If we are always truthful and faithful to our promises, if we are honest in all our dealings, if as employers we pay a just wage and treat those working for us not as "hands" but as whole men and women, if as employees we give an honest day's work for an honest day's pay, if we live chaste lives whether in single life or in marriage, we are true Christians. By the very fact of living our faith openly and fully we are apostles by example. What our Lord said to His Apostles applies to all Christians in the practice of their faith. Paul stresses the fact that Christ through his death not only conquered sin but poured out divine grace so abundantly and lavishly on mankind, making them his brothers and therefore sons of God, that there is no comparison between the world redeemed by Christ's death and the world of sin which prevailed up to then. Paul is speaking of some of the immediate effects of Christian salvation, as brought to mankind by Christ. The Second Reading is from the Letter of St. A Celebrant's Guide to the New Sacramentary- A Cycle by Kevin W. This reading has the tone and force of a lamentation psalm where persecutors are all around the just man, and his only strength is the Lord himself. Mass Readings for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A: The First Reading is taken from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 20:10-13. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna" (Matt 10:26-28). What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. » Enjoy our Liturgical Seasons series of e-books! Book of Blessings: Blessing Before and After Meals: Ordinary Time (2nd Plan).
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