Reading 1,\u00a0Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13<\/em><\/strong><\/p> 1<\/sup>\u00a0I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you therefore to lead a\u00a0life\u00a0worthy of the vocation to which you were called.<\/p> 2<\/sup>\u00a0With all\u00a0humility\u00a0and gentleness, and with patience, support each other in love.<\/p> 3<\/sup>\u00a0Take every care to preserve the\u00a0unity\u00a0of the\u00a0Spirit\u00a0by the peace that binds you together.<\/p> 4<\/sup>\u00a0There is one Body, one Spirit, just as one\u00a0hope\u00a0is the goal of your calling by God.<\/p> 5<\/sup> There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,<\/p> 6<\/sup>\u00a0and one\u00a0God\u00a0and Father of all, over all, through all and within all.<\/p> 7<\/sup>\u00a0On each one of us God's favour has been bestowed in whatever way\u00a0Christ\u00a0allotted it.<\/p> 11<\/sup> And to some, his 'gift' was that they should be apostles; to some prophets; to some, evangelists; to some, pastors and teachers;<\/p> 12<\/sup> to knit God's holy people together for the work of service to build up the Body of Christ,<\/p> 13<\/sup>\u00a0until we all reach\u00a0unity\u00a0in\u00a0faith\u00a0and\u00a0knowledge\u00a0of the Son of\u00a0God\u00a0and\u00a0form\u00a0the perfect Man, fully mature with the fullness of\u00a0Christ\u00a0himself.<\/p> 2<\/sup> day discourses of it to day, night to night hands on the knowledge.<\/p> 3<\/sup> No utterance at all, no speech, not a sound to be heard,<\/p> 4<\/sup> but from the entire earth the design stands out, this message reaches the whole world. High above, he pitched a tent for the sun,<\/p> 5<\/sup>\u00a0who comes forth from his pavilion like a bridegroom, delights like a champion in the course to be run.<\/p> 9<\/sup>\u00a0As\u00a0Jesus\u00a0was walking on from there he saw a\u00a0man\u00a0named\u00a0Matthew\u00a0sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And he got up and followed him.<\/p> 10<\/sup>\u00a0Now while he was at table in the house it happened that a number of tax collectors and sinners came to sit at the table with\u00a0Jesus\u00a0and his disciples.<\/p> 11<\/sup>\u00a0When the\u00a0Pharisees\u00a0saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your master eat with tax collectors and sinners?'<\/p> 12<\/sup> When he heard this he replied, 'It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick.<\/p> 13<\/sup> Go and learn the meaning of the words: Mercy is what pleases me, not sacrifice. And indeed I came to call not the upright, but sinners.'<\/p>","categories":[{"id":160,"name":"Daily Bible"}],"tags":[{"id":188,"name":"Daily Bible"}]}Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 19:2-3, 4-5<\/em><\/h6>
Gospel, Matthew 9:9-13<\/em><\/h6>