22 February 2021, Monday FIRST READING "I who am an elder and witness to the sufferings of Christ" from the first letter of Saint Peter the apostle (5, 1-4)

22 February 2021, Monday 

FIRST READING 

"I who am an elder and witness to the sufferings of Christ" 

from the first letter of Saint Peter the apostle (5, 1-4) 

Beloved, the elders in office among you, I urge them, I who am an elder like them and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, communing in the glory which will be revealed: be the shepherds of the flock of God which is with you; watch over him, not by compulsion but willingly, according to God; not out of greed but out of devotion; not by commanding as masters those entrusted to you, but by becoming models of the flock. And, when the Head of the Pastors appears, you will receive the crown of glory which does not wither. 

The Word of the Lord.

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