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EIGHTH WEEK
OF ORDINARY TIME
CYCLE II
FRIDAY
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FIRST READING
1 PETER 4:7-13
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A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF SAINT PETER
(LIKE GOOD STEWARDS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT GRACES OF GOD, PUT YOURSELVES AT THE SERVICE OF OTHERS.)
Everything will soon come to an end,
so, to pray better, keep a calm and sober mind.
Above all, never let your love for each other grow insincere,
since love covers over many a sin.
Welcome each other into your house without grumbling.
Each one of you has received a special grace,
so, like good stewards responsible for all these different graces of God,
put yourselves at the service of others.
If you are speaking,
speak in words which seem to come from God;
if you are a helper,
help as though every action was done at God’s orders;
so that in everything God may receive the glory,
through Jesus Christ,
since to him alone belong all glory and power
for ever and ever.
Amen.
My dear people, you must not think it unaccountable
that you should be tested by fire.
There is nothing extraordinary in what has happened to you.
If you can have some share in the sufferings of Christ,
be glad,
because you will enjoy a much greater gladness
when his glory is revealed.
The word of the Lord.
R.) Thanks be to God.
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