Leituras do dia

Epístola

Tobit 12:7-15

Não existe nenhuma edição de domínio público deste livro na sua língua, pelo que esta passagem é apresentada em inglês.

It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God. Do good, and evil won’t find you. Good is prayer with fasting, alms, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold. Alms delivers from death, and it purges away all sin. Those who give alms and do righteousness will be filled with life; but those who sin are enemies to their own life. Surely I will keep nothing closed from you. I have said, ‘It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God.’ And now, when you prayed, and Sarah your daughter-in-law, I brought the memorial of your prayer before the Holy One. When you buried the dead, I was with you likewise. And when you did not delay to rise up, and leave your dinner, that you might go and cover the dead, your good deed was not hidden from me. I was with you. And now God sent me to heal you and Sarah your daughter-in-law. I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and go in before the glory of the Holy One.”

Evangelho

João 5:1-4

Depois disso havia uma festa dos judeus; e Jesus subiu a Jerusalém. Ora, em Jerusalém, próximo à porta das ovelhas, há um tanque, chamado em hebraico Betesda, o qual tem cinco alpendres. Nestes jazia grande multidão de enfermos, cegos, mancos e ressicados {esperando o movimento da água.} {Porquanto um anjo descia em certo tempo ao tanque, e agitava a água; então o primeiro que ali descia, depois do movimento da água, sarava de qualquer enfermidade que tivesse.}