TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2021 FIRST READING "I am finishing my course and the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus" A Reading from the book of Acts of the Apostles (20, 17-27)

TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2021 

FIRST READING 

"I am finishing my course and the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus" 

A Reading from the book of Acts of the Apostles (20, 17-27) 

In those days, from Miletus, Paul sent a message to Ephesus to summon the Elders of that Church. When they came to him, he spoke to them: “You know how I have always behaved with you, since the first day I set foot in Asia: I served the Lord in all humility, in the tears and the trials which the conspiracies of the Jews have brought to me; I did not neglect anything that was useful in preaching the Gospel to you and teaching you in public or from house to house. I testified before Jews and Greeks that they would convert to God and believe in our Lord Jesus. And now, here I am, compelled by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that the Holy Spirit testifies, from city to city, that chains and trials await me. But in no case do I value my life, as long as I complete my course and the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus: bearing witness to the gospel of the grace of God. And now I know that you will never see my face again, all of you that I passed by proclaiming the Kingdom. This is why I certify today before you that I am pure from the blood of all, because I have neglected nothing to announce to you the whole plan of God. " This is why I certify today before you that I am pure from the blood of all, because I have neglected nothing to announce to you the whole plan of God. " This is why I certify today before you that I am pure from the blood of all, because I have neglected nothing to announce to you the whole plan of God. " 

The Word of the Lord.

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