FIRST
READING:
Wisdom 3:
1 - 9
1
But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of
death shall not touch them.
2
In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure
was taken for misery:
3
And their going away from us, for utter destruction: but they are in
peace.
4
And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is
full of immortality.
5
Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because
God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself.
6
As gold in the furnace he hath proved them, and as a victim of a
holocaust he hath received them, and in time there shall be respect
had to them.
7
The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro like sparks among the
reeds.
8
They shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall
reign for ever.
9
They that trust in him, shall understand the truth: and they that are
faithful in love shall rest in him: for grace and peace is to his
elect.
PSALM:
Psalms 23:
1 - 6
1
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want;
2
he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still
waters;
3
he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his
name's sake.
4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear
no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort
me.
5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou
anointest my head with oil, my cup overflows.
6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
SECOND
READING:
Romans 5:
5 - 11 OR
Romans 6:
3 - 9
5
And hope confoundeth not: because the charity of God is poured forth
in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost, who is given to us.
6
For why did Christ, when as yet we were weak, according to the time,
die for the ungodly?
7
For scarce for a just man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man
some one would dare to die.
8
But God commendeth his charity towards us; because when as yet we
were sinners, according to the time,
9
Christ died for us; much more therefore, being now justified by his
blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him.
10
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death
of his Son; much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his
life.
11
And not only so; but also we glory in God, through our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom we have now received reconciliation.
OR
3
Know you not that all we, who are baptized in Christ Jesus, are
baptized in his death?
4
For we are buried together with him by baptism into death; that as
Christ is risen from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also
may walk in newness of life.
5
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we
shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.
6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body
of sin may be destroyed, to the end that we may serve sin no longer.
7
For he that is dead is justified from sin.
8
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall live also
together with Christ:
9
Knowing that Christ rising again from the dead, dieth now no more,
death shall no more have dominion over him.
GOSPEL:
John 6:
37 - 40
37
All that the Father giveth to me shall come to me; and him that
cometh to me, I will not cast out.
38
Because I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will
of him that sent me.
39
Now this is the will of the Father who sent me: that of all that he
hath given me, I should lose nothing; but should raise it up again in
the last day.
40
And this is the will of my Father that sent me: that every one who
seeth the Son, and believeth in him, may have life everlasting, and I
will raise him up in the last day.
