MASS READINGS, 15 June 2021, General Week 11 - Tuesday FIRST READING "Christ became poor because of you" A Reading from the second letter of Saint Paul the apostle to the Corinthians (8, 1-9)

MASS READINGS, 15 June 2021, General Week 11 - Tuesday 

FIRST READING 

"Christ became poor because of you" 

A Reading from the second letter of Saint Paul the apostle to the Corinthians (8, 1-9) 

Brothers, we want to share with you the grace that God has given to the Churches of Macedonia. In the many distresses which put them to the test, the abundance of their joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in treasures of generosity. They put all their means into it, and even more, I am witnessing; spontaneously, with great insistence, they asked us as a grace to be able to unite with us to help the faithful in Jerusalem. Even beyond our expectations, they gave themselves first to the Lord, and then to us, by the will of God. And as Titus had already started this generous work with you, we asked him to go to the end. Since you have everything in abundance, faith, the Word, the knowledge of God, all kind of eagerness and the love that comes to you from us, may there also be abundance in your generous gift! This is not an order that I am giving, but I am talking about the eagerness of others to verify the authenticity of your charity. You know in fact the generous gift of our Lord Jesus Christ: he who is rich, he became poor because of you, so that you might become rich through his poverty.  

- Word of the Lord.