Daily Gospel

1 called as an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God; and Sosthenes, a brother: 2 to the Church of God which is at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints with all who are invoking the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place of theirs and of ours. 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I give thanks to my God continuously for you because of the grace of God that has been given to you in Christ Jesus. 5 By that grace, in all things, you have become wealthy in him, in every word and in all knowledge. 6 And so, the testimony of Christ has been strengthened in you. 7 In this way, nothing is lacking to you in any grace, as you await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.11 For it has been indicated to me, about you, my brothers, by those who are with Chloes, that there are contentions among you.12 Now I say this because each of you is saying: “Certainly, I am of Paul;” “But I am of Apollo;” “Truly, I am of Cephas;” as well as: “I am of Christ.” 13 Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

1 A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me. 2 You have known my sitting down and my rising up again. 3 You have understood my thoughts from afar. My path and my fate, you have investigated.13 For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother. 14 I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. 23 Examine me, O God, and know my heart. Question me, and know my paths. 24 And see if there might be in me the way of iniquity, and lead me in the way of eternity.

27 But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. 28 Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who slander you. 29 And to him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your coat, do not withhold even your tunic. 30 But distribute to all who ask of you. And do not ask again of him who takes away what is yours. 31 And exactly as you would want people to treat you, treat them also the same. 32 And if you love those who love you, what credit is due to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you will do good to those who do good to you, what credit is due to you? Indeed, even sinners behave this way. 34 And if you will loan to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is due to you? For even sinners lend to sinners, in order to receive the same in return. 35 So truly, love your enemies. Do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked. 36 Therefore, be merciful, just as your Father is also merciful. 37 Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you: a good measure, pressed down and shaken together and overflowing, they will place upon your lap. Certainly, the same measure that you use to measure out, will be used to measure back to you again.”

28 And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints. 29 For those whom he foreknew, he also predestinated, in conformity with the image of his Son, so that he might be the Firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestinated, he also called. And those whom he called, he also justified. And those whom he justified, he also glorified.

6 But I have hoped in your mercy. My heart will exult in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord

1 The book of the lineage of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham conceived Isaac. And Isaac conceived Jacob. And Jacob conceived Judah and his brothers. 3 And Judah conceived Perez and Zerah by Tamar. And Perez conceived Hezron. And Hezron conceived Ram. 4 And Ram conceived Amminadab. And Amminadab conceived Nahshon. And Nahshon conceived Salmon. 5 And Salmon conceived Boaz by Rahab. And Boaz conceived Obed by Ruth. And Obed conceived Jesse. 6 And Jesse conceived king David. And king David conceived Solomon, by her who had been the wife of Uriah. 7 And Solomon conceived Rehoboam. And Rehoboam conceived Abijah. And Abijah conceived Asa. 8 And Asa conceived Jehoshaphat. And Jehoshaphat conceived Joram. And Joram conceived Uzziah. 9 And Uzziah conceived Jotham. And Jotham conceived Ahaz. And Ahaz conceived Hezekiah. 10 And Hezekiah conceived Manasseh. And Manasseh conceived Amos. And Amos conceived Josiah. 11 And Josiah conceived Jechoniah and his brothers in the transmigration of Babylon. 12 And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechoniah conceived Shealtiel. And Shealtiel conceived Zerubbabel. 13 And Zerubbabel conceived Abiud. And Abiud conceived Eliakim. And Eliakim conceived Azor. 14 And Azor conceived Zadok. And Zadok conceived Achim. And Achim conceived Eliud. 15 And Eliud conceived Eleazar. And Eleazar conceived Matthan. And Matthan conceived Jacob. 16 And Jacob conceived Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.18 Now the procreation of the Christ occurred in this way. After his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they lived together, she was found to have conceived in her womb by the Holy Spirit. 19 Then Joseph, her husband, since he was just and was not willing to hand her over, preferred to send her away secretly. 20 But while thinking over these things, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to accept Mary as your wife. For what has been formed in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 And she shall give birth to a son. And you shall call his name JESUS. For he shall accomplish the salvation of his people from their sins.” 22 Now all this occurred in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23 “Behold, a virgin shall conceive in her womb, and she shall give birth to a son. And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which means: God is with us.”

