Romans 12: 5- 16
| 12:5 | so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other. |
| 12:6 | And we each have different gifts, according to the grace that has been given to us: whether prophecy, in agreement with the reasonableness of faith; |
| 12:7 | or ministry, in ministering; or he who teaches, in doctrine; |
| 12:8 | he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, in simplicity; he who governs, in solicitude; he who shows mercy, in cheerfulness. |
| 12:9 | Let love be without falseness: hating evil, clinging to what is good, |
| 12:10 | loving one another with fraternal charity, surpassing one another in honor: |
| 12:11 | in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord; |
| 12:12 | in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing; |
| 12:13 | in the difficulties of the saints, sharing; in hospitality, attentive. |
| 12:14 | Bless those who are persecuting you: bless, and do not curse. |
| 12:15 | Rejoice with those who are rejoicing. Weep with those who are weeping. |
| 12:16 | Be of the same mind toward one another: not savoring what is exalted, but consenting in humility. Do not choose to seem wise to yourself. |
Luke 14: 15- 24
| 14:15 | When someone sitting at table with him had heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.” |
| 14:16 | So he said to him: “A certain man prepared a great feast, and he invited many. |
| 14:17 | And he sent his servant, at the hour of the feast, to tell the invited to come; for now everything was ready. |
| 14:18 | And at once they all began to make excuses. The first said to him: ‘I bought a farm, and I need to go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’ |
| 14:19 | And another said: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.’ |
| 14:20 | And another said, ‘I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.’ |
| 14:21 | And returning, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the father of the family, becoming angry, said to his servant: ‘Go out quickly into the streets and neighborhoods of the city. And lead here the poor, and the disabled, and the blind, and the lame.’ |
| 14:22 | And the servant said: ‘It has been done, just as you ordered, lord, and there is still room.’ |
| 14:23 | And the lord said to the servant: ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel them to enter, so that my house may be filled. |
| 14:24 | For I tell you, that none of those men who were invited will taste of my feast.’ ” |