1<\/sup> It is for you, then, to preach the behaviour which goes with healthy doctrine.<\/p> 2<\/sup>\u00a0Older men should be reserved, dignified, moderate, sound in\u00a0faith\u00a0and love and perseverance.<\/p> 3<\/sup>\u00a0Similarly, older women should behave as befits religious people, with no scandal-mongering and no addiction to wine -- they must be the teachers of\u00a0right\u00a0behaviour<\/p> 4<\/sup> and show younger women how they should love their husbands and love their children,<\/p> 5<\/sup>\u00a0how they must be sensible and chaste, and how to work in their homes, and be gentle, and obey their husbands, so that the message of\u00a0God\u00a0is not disgraced.<\/p> 6<\/sup> Similarly, urge younger men to be moderate in everything that they do,<\/p> 7<\/sup>\u00a0and you yourself set an example of\u00a0good\u00a0works, by sincerity and earnestness, when you are teaching, and by a message sound and irreproachable<\/p> 8<\/sup>\u00a0so that any opponent\u00a0will\u00a0be at a loss, with no accusation to make against us.<\/p> 11<\/sup>\u00a0You see, God's\u00a0grace\u00a0has been revealed to save the whole human race;<\/p> 12<\/sup>\u00a0it has taught us that we should give up everything contrary to true\u00a0religion\u00a0and all our worldly passions; we must be self-restrained and live upright and religious lives in this present world,<\/p> 13<\/sup>\u00a0waiting in\u00a0hope\u00a0for the\u00a0blessing\u00a0which\u00a0will\u00a0come with the appearing of the\u00a0glory\u00a0of our great\u00a0God\u00a0and Saviour\u00a0Christ\u00a0Jesus.<\/p> 14<\/sup> He offered himself for us in order to ransom us from all our faults and to purify a people to be his very own and eager to do good.<\/p> 3<\/sup>\u00a0Put your trust in\u00a0Yahweh\u00a0and do right, make your home in the land and live secure.<\/p> 4<\/sup>\u00a0Make\u00a0Yahweh\u00a0your joy and he\u00a0will\u00a0give you your heart's desires.<\/p> 18<\/sup>\u00a0The lives of the just are in Yahweh's care, their birthright\u00a0will\u00a0endure for ever;<\/p> 23<\/sup> Yahweh guides a strong man's steps and keeps them firm; and takes pleasure in him.<\/p> 27<\/sup>\u00a0Turn your back on\u00a0evil\u00a0and do good, you\u00a0will\u00a0have a home for ever,<\/p> 29<\/sup> but the upright shall have the land for their own, there they shall live for ever.<\/p> 7<\/sup> 'Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, \"Come and have your meal at once\"?<\/p> 8<\/sup> Would he not be more likely to say, \"Get my supper ready; fasten your belt and wait on me while I eat and drink. You yourself can eat and drink afterwards\"?<\/p> 9<\/sup> Must he be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told?<\/p> 10<\/sup> So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, \"We are useless servants: we have done no more than our duty.\" '<\/p>","categories":[{"id":160,"name":"Daily Bible"}],"tags":[{"id":188,"name":"Daily Bible"}]}Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 37:3-4, 18, 23, 27, 29<\/em><\/h3>
Gospel, Luke 17:7-10<\/em><\/h3>