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. |
