September 15, 2017

Reading

Timothy 1: 1- 2, 12- 14

1:1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the authority of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope,
1:2 to Timothy, beloved son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
1:12 I give thanks to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he has considered me faithful, placing me in the ministry,
1:13 though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting ignorantly, in unbelief.
1:14 And so the grace of our Lord has abounded greatly, with the faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.

Gospel

John 19: 25- 27

19:25 And standing beside the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, and Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
19:26 Therefore, when Jesus had seen his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son.”
19:27 Next, he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour, the disciple accepted her as his own.