Readings for June 10, 2009

2Cor 3:4-11
4This is how we are sure of God, through Christ. 5As for us we would not dare consider that something comes from us: our ability comes from God. 6He has even enabled us to be ministers of a new covenant no longer depending on a written text but on the Spirit. The written text kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7The ministry of the Law carved on stones brought death; it was nevertheless surrounded by glory and we know that the Israelites could not fix their eyes on the face of Moses, such was his radiance, though fleeting. 8How much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be! 9If there is greatness in a ministry which uses to condemn, how much more will there be in the ministry that brings holiness? 10This is such a glorious thing that in comparison the former’s glory is like nothing. 11That ministry was provisory and had only moments of glory; but ours endures with a lasting glory.


Ps 99:5-9
5Extol the Lord, our God; worship at his footstool. Holy is he! And mighty!
6Among his priests were Moses and Aaron, and Samuel among those who called on his name. They called to the Lord, and he answered them.
7In the pillar of cloud he spoke to them, and they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
8O Lord our God, you responded to them; you were a patient God for them, but you punished their wrongs.
9Extol the Lord our God; worship at his holy mountain. Holy is the Lord our God!


Mt 5: 17-19
17Do not think that I have come to remove the Law and the Prophets. I have not come to remove but to fulfill them. 18I tell you this: as long as heaven and earth last, not the smallest letter or stroke of the Law will change until all is fulfilled.
19So then, whoever breaks the least important of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be the least in the kingdom of heaven. On the other hand, whoever obeys them and teaches others to do the same will be great in the kingdom of heaven.