1 How is it that anyone of you, having a dispute against another, would dare to be judged before the iniquitous, and not before the saints? 2 Or do you not know that the saints from this age shall judge it? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you unworthy, then, to judge even the smallest matters? {6:3} Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more the things of this age? 4 Therefore, if you have matters to judge concerning this age, why not appoint those who are most contemptible in the Church to judge these things! 5 But I am speaking so as to shame you. Is there no one among you wise enough, so that he might be able to judge between his brothers? 6 Instead, brother contends against brother in court, and this before the unfaithful! 7 Now there is certainly an offense among you, beyond everything else, when you have court cases against one another. Should you not accept injury instead? Should you not endure being cheated instead? 8 But you are doing the injuring and the cheating, and this toward brothers! 9 Do you not know that the iniquitous will not possess the kingdom of God? Do not choose to wander astray. For neither fornicators, nor servants of idolatry, nor adulterers, 10 nor the effeminate, nor males who sleep with males, nor thieves, nor the avaricious, nor the inebriated, nor slanderers, nor the rapacious shall possess the kingdom of God. 11 And some of you were like this. But you have been absolved, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified: all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

1 Sing to the Lord a new song. His praise is in the Church of the saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him who made them, and let the sons of Zion exult in their king. 3 Let them praise his name in chorus. Let them sing psalms to him with the timbrel and the psaltery. 4 For the Lord is well pleased with his people, and he will exalt the meek unto salvation. 5 The saints will exult in glory. They will rejoice upon their couches. 6 The exultations of God will be in their throat as it has been written

12 And it happened that, in those days, he went out to a mountain to pray. And he was in the prayer of God throughout the night. 13 And when daylight had arrived, he called his disciples. And he chose twelve out of them (whom he also named Apostles): 14 Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, 15 Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon who is called the Zealot, 16 and Jude of James, and Judas Iscariot, who was a traitor. 17 And descending with them, he stood in a level place with a multitude of his disciples, and a copious multitude of people from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast, and Tyre and Sidon, 18 who had come so that they might listen to him and be healed of their diseases. And those who were troubled by unclean spirits were cured. 19 And the entire crowd was trying to touch him, because power went out from him and healed all.

3 And, lest man be turned aside in humiliation, you have said: Be converted, O sons of men. 4 For a thousand years before your eyes are like the days of yesterday, which have passed by, and they are like a watch of the night, 5 which was held for nothing: so their years shall be. 6 In the morning, he may pass away like grass; in the morning, he may flower and pass away. In the evening, he will fall, and harden, and become dry.12 be numbered? So make known your right hand, along with men learned in heart, in wisdom. 13 Return, O Lord, how long? And may you be persuaded on behalf of your servants. 14 We were filled in the morning with your mercy, and we exulted and delighted all our days. 15 We have been rejoicing, because of the days in which you humbled us, because of the years in which we saw evils. 16 Look down upon your servants and upon their works, and direct their sons. 17 And may the splendor of the Lord our God be upon us. And so, direct the works of our hands over us; direct even the work of our hands.

9 but I beg you instead, for the sake of charity, since you are so much like Paul: an old man and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beg you, on behalf of my son, whom I have begotten in my chains, Onesimus.12 So I have sent him back to you. And may you receive him like my own heart. 13 I myself wanted to retain him with me, so that he might minister to me, on your behalf, while I am in the chains of the Gospel. 14 But I was willing to do nothing without your counsel, so as not to make use of your good deed as if out of necessity, but only willingly. 15 So perhaps, then, he departed from you for a time, so that you might receive him again for eternity, 16 no longer as a servant, but, in place of a servant, a most beloved brother, especially to me: but how much so more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord! 17 Therefore, if you hold me to be a companion, receive him as you would me.

25 Now great crowds traveled with him. And turning around, he said to them: 26 “If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me, is not able to be my disciple. 28 For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it? 29 Otherwise, after he will have laid the foundation and not been able to finish it, everyone who sees it may begin to mock him, 30 saying: ‘This man began to build what he was not able to finish.’ 31 Or, what king, advancing to engage in war against another king, would not first sit down and consider whether he may be able, with ten thousand, to meet one who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 If not, then while the other is still far away, sending a delegation, he would ask him for terms of peace. 33 Therefore, everyone of you who does not renounce all that he possesses is not able to be my disciple.

6 brother contends against brother in court, and this before the unfaithful! 7 Now there is certainly an offense among you, beyond everything else, when you have court cases against one another. Should you not accept injury instead? Should you not endure being cheated instead? 8 But you are doing the injuring and the cheating, and this toward brothers! 9 Do you not know that the iniquitous will not possess the kingdom of God? Do not choose to wander astray. For neither fornicators, nor servants of idolatry, nor adulterers, 10 nor the effeminate, nor males who sleep with males, nor thieves, nor the avaricious, nor the inebriated, nor slanderers, nor the rapacious shall possess the kingdom of God. 11 And some of you were like this. But you have been absolved, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified: all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 12 All is lawful to me, but not all is expedient. All is lawful to me, but I will not be driven back by the authority of anyone. 13 Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food. But God shall destroy both the stomach and food. And the body is not for fornication, but rather for the Lord; and the Lord is for the body. 14 Truly, God has raised up the Lord, and he will raise us up by his power. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are a part of Christ? So then, should I take a part of Christ and make it a part of a harlot? Let it not be so!

17 The Lord is just in all his ways and holy in all his works. 18 The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. 19 He will do the will of those who fear him, and he will heed their supplication and accomplish their salvation. 20 The Lord watches over all who love him. And he will destroy all sinners. 21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and may all flesh bless his holy name, in this time and forever and ever.

1 Now it happened that, on the second first Sabbath, as he passed through the grain field, his disciples were separating the ears of grain and eating them, by rubbing them in their hands. 2 Then certain Pharisees said to them, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?” 3 And responding to them, Jesus said: “Have you not read this, what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him? 4 How he entered into the house of God, and took the bread of the Presence, and ate it, and gave it to those who were with him, though it is not lawful for anyone to eat it, except the priests alone?” 5 And he said to them, “For the Son of man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”

3 Hope in the Lord and do good, and dwell in the land, and so you shall be pastured with its riches. 4 Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart. 5 Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it. 6 And he will bring forth your justice like the light, and your judgment like the midday.27 Turn away from evil and do good, and dwell forever and ever. 28 For the Lord loves judgment, and he will not abandon his saints. They will be kept safe in eternity. The unjust will be punished, and the offspring of the impious will perish.39 But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in time of tribulation. 40 And the Lord will help them and free them. And he will rescue them from sinners and save them, because they have hoped in him.

13 For who among men can know the counsel of God? Or who can imagine the will of God? 14 For the thoughts of mortals are timid, and our foresight is uncertain. 15 For the corruptible body weighs down the soul, and this earthy dwelling presses many thoughts upon the mind. 16 And we assess with difficulty the things that are of earth, and we discover with labor the things that are within our view. So who will search out the things that are in heaven? 17 Moreover, who will know your mind, unless you give wisdom and send your holy spirit from on high? 18 And in this way, those who are on earth are corrected in their path

1 Accordingly, let man consider us to be ministers of Christ and attendants of the mysteries of God. 2 Here and now, it is required of attendants that each one be found to be faithful. 3 But as for me, it is such a small thing to be judged by you, or by the age of mankind. And neither do I judge myself. 4 For I have nothing on my conscience. But I am not justified by this. For the Lord is the One who judges me. 5 And so, do not choose to judge before the time, until the Lord returns. He will illuminate the hidden things of the darkness, and he will make manifest the decisions of hearts. And then each one shall have praise from God.

33 But they said to him, “Why do the disciples of John fast frequently, and make supplications, and those of the Pharisees act similarly, while yours eat and drink?” 34 And he said to them: “How can you cause the sons of the groom to fast, while the groom is still with them? 35 But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast, in those days.” 36 Then he also made a comparison for them: “For no one sews a patch from a new garment onto an old garment. Otherwise, he both disrupts the new one, and the patch from the new one does not join together with the old one. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine ruptures the wineskins, and it will be poured out, and the wineskins will be lost. 38 Instead, the new wine is put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. 39 And no one who is drinking the old, soon wishes for the new. For he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”

18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish, so that he may be truly wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. And so it has been written: “I will catch the wise in their own astuteness.” 20 And again: “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.” 21 And so, let no one glory in men. 22 For all is yours: whether Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future. Yes, all is yours. 23 But you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.