A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Moses said to the people: “Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom.
Moses said to the people: “Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom.
Even now, says the Lord,/ return to me with your whole heart,/ with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;/ Rend your hearts, not your garments,/ and return to the Lord, your God./ For gracious and merciful is he,/ slow to anger, rich in kindness,/ and relenting in punishment./ Perhaps he will again relent/ and leave behind him a blessing,/ Offerings and libations/ for the Lord, your God.
Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.
Brothers and sisters: We are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us.
Even now, says the Lord,/ return to me with your whole heart,/ with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;/ Rend your hearts, not your garments,/ and return to the Lord, your God./ For gracious and merciful is he,/ slow to anger, rich in kindness,/ and relenting in punishment./ Perhaps he will again relent/ and leave behind him a blessing,/ Offerings and libations/ for the Lord, your God.
The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.
Blessed is he who perseveres in temptation, for when he has been proven he will receive the crown of life that he promised to those who love him.
Blessed is he who perseveres in temptation, for when he has been proven he will receive the crown of life that he promised to those who love him.
