Wisdom 8:9-16
Psalms 67:2-5, 7-8
Luke 9:1-6
Wisdom 8:9-16
(9) Therefore, I resolved to take her to me to live together, knowing that she will be a good counselor and will console my thoughts and my weariness (10) Because of her, I have clarity in the midst of confusion, and honor among the elders in my youth (11) and I will be found to be astute in judgment, and will be admired in the sight of the mighty, and the faces of leaders will wonder at me (12) When I am silent, they will wait for me; when I speak, they will respect me; and when I talk for too long, they will put their hands on their mouths (13) Thus, by means of her, I will have immortality, and I will bequeath an everlasting memorial to those who come after me (14) I will set the peoples in order, and nations will be subject to me (15) Hearing me, terrible kings will be afraid; to the multitude, I will be seen as good and valiant in war (16) When I go into my house, I will repose myself with her, for her conversation has no bitterness, nor her company any tediousness, but only joy and gladness
2 Corinthians 5:14-21
(14) For the charity of Christ urges us on, in consideration of this: that if one died for all, then all have died (15) And Christ died for all, so that even those who live might not now live for themselves, but for him who died for them and who rose again (16) And so, from now on, we know no one according to the flesh. And though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him in this way no longer (17) So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new (18) But all is of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation (19) For certainly God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not charging them with their sins. And he has placed in us the Word of reconciliation (20) Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, so that God is exhorting through us. We beseech you for Christ: be reconciled to God (21) For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in him
Psalms 67:2-5, 7-8
(2) May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, and may those who hate him flee from before his face (3) Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God (4) And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladness (5) Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name. Make a path for him, who ascends over the west. The Lord is his name. Exult in his sight; they will be stirred up before his face (7) It is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom. He leads out those who are strongly bound, and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchers (8) O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, when you passed through the desert
Luke 9:1-6
(1) Then calling together the twelve Apostles, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases (2) And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the infirm (3) And he said to them: “You should take nothing for the journey, neither staff, nor traveling bag, nor bread, nor money; and you should not have two tunics (4) And into whatever house you shall enter, lodge there, and do not move away from there (5) And whoever will not have received you, upon departing from that city, shake off even the dust on your feet, as a testimony against them. (6) And going forth, they traveled around, through the towns, evangelizing and curing everywhere
