Romans 5:5-11
A Reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans
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Hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been
poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been
given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time
Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a
righteous person---though perhaps for a good person one would
dare even to die---but God shows his love for us in that while we
were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have
now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we
were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now
that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than
that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Romans 5:17-21
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans
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For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of
grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the
one man Jesus Christ.Therefore, as one trespass led to
condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to
justification and life for all men. For as by the one man’s
disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s
obedience the many will be made righteous. Now the law came in
to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might
reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:3-4, 8-9
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans
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Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ
Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore
with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was
raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might
walk in newness of life. Now if we have died with Christ, we
believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being
raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has
dominion over him.
Romans 8:31b-25, 27-29
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can
be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up
for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all
things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God
who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who
died—more than that, who was raised who is at the right hand of
God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from
the love of Christ? No, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither
death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things
to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
Romans 14:7-12
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both
of the dead and of the living. Why do you pass judgment on your
brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all
stand before the judgment seat of God for it is written:
“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every
tongue shall confess to God.” So then each of us will give an
account of himself to God.