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First Reading for Thursday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time I

Colossians 3:12-17

Summary: As God's people, clothe yourselves with compassion and love. Let Christ's peace rule your hearts, and be thankful. Do everything in Jesus' name, with gratitude, teaching and encouraging one another.

Clothed in Compassion

Brothers and sisters: Put on, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection.

And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one Body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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