Wisdom 11: 22- 12: 2
11:22 | Though many are strong, you alone always overcome. And who will withstand the strength of your arm? |
11:23 | For, like a tiny grain on a scale, just so is the world before you, and like a drop dew before dawn, which descends upon the earth. |
11:24 | But you are merciful to all, because you can do all, and you dismiss the sins of man because of repentance. |
11:25 | For you love all things that are, and you hate nothing of the things you have made; for you would not have created or established anything that you hated. |
11:26 | For how could anything endure, except by your will? Or what, having been called by you not to exist, would be preserved? |
11:27 | Yet you spare all things, because they are yours, O Lord, who loves souls. |
12:1 | O how good and gracious, Lord, is your spirit in all things! |
12:2 | Therefore, those who wander afield, you correct, and, as to those who sin, you counsel them and admonish them, so that, having abandoned malice, they may believe in you, O Lord. |
Second Thessalonians 1: 11- 2: 2
1:11 | Because of this, too, we pray always for you, so that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may complete every act of his goodness, as well as his work of faith in virtue, |
1:12 | in order that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, in accord with the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. |
2:1 | But we ask you, brothers, concerning the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ and of our gathering to him, |
2:2 | that you not be readily disturbed or terrified in your minds, by any spirit, or word, or epistle, supposedly sent from us, claiming that the day of the Lord is close by. |
Luke 19: 1-10
19:1 | And having entered, he walked through Jericho. |
19:2 | And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. And he was the leader of the tax collectors, and he was wealthy. |
19:3 | And he sought to see Jesus, to see who he was. But he was unable to do so, because of the crowd, for he was small in stature. |
19:4 | And running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree, so that he might see him. For he was to pass near there. |
19:5 | And when he had arrived at the place, Jesus looked up and saw him, and he said to him: “Zacchaeus, hurry down. For today, I should lodge in your house.” |
19:6 | And hurrying, he came down, and he received him joyfully. |
19:7 | And when they all saw this, they murmured, saying that he had turned aside to a sinful man. |
19:8 | But Zacchaeus, standing still, said to the Lord: “Behold, Lord, one half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have cheated anyone in any matter, I will repay him fourfold.” |
19:9 | Jesus said to him: “Today, salvation has come to this house; because of this, he too is a son of Abraham. |
19:10 | For the Son of man has come to seek and to save what had been lost.” |