EPISTLE 1 Corinthians 13: 1 - 13
Brethren,
If I speak with the tongues of men and of Angels, and have not charity,
I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. And if I should
have prophecy, and should know all mysteries and all knowledge: and if I
should have all faith so that I could remove mountains, and have not
charity, I am nothing. And if I should distribute all my goods to feed
the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned and have not
charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity is patient, is kind: Charity
envieth not, dealing not perversely, is not puffed up, is not ambitious,
seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil,
rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth: beareth all
things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or
tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed. For we know in
part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come,
that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as
a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But when I
became a man, I put away the things of a child. We see now through a
glass in a dark manner: but then face to face. Now I know in part: but
then I shall know even as I am known. And now there remain faith, hope,
charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
GOSPEL Luke 18: 31 - 43
At
that time Jesus took unto Him the twelve men and said to them: Behold,
we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which were
written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man. For He shall be
delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked and scourged and spit
upon: and after they have scourged Him, they will put Him to death, and
he third day He shall rise again. And they understood none of those
things, and this word was hid from them, and they understood not the
things that were said. Now it came to pass, when He drew nigh to
Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the wayside, begging. And when
he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this meant. And they
told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. And he cried out,
saying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. And they that went before
rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried out much more:
Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus standing, commanded him to be
brought unto Him. And when he was come near, He asked him, saying: What
wilt thou that I do to thee? But he said: Lord, that I may see. And
Jesus said to him: Receive thy sight, thy faith hath made thee whole.
And immediately he saw and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the
people, when they saw it, gave praise to God. And in keeping with the theme exposing Calvinism, the Epistle speaks of what we must DO - and that is LOVE - for without love, we are nothing more than a tinkling cymbal.
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