Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle 1 of St. Peter .
May his blessing be upon us.
Amen.
1 Peter 1 : 25 - 2 : 10
Chapter 1
| 25 | But the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
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Chapter 2
| 1 | Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
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| 2 | as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,
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| 3 | if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
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| 4 | Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,
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| 5 | you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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| 6 | Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame."
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| 7 | Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,"
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| 8 | and "A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
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| 9 | But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
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| 10 | who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
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Do not love the world or the things in the world.
The world passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Amen.
