Sunday, 16 March 2025
Second Sunday of Lent, Year C.
Antiphons on p. 220 and Readings on p. 224 of the Daily Missal and
p. 808 of the Sunday Missal.
First Reading: Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 27:1, 7-8b, 8c-9abc, 13-14 (R. 1a)
R/. The Lord is my light and my salvation.
The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
whom should I dread?
O Lord, hear my voice when I call;
have mercy and answer me.
Of you my heart has spoken,
“Seek his face.”
It is your face, O Lord, that I seek;
hide not your face from me.
Dismiss not your servant in anger;
you have been my help.
I believe I shall see the Lord’s goodness
in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord; be strong;
be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord!
R/. The Lord is my light and my salvation.
Second Reading: Philippians 3:17 – 4:1
Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me
and mark those who so walk as you have an example in us.
For many, of whom I have often told you
and now tell you even with tears,
walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Their end is destruction,
their god is the belly,
and they glory in their shame,
with minds set on earthly things.
But our commonwealth is in heaven,
and from it, we await a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body,
by the power which enables him
even to subject all things to himself.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters,
whom I love and long for,
my joy and crown,
stand firm in this way in the Lord, my beloved.
Gospel: Luke 9:28b-36
At that time:
Jesus took with him Peter and John and James
and went up on the mountain to pray.
And as he was praying,
the appearance of his countenance was altered,
and his clothing became dazzling white.
And behold, two men talked with him, Moses and Elijah,
who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus,
which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Now Peter and those who were with him
were heavy with sleep but kept awake,
and they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.
And as the men were parting from him,
Peter said to Jesus,
“Master, it is well that we are here;
let us make three booths,
one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”—
not knowing what he said.
As he said this,
a cloud came and overshadowed them;
and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
And a voice came out of the cloud, saying,
“This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!”
And when the voice had spoken,
Jesus was found alone.
And they kept silence and told no one in those days
anything of what they had seen.
