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EIGHTH WEEK
OF ORDINARY TIME
CYCLE II
TUESDAY
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FIRST READING
1 PETER 1:10-16
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A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF SAINT PETER
(THEIR PROPHECIES WERE ABOUT THE GRACE WHICH WAS TO COME TO YOU. FREE YOUR MINDS THEN OF ENCUMBRANCES.)
It was this salvation that the prophets were looking and searching so hard for; their prophecies were about the grace which was to come to you.
The Spirit of Christ which was in them foretold the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would come after them, and they tried to find out at what time and in what circumstances all this was to be expected.
It was revealed to them that the news they brought of all the things which have now been announced to you, by those who preached to you the Good News through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, was for you and not for themselves.
Even the angels long to catch a glimpse of these things.
Free your minds, then, of encumbrances; control them, and put your trust in nothing but the grace that will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Do not behave in the way that you liked to before you learnt the truth; make a habit of obedience:
be holy in all you do, since it is the Holy One who has called you, and scripture says:
Be holy, for I am holy.
The word of the Lord.
R.) Thanks be to God.
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