MASS READINGS, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021, General Week 11
FIRST READING
"I have proclaimed the Gospel of God to you for free"
A Reading from the second letter of Saint Paul the apostle to the Corinthians (11, 1-11)
Brothers, could you take a little madness from me? Yes, from me, you will endure it, because of my jealous love which is the very love of God for you. For I have united you to the one Bridegroom: you are the pure virgin whom I presented to Christ. But I am afraid that, following the example of Eve seduced by the cunning of the serpent, your understanding of things will be corrupted by losing the simplicity and purity that it is necessary to have with regard to Christ. Indeed, if the first comer announces to you another Jesus, a Jesus whom we have not announced, if you receive a different spirit from the one you have received, or a different Gospel from the one you have received, you support it. very good ! I consider myself to be in no way inferior to all these super-apostles. I may not be much for speeches, but for the knowledge of God, it is different: we have shown it to you on all occasions and in all ways. Would I have made a mistake when, lowering myself to lift you up, I proclaimed the Gospel of God to you for free? I have impoverished other Churches by receiving from them the necessary money to put myself at your service. When I was with you, and I found myself in need, I was not dependent on anyone; in fact, to bring me what I needed, brothers came from Macedonia. On all occasions, I have been careful not to be a burden to you, and I will always be careful not to. As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this cause of pride will not be taken away from me in any part of Greece. Why am I behaving like this? Could it be because I don't love you? But if ! And God knows it.
- Word of the Lord.
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