September 13, 2003, Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church.

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

Brothers and sisters, if you were raised with Christ, seek what is above.

Where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ and God.

When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with Him in glory.

Put to death then the parts of you that are earthly, immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire,

and the greed that is idolatry.

Because of these, the wrath of God is coming upon the disobedient.

By these, you too once conducted yourselves when you lived in that way, but now you must put them all away.

Anger, fury, malice, slander, and obscene language out of your mouths.

Stop lying to one another.

Since you have taken off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self,

which is being renewed for knowledge in the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision,

barbarian, Scythian, slave, free. But Christ is all and in all.

The word of the Lord.

The response sorial psalm.

The response is,

The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.

Every day will I bless you,

and I will praise your name forever and ever.

Great is the Lord and highly to be praised. His greatness is unsearchable.

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