GOSPEL: Mt. 18:1-10 Sequentia sancti Evangelii secundum Matthæum. In illo tempore : Accesserunt discipuli ad Jesum, dicentes : Quis putas major est in regno cælorum? Et advocans Jesus parvulum, statuit eum in medio eorum, et dixit : Amen dico vobis, nisi conversi fueritis, et efficiamini sicut parvuli, non intrabitis in regnum cælorum. Et qui susceperit unum parvulum talem in nomine meo, me suscipit. Qui autem scandalizaverit unum de pusillis istis, qui in me credunt, expedit ei ut suspendatur mola asinaria in collo ejus, et demergatur in profundum maris. Væ mundo a scandalis. Necesse est enim ut veniant scandala : verumtamen væ homini illi, per quem scandalum venit. Si autem manus tua vel pes tuus scandalizat te, abscide eum, et projice abs te; bonum tibi est ad vitam ingredi debilem vel claudum, quam duas manus, vel duos pedes habentem mitti in ignem æternum. Et si oculus tuus scandalizat te, erue eum, et projice abs te : bonum tibi est cum uno oculo in vitam intrare, quam duos oculos habentem, mitti in gehennam ignis. Videte ne contemnatis unum ex his pusillis : dico enim vobis, quia Angeli eorum in cælis semper vident faciem Patris mei qui in cælis est. Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St Matthew. At that time: The disciples came to Jesus saying: Who, thinkest thou is the greater in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus, calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them, and said: Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven; and he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me; but he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of scandals; for it must needs be that scandals come; but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh. And if thy hand, or thy foot, scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to go into life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. See that you despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you that their Angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:58:03 +0000
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