September 10, 2004, Tuesday of the 23rd week in ordinary time.

A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.

Brothers and sisters, how can any one of you with a case against another dare to bring it to

the unjust for judgment instead of to the holy ones.

Do you not know that the holy ones will judge the world? If the world is to be judged by you,

are you unqualified for the lowest law courts? Do you not know that we will judge angels? Then why not every day

matters? If, therefore, you have courts for everyday matters, do you seat as judges people of no

standing in the church? I say this to shame you. Can it be that there is not one among you wise enough to be

able to settle a case between brothers, but rather brother goes to court against brother,

and that before unbelievers? Now indeed, then it is, in any case, a failure on your part that you have

lawsuits against one another. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather let yourselves be

cheated? Instead, you inflict injustice and cheat, and this to brothers.

Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the kingdom of God?

Do not be deceived.

Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor boy prostitutes, nor

sodomites, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards,

nor slanderers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.

That is what some of you used to be. But now you have had yourselves washed. You were sanctified.

You were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus

Christ and in the spirit of our God. The Word of the Lord.

The Responsorial Psalm. The response is, The Lord takes delight in his people.

Sing to the Lord a new song of praise in the Assembly of the Faithful.

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