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Leituras de hoje
Primeira leitura
2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23
Moreover all the chiefs of the priests and the people trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the LORD's house which he had made holy in Jerusalem. The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place; but they mocked the messengers of God, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the LORD's wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy. They burned God's house, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all of its valuable vessels. He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon, and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia, to fulfill the LORD's word by Jeremiah's mouth, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. As long as it lay desolate, it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years. Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the LORD's word by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, "Cyrus king of Persia says, 'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.' "
Salmo responsorial
Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6
Junto aos rios da Babilônia, ali nos assentamos. Sim, nós choramos, quando nos lembramos de Sião. Nos salgueiros daquela terra, penduramos as nossas harpas. Pois ali, aqueles que nos levaram cativos nos pediram canções. Aqueles que nos atormentavam exigiram canções de alegria: "Cantem para nós uma das canções de Sião!" Como podemos cantar a canção do SENHOR em terra estrangeira? Se eu me esquecer de você, ó Jerusalém, que a minha mão direita se esqueça da sua habilidade. Que a minha língua se apegue ao céu da boca se eu não me lembrar de você, se eu não preferir Jerusalém acima da minha maior alegria.
Segunda leitura
Ephesians 2:4-10
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ-by grace you have been saved- and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus; for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
Evangelho
John 3:14-21
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only born Son of God. This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
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Texto bíblico: Biblia Portuguesa Mundial, domínio público, quando cobre a passagem; World English Bible Catholic Edition, domínio público, para passagens católicas/deuterocanônicas ou não cobertas. As citações das leituras são preparadas para a Come Aside com metadados licenciados pelo MIT.
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