Saturday, December 16, 2023
Liturgical Season: 
VII The Season of Sleebo
Special Significance: 
Erection of the Eparchy of Marthandom (1996)

1 Cor 2:1-5

1When I came to you, brothers, proclaiming the mystery of God,* I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom.a 2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.b 3I came to you in weakness* and fear and much trembling, 4and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive [words of] wisdom,* but with a demonstration of spirit and power,c 5so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.d

Lk 9:18-20

Peter’s Confession About Jesus.* 18j Once when Jesus was praying in solitude,* and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” 19They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’”k 20Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The Messiah of God.”*