SECOND READING*_And woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel._*🕯️1 Corinthians 9: 16-19, 22-23*

*🍁SECOND READING*

_And woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel._

*🕯️1 Corinthians 9: 16-19, 22-23*

For if I preach the Gospel, it is not glory for me. For an obligation has been laid upon me. And woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel. For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me. And what, then, would be my reward? So, when preaching the Gospel, I should give the Gospel without taking, so that I may not misuse my authority in the Gospel. For when I was a free man to all, I made myself the servant of all, so that I might gain all the more.

To the weak, I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. To all, I became all, so that I might save all. And I do everything for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may become its partner.  

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*🌿Before the gospel*

  

````Alleluia, alleluia! Therefore, go forth and teach all nations, I am with you always, even to the consummation of the age.” Alleluia!```