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:20260823T084500Z DTEND:20260823T094500Z DTSTAMP:20260910T040608Z UID:13505602026-08-23 08:45:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:WE ARE PLEASE TO WELCOME THE AREA DEAN\, THE REV'D PETER MATTH EWS AS OUR CELEBRANT AND PREACHER\nReadings at Mass\n________\n\nFirst rea ding\nIsaiah 22:15\, 19-23\n‘I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David.’\n\nThus says the Lord GOD of hosts\, ‘Come\, go to t his steward\, to Shebna\, who is over the household\, and say to him: “I will thrust you from your office\, and you will be pulled down from your station. In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah\, a nd 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 i nhabitants 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 sh ut\; and he shall shut\, and none shall open. And I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place\, and he will become a throne of honour to his fath er’s house.” ’\n\n________\n\nResponsorial Psalm\nPsalm 138(137):1- 2a. 2bc\, 3. 6\, 8bc. ℟8bc\n\nO LORD\, your merciful love is eternal\;\n discard not the work of your hands.\n\nI thank you\, LORD\, with all my he art\;\nyou have heard the words of my mouth.\nIn the presence of the angel s I praise you.\nI bow down towards your holy Temple. \n\nO LORD\, your me rciful love is eternal\;\ndiscard not the work of your hands.\n\nI give th anks to your name\nfor your merciful love and your faithfulness.\nOn the d ay I called\, you answered me\;\nyou increased the strength of my soul. \n \nO LORD\, your merciful love is eternal\;\ndiscard not the work of your h ands.\n\nThe LORD is high\, yet he looks on the lowly\,\nand the haughty h e knows from afar.\nO LORD\, your merciful love is eternal\;\ndiscard not the work of your hands. \n\nO LORD\, your merciful love is eternal\;\ndisc ard not the work of your hands.\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 gi ft to him that he might be repaid?’ For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.\n________\nGospel Accl amation\nMatthew 16:18\n\nAlleluia\, alleluia.\nYou are Peter\, and on thi s rock I will build my Church\,\nand the gates of hell shall not prevail a gainst 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 th at time: 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\, others say Elijah\, and others Jerem iah or one of the prophets.’ He said to them\, ‘But who do you say tha t I am?’ Simon Peter replied\, ‘You are the Christ\, the Son of the li ving God.’ And Jesus answered him\, ‘Blessed are you\, Simon Bar-Jonah ! 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 hell shall not prevail against it. I will giv e you the keys of the kingdom of heaven\, and whatever you bind on earth s hall 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 h e was the Christ. GEO:-2.23585;53.447063 LOCATION:St Crispin's\, Fallowfield URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/15853/service-and-events/events/ 1350560/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR