21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Isaiah 22:19-23

"I will place the key of the House of David

on Eliakim's shoulder;

when he opens, no one shall shut;

when he shuts, no one shall open."

Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8

"Your kindness, O Lord,

endures forever.

Forsake not the work of Your hands."

Second Reading: Romans: 11:33-36

"Oh, the depth of the riches

and wisdom and

knowledge of God!

How inscrutable are His judgments

and how unsearchable His ways."
 

Gospel: Matthew 16:13-20

"I will give you [Peter]

the keys to the kingdom of heaven.

Whatever you bind on earth

shall be bound in heaven;

and whatever you loose on earth

shall be loosed in heaven."