Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle 1 of St. Peter .
May his blessing be upon us.
Amen.
1 Peter 1 : 19 - 2 : 3
Chapter 1
| 19 | but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
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| 20 | He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you
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| 21 | who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
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| 22 | Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
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| 23 | having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
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| 24 | because "All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away,
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| 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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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.
