A reading from the letter to the Hebrews.

Remember the days past when after you had been enlightened, you endured great contest of suffering.

At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and affliction.

At other times, you associated yourselves with those so treated.

You even joined in the sufferings of those in prison

and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you had a better

and lasting possession. Therefore, do not throw away your confidence. It will have great

recompense. You need to endureance to do the will of God and receive what he has

promised. For after a brief moment, he who is to come shall come. He shall not delay, but my just one

shall live by faith. And if he draws back, I take no pleasure in him.

We are not among those who draw back and perish,

but among those who have faith and will possess life.

The word of the Lord.

The salvation of the just comes from the Lord. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord. Trust in the Lord and do good that you may dwell in the land and be fed in

security. Take the light in the Lord and he will grant you your heart's requests.

The salvation of the just comes from the Lord. Commit to the Lord your way. Trust in him,

and he will act. He will make justice dawn for you like the light, bright as the noonday shall be your vindication.

Though salvation of the just comes from the Lord, by the Lord are the steps of a man made firm,

and he approves his way. Though he fall, he does not lie prostrate, for the hand of the Lord

sustains him. The salvation of the just

comes from the Lord. The salvation of the just is from the Lord. He is their refuge in time of

distress, and the Lord helps them and delivers them.

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