MASS READINGS, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021 General Week 10 FIRST READING "God himself shone in our hearts to make the knowledge of his glory shine" A Reading from the second letter of Saint Paul the apostle to the Corinthians (3, 15 - 4, 1.3-6)

MASS READINGS, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021 General Week 10 

FIRST READING 

"God himself shone in our hearts to make the knowledge of his glory shine" 

A Reading from the second letter of Saint Paul the apostle to the Corinthians (3, 15 - 4, 1.3-6) 

Brethren, even today, when the children of Israel read the books of Moses, a veil covers their hearts. When we convert to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now, the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom. And all of us who have no veil on our faces, we reflect the glory of the Lord, and we are transformed into his image with greater and greater glory, by the action of the Lord who is Spirit.

Therefore, having received this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. And even if the Gospel which we announce remains veiled, it is veiled only for those who go to their destruction, for the unbelievers whose intelligence has been blinded by the evil god of this world; this prevents them from seeing clearly, in the splendor of the Gospel, the glory of Christ, he who is the image of God. Indeed, what we proclaim is not ourselves; it is this: Jesus Christ is the Lord; and we are your servants, because of Jesus. For God who said: From the midst of darkness the light will shine, he himself has shone in our hearts to make shine forth the knowledge of his glory which shines on the face of Christ. 

- Word of the Lord.