August 31, 2014

Reading

Jeremias 20: 7-9

20:7 “You have led me away, O Herre, and I have been led away. You have been stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I have become a derision all day long; everyone mocks me.

20:8 For I speak now as I have long spoken: crying out against iniquity and proclaiming devastation. And the word of the Lord has been made into a reproach against me and a derision, all day long.

20:9 Så sagde jeg: I will not call him to mind, nor will I speak any longer in his name. And my heart became like a raging fire, enclosed

Second Reading

romere 12: 1-12

12:1 Også, jeg beder dig, brødre, ved Guds nåde, at du ofrer dine kroppe som et levende offer, hellig og velbehagelig for Gud, med dit sinds underdanighed.

12:2 Og vælg ikke at blive tilpasset denne alder, men vælg i stedet at blive reformeret i dit sinds nyhed, så du kan vise, hvad der er Guds vilje: hvad er godt, og hvad der er velbehageligt, og hvad der er perfekt.

12:3 For siger jeg, gennem den nåde, der er blevet mig givet, til alle, som er iblandt jer: Smag ikke mere, end det er nødvendigt at smage, men smag til ædruelighed og ligesom Gud har uddelt en del af troen til hver enkelt.

12:4 For lige så, i én krop, vi har mange dele, selvom alle delene ikke har samme rolle,

12:5 så også vi, være mange, er ét legeme i Kristus, og hver enkelt er en del, den ene af den anden.

12:6 Og vi har hver især forskellige gaver, efter den nåde, der er givet os: om profeti, i overensstemmelse med troens rimelighed;

12:7 eller ministerium, i tjeneste; eller den, der underviser, i doktrin;

12:8 den, der formaner, i formaning; den der giver, i enkelthed; ham der styrer, i omsorg; den, der viser barmhjertighed, i munterhed.

12:9 Lad kærligheden være uden falskhed: hader det onde, at holde fast i det gode,

12:10 at elske hinanden med broderlig næstekærlighed, overgå hinanden i ære:

12:11 i omsorg, ikke doven; i ånden, brændende; tjene Herren;

12:12 i håb, jubel; i trængsel, udholdende; i bøn, altid villig;

Evangelium

Matthew 16: 17-21

16:17 And in response, Jesus said to him: “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father, who is in heaven.

16:18 And I say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.

16:19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound, even in heaven. And whatever you shall release on earth shall be released, even in heaven.”

16:20 Then he instructed his disciples that they should tell no one that he is Jesus the Christ.

16:21 Fra dengang, Jesus began to reveal to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and to suffer much from the elders and the scribes and the leaders of the priests, and to be killed, and to rise again on the third day.