04 February 2021, Wednesday General Week 4 - Thursday FIRST READING "You have come to mount Zion and to the city of the living God" the letter to the Hebrews (12, 18-19.21-24)

04 February 2021, Wednesday General Week 4 - Thursday 

FIRST READING 

"You have come to mount Zion and to the city of the living God" 

the letter to the Hebrews (12, 18-19.21-24) 

Brethren, when you came to God, you did not come to a palpable reality, set ablaze with fire, like Mount Sinai: no gloom, darkness or hurricane, no sound of trumpets or words uttered by that voice which the children of Israel asked not to hear any more. The sight was so frightening that Moses said: I am afraid and trembling.

But you have come to mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to myriads of celebrating angels, and to the assembly of the firstborn whose names are written in the heavens. You have come to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous brought to perfection. You have come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, his blood which speaks louder than that of Abel. 

The Word of the Lord 

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