September 23rd : Gospel 'You are the Christ of God'A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 9: 18-22

September 23rd :  Gospel 

'You are the Christ of God'

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 9: 18-22 

One day when Jesus was praying alone in the presence of his disciples he put this question to them, ‘Who do the crowds say I am?’ And they answered, ‘John the Baptist; others Elijah; and others say one of the ancient prophets come back to life.’ ‘But you,’ he said ‘who do you say I am?’ It was Peter who spoke up. ‘The Christ of God’ he said. But he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone anything about this.

  ‘The Son of Man’ he said ‘is destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death, and to be raised up on the third day.’

The Word of the Lord.