On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees.

Brothers and sisters: The gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

The souls of the just are in the hand of God,/ and no torment shall touch them./ They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead;/ and their passing away was thought an affliction/ and their going forth from us, utter destruction./ But they are in peace./ For if before men, indeed, they be punished,/ yet is their hope full of immortality;/ chastised a little, they shall be greatly blessed,/ because God tried them/ and found them worthy of himself./ As gold in the furnace, he proved them,/ and as sacrificial offerings he took them to himself./ In the time of their visitation they shall shine,/ and shall dart about as sparks through stubble;/ they shall judge nations and rule over peoples,/ and the Lord shall be their King forever./ Those who trust in him shall understand truth,/ and the faithful shall abide with him in love:/ because grace and mercy are with his holy ones,/ and his care is with his elect.

Brothers and sisters: Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

Brothers and sisters: Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

Jesus said to the crowds: “Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his dis­ciples came to him.

I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God.

Beloved: See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God.

On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully.