Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Liturgical Season: 
VII The Season of Sleebo

Is 33:1-6

1Ah! You destroyer never destroyed,

betrayer never betrayed!

When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed;

when you have stopped betraying, you will be betrayed.a

2LORD, be gracious to us; for you we wait.

Be our strength every morning,

our salvation in time of trouble!b

3At the roaring sound, peoples flee;

when you rise in your majesty, nations are scattered.c

4Spoil is gathered up as caterpillars gather,

an onrush like the rush of locusts.d

5The LORD is exalted, enthroned on high;

he fills Zion with right and justice.e

6That which makes her seasons certain,

her wealth, salvation, wisdom, and knowledge,

is the fear of the LORD, her treasure.f

1 Cor 6:12-20

Sexual Immorality.* 12“Everything is lawful for me,”* but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is lawful for me,” but I will not let myself be dominated by anything.e 13“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will do away with both the one and the other. The body, however, is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body; 14God raised the Lord and will also raise us by his power.f

15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take Christ’s members and make them the members of a prostitute?* Of course not!g 16[Or] do you not know that anyone who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For “the two,” it says, “will become one flesh.”h 17But whoever is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.i 18Avoid immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the immoral person sins against his own body.* 19Do you not know that your body is a temple* of the holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?j 20For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.k

Mt 16:24-28

The Conditions of Discipleship.* 24q Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,* take up his cross, and follow me. 25r For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.* 26What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? 27* s For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay everyone according to his conduct. 28* Amen, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”