Liturgy Gospel
Paulines Epistle
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God.
A reading from the Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Hebrews .
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
Hebrews 12 : 21 - 13 : 2
Chapter 12
| 21 | And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I am exceedingly afraid and trembling." )
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| 22 | But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
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| 23 | to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
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| 24 | to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
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| 25 | See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,
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| 26 | whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven."
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| 27 | Now this, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
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| 28 | Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
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| 29 | For our God is a consuming fire.
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Chapter 13
| 1 | Let brotherly love continue.
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| 2 | Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.
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The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.
