18 July 2021, Sunday, General Week 16 SECOND READING "Christ is our peace: of the two, the Jew and the pagan, he made one reality" Reading from the letter of Saint Paul the apostle to the Ephesians (2, 13-18)

18 July 2021, Sunday, General Week 16 

SECOND READING 

"Christ is our peace: of the two, the Jew and the pagan, he made one reality" 

Reading from the letter of Saint Paul the apostle to the Ephesians (2, 13-18) 

Brethren, now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far off, have come near by the blood of Christ. It is he, Christ, who is our peace: of the two, the Jew and the pagan, he made one reality; with his crucified flesh, he destroyed what separated them, the wall of hatred; he removed the legal prescriptions of the law of Moses. Thus, from the two, the Jew and the pagan, he wanted to create in himself one new Man by making peace, and reconciling with God both in one body by means of the cross; in his person he killed hatred. He came to announce the good news of peace, peace for you who were far away, peace for those who were near. Through him, in fact, both of us have, in one Spirit, access to the Father. 

    - Word of the Lord. 

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🌿Greetings before the gospel 

Alleluia. Alleluia.

My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;

I know them, and they follow me.

Alleluia. (Jn 10:27)