Daily Mass Readings for September 26, 2025: Gospel — Lc 9,18-22

1 ⁵ This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year. 2 :¹ On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord’s message came through the prophet Haggai again: ² “Ask the following questions to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the remnant of the people: ³ ‘Who among you survivors saw the former splendor of this temple? How does it look to you now? Isn’t it nothing by comparison?’ ⁴ Even so, take heart, Zerubbabel,” decrees the Lord. “Take heart, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And take heart all you citizens of the land,” decrees the Lord, “and begin to work. For I am with you,” decrees the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. ⁵ “Do not fear, because I made a promise to your ancestors when they left Egypt, and my Spirit even now testifies to you.” ⁶ Moreover, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said: “In just a little while I will once again shake the sky and the earth, the sea and the dry ground. ⁷ I will also shake up all the nations, and they will offer their treasures; then I will fill this temple with glory.” So the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said. ⁸ “The silver and gold will be mine,” decrees the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. ⁹ “The future splendor of this temple will be greater than that of former times,” the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared. “And in this place I will give peace,” decrees the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.