November 30th, 2004, Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle.

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans.

Brothers and sisters, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your

heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth, and so is

saved. The scripture says, no one who believes in him will be put to shame. There is no distinction between Jew and Greek.

The same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all who call upon Him. For everyone who calls on the name

of the Lord will be saved. But how can they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in

him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? And how can people

preach unless they are sent? As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news.

But not everyone has heeded the good news.

For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed what was heard from us?

Thus faith comes from what is heard,

and what is heard comes through the Word of Christ.

But I ask, did they not hear?

Certainly they did,

for their voice has gone forth to all the earth

and their words to the ends of the

world. The word of the Lord. The response Oriol Psalm. The response is, the judgments of the Lord are true,

and all of them are just. The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul.

The decree of the Lord is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple. The judgments of the Lord are true,

and all of them are just. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. The command of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eye.

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