Reading 3, 1 Cor 15: 50 - 57 : The dead will be raised imperishable
50 | I tell you this, brethren: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. |
51 | Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, |
52 | in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. |
53 | For this perishable nature must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature must put on immortality. |
54 | When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." |
55 | "O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?" |
56 | The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. |
57 | But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
Gospel, Mt 23: 1- 12 : Who exalt themselves will be humbled
1 | Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, |
2 | "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat; |
3 | so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice. |
4 | They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger. |
5 | They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, |
6 | and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, |
7 | and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men. |
8 | But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren. |
9 | And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. |
10 | Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ. |
11 | He who is greatest among you shall be your servant; |
12 | whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. |