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First Reading for Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time I

Romans 14:7-12

Summary: We live and die for the Lord, who is the Lord of all. Christ died and rose to be Lord of the living and dead, and we each will account to God.

We Belong to the Lord

Brothers and sisters:

None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

For this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

Why then do you judge your brother or sister? Or you, why do you look down on your brother or sister? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written:

As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me,
and every tongue shall give praise to God.

So then each of us shall give an account of himself to God.

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