4<\/sup>\u00a0Such is the confidence we have through\u00a0Christ\u00a0in facing God;<\/p> 5<\/sup> it is not that we are so competent that we can claim any credit for ourselves; all our competence comes from God.<\/p> 6<\/sup>\u00a0He has given us the competence to be ministers of a new covenant, a covenant which is not of written letters, but of the Spirit; for the written letters kill, but the\u00a0Spirit\u00a0gives life.<\/p> 7<\/sup>\u00a0Now if the administering of death, engraved in letters on stone, occurred in such\u00a0glory\u00a0that the\u00a0Israelites\u00a0could not look\u00a0Moses\u00a0steadily in the face, because of its glory, transitory though this\u00a0glory\u00a0was,<\/p> 8<\/sup>\u00a0how much more\u00a0will\u00a0the ministry of the\u00a0Spirit\u00a0occur in glory!<\/p> 9<\/sup>\u00a0For if it is glorious to administer condemnation, to administer saving\u00a0justice\u00a0is far richer in glory.<\/p> 10<\/sup>\u00a0Indeed, what was once considered glorious has lost all claim to glory, by contrast with the\u00a0glory\u00a0which transcends it.<\/p> 11<\/sup>\u00a0For if what was transitory had any glory, how much greater is the\u00a0glory\u00a0of that which lasts for ever.<\/p> 5<\/sup>\u00a0Exalt\u00a0Yahweh\u00a0our God, bow down at his footstool; holy is he!<\/p> 6<\/sup>\u00a0Moses and\u00a0Aaron\u00a0are among his priests, and Samuel, calling on his name; they called on\u00a0Yahweh\u00a0and he answered them.<\/p> 7<\/sup>\u00a0He spoke with them in the pillar of fire, they obeyed his decrees, the\u00a0Law\u00a0he gave them.<\/p> 8<\/sup>\u00a0Yahweh our God, you answered them, you were a\u00a0God\u00a0of forgiveness to them, but punished them for their sins.<\/p> 9<\/sup>\u00a0Exalt\u00a0Yahweh\u00a0our God, bow down at his holy mountain; holy is\u00a0Yahweh\u00a0our God!<\/p> 17<\/sup>\u00a0'Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the\u00a0Law\u00a0or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them.<\/p> 18<\/sup>\u00a0In\u00a0truth\u00a0I tell you, till\u00a0heaven\u00a0and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke, is to disappear from the\u00a0Law\u00a0until all its purpose is achieved.<\/p> 19<\/sup>\u00a0Therefore, anyone who infringes even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same\u00a0will\u00a0be considered the least in the kingdom of Heaven; but the\u00a0person\u00a0who keeps them and teaches them\u00a0will\u00a0be considered great in the kingdom of Heaven.<\/p>","categories":[{"id":160,"name":"Daily Bible"}],"tags":[{"id":188,"name":"Daily Bible"}]}Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 99:5, 6, 7, 8, 9<\/em><\/h3>
Gospel, Matthew 5:17-19<\/em><\/h3>