Léctio Epístolæ beáti Joánni Apóstoli
1 Joannnes 4:8-21
Caríssimi: Deus cáritas est. In hoc appáruit cáritas Dei in nobis, quóniam Fílium suum unigénitum misit Deus in mundum, ut vivámus per eum. In hoc est cáritas: non quasi nos dilexérimus Deum, sed quóniam ipse prior diléxit nos, et misit Fílium suum propitiatiónem pro peccátis nostris. Caríssimi, si sic Deus diléxit nos: et nos debémus altérutrum dilígere. Deum nemo vidit umquam. Si diligámus ínvicem, Deus in nobis manet, et cáritas ejus in nobis perfécta est. In hoc cognóscimus, quóniam in eo manémus et ipse in nobis: quóniam de Spíritu suo dedit nobis. Et nos vídimus et testificámur, quóniam Pater misit Fílium suum Salvatórem mundi. Quisquis conféssus fúerit, quóniam Jesus est Fílius Dei, Deus in eo manet et ipse in Deo. Et nos cognóvimus et credídimus caritáti, quam habet Deus in nobis. Deus cáritas est: et qui manet in caritáte, in Deo manet et Deus in eo. In hoc perfécta est cáritas Dei nobíscum, ut fidúciam habeámus in die judicii: quia, sicut ille est, et nos sumus in hoc mundo. Timor non est in caritáte: sed perfécta