Today’s first reading from Corinthians starts out with Paul telling his brothers and sisters in Christ that, “Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.”
Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist
In the first reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah, God said: “stand up and tell them all that I command you. Be not crushed on their account, as though I would leave you crushed before them.”
He Will Keep You Firm to The End
The first reading for Mass today starts out beautifully, “to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy, with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.