2nd: The Pauline Epistle

We worship You, O Christ, with Your good Father and the Holy Spirit, for You have risen and saved us. Have mercy on us.

Reader:
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God. A chapter from the Epistle of our teacher St. Paul to the Romans. May his blessing be upon us. Amen.

(Romans 15: 1-7)

We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached. You fell on Me."

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.

The Grace of God the Father be with you all. Amen.