Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid? ’ For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glor y for ever. Amen.\n\n\n________\n\nGospel Acclamation\nMatthew 16:18\n\nAl leluia\, alleluia.\nYou are Peter\, and on this rock I will build my Churc h\,\nand the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.\nAlleluia.\n\n___ _____\n\nGospel\nMatthew 16:13-20\n‘You are Peter\, and I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.’\n\nAt that time: When Jesus came int o the district of Caesarea Philippi\, he asked his disciples\, ‘Who do p eople 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 repl ied\, ‘You are the Christ\, the Son of the living God.’ And Jesus answ ered him\, ‘Blessed are you\, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has n ot 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 o f hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingd om of heaven\, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven\, a nd whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.’ Then he stric tly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ. GEO:-2.236362;53.459144 LOCATION:Christ Church\, Moss Side URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/15847/service-and-events/events/ 1340911/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR