January 29th : First Reading Jesus achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifying A reading from the letter to the Hebrews 10: 11-18

 January 29th : First Reading

Jesus achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifying

A reading from the letter to the Hebrews 10: 11-18 

All the priests stand at their duties every day, offering over and over again the same sacrifices which are quite incapable of taking sins away. He, on the other hand, has offered one single sacrifice for sins, and then taken his place forever, at the right hand of God, where he is now waiting until his enemies are made into a footstool for him. By virtue of that one single offering, he has achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifying. The Holy Spirit assures us of this; for he says, first:

This is the covenant I will make with them

when those days arrive;

and the Lord then goes on to say:

I will put my laws into their hearts

and write them on their minds.

I will never call their sins to mind,

or their offences.

When all sins have been forgiven, there can be no more sin offerings.

The Word of the Lord.