Daily Reading for Monday January 18, 2021 FIRST READING "Although he is the Son, he learned obedience through his sufferings" the letter to the Hebrews (5, 1-10)

Daily Reading for Monday January 18, 2021 

FIRST READING 

"Although he is the Son, he learned obedience through his sufferings" 

the letter to the Hebrews (5, 1-10) 

Every high priest is taken from among men; it is established to intervene on behalf of men in their relations with God; he must offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is capable of understanding towards those who commit faults out of ignorance or delusion, for he, too, is filled with weakness; and, because of this weakness, he must offer sacrifices for his own sins as for those of the people. We do not take this honor to ourselves, we are called by God, like Aaron.

It is just so with Christ: he did not give himself the glory of becoming high priest; he received it from God, who said to him: You are my Son, today I have begotten you, for he also said to him in another psalm: You are a priest of the order of Melkizedek for eternity.

During the days of his life in the flesh, he offered, with a loud cry and in tears, prayers and supplications to God who could save him from death, and it was answered because of his great respect. Although he is the Son, he learned obedience through his sufferings and, led to his perfection, he became for all those who obey him the cause of eternal salvation, for God proclaimed him high priest of the order. from Melkizedek. 

The Word of the Lord 

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