9/23/11 TRUE BELIEVERS MUST CARRY the CROSS

9/23/11 cblog TRUE BELIEVERS MUST CARRY the CROSS; Lomita "greatness..almightyness of god ..thru his cross god saved humanity..son of man must suffer...if we r truly followers we must carry the cross..we embrace the cross, embrace, don't avoid it ..suffering is redemptive"

1st READING:
1 In the second year of King Darius on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai Tell this to the governor of Judah Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel and to the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak and to the remnant of the people Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes?

e in God; I will praise him, my savior and my God

GOSPEL:
"Once when Jesus was praying in solitude and
the disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?" They said in reply, "John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, "One of the ancient prophets has arisen."" Then he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter said in reply, "The Christ of God." He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone. He said, "The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes
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