FIRST READINGA reading from the Book of Jeremiah 31:7-9“With consolations I will lead them back, among them the blind and the lame.” Thus says the Lord: “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘The Lord has saved his people, the remnant of … [Read more…]
FIRST READING A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans 8:1-11“The Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you.” Brethren: There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the … [Read more…]
FIRST READING A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Romans 7: 18-25a)“Who will deliver me from this body of death?” Brethren: I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good … [Read more…]
FIRST READING A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Romans 6:19-23)“Now you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God.” Brethren: I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, … [Read more…]
FIRST READING A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Romans 6:12-18)“Yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life.” Brethren: let not sin reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield … [Read more…]