Tuesday of the 5th week

The Epistle to the Romans, conceived 115

Brethren, let us seek that which serves for peace and for mutual edification. For the sake of food, do not destroy the works of God. Everything is pure, but it is bad for a person who eats to be tempted. It is better not to eat meat, not to drink wine, and not to do anything that causes your brother to stumble, or be offended, or faint. Do you have faith? Have it in yourself, before God. Blessed is he who does not condemn himself in what he chooses. But he who doubts, if he eats, is condemned, because it is not according to faith; and everything that is not according to faith is sin. And to him who is able to establish you, according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which from all eternity has been kept silent, but which is now revealed, and through the prophetic writings, by the command of the eternal God, proclaimed to all nations for the submission of their faith, to the One All-Wise God, through Jesus Christ, glory for ever. Amen.

Romans 14:19–26

Cheesefare Saturday

The Epistle to the Romans, conceived 116

Brethren, we, the strong, must endure the infirmities of the powerless and not please ourselves. Each of us must please our neighbor, for good, for edification. For even Christ did not please Himself, but, as it is written, The reproach of those who curse Thee fell upon Me. And all that was written before was written for our instruction, so that we may keep hope by patience and consolation from the Scriptures. May the God of patience and consolation grant you to be of one mind with one another, according to the teaching of Christ Jesus, that you may glorify God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with one accord and with one mouth. Therefore, receive one another, just as Christ also received you to the glory of God.

Romans 15:1–7

Week 7

The Epistle to the Romans, conceived 117

Brethren, receive one another, just as Christ also received you to the glory of God. I mean that Jesus Christ became a minister for the circumcision, for the truth of God, to fulfill what was promised to the fathers, and for the Gentiles, out of mercy, that they might glorify God, as it is written: Therefore I will praise Thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to Thy name. And again it is said, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people. And again: Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and glorify Him, all you nations. Isaiah also says, "There shall be the root of Jesse, and it shall arise to possess the nations; in Him the Gentiles will trust. And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in faith, that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may be enriched in hope. And I myself am sure of you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, full of all knowledge, and able to instruct one another; but I have written to you, brethren, with a certain boldness, partly as a reminder to you, according to the grace given to me by God, to be a minister of Jesus Christ among the Gentiles, and to perform the sacred act of preaching the gospel of God, so that this offering of the Gentiles, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit, may be acceptable to God.

Romans 15:7–16

Wednesday of the 5th week

The Epistle to the Romans, conceived 118