MASS READINGS, SUNDAY JUNE 27, 2021, General Week 13 FIRST READING "It is through the jealousy of the devil that death entered the world" A Reading from the Book of Wisdom (1, 13-15; 2, 23-24)

MASS READINGS, SUNDAY JUNE 27, 2021, General Week 13 

FIRST READING 

"It is through the jealousy of the devil that death entered the world" 

A Reading from the Book of Wisdom (1, 13-15; 2, 23-24) 

God did not make death, he does not rejoice in seeing living beings die. He created them all to survive; what is born in the world is the bearer of life: there is no poison that causes death. The power of Death does not reign on the earth, for righteousness is immortal.

God created man for incorruptibility, he made him an image of his own identity. It is through the devil's jealousy that death entered the world; they experience it, those who take sides with it.

- Word of the Lord.

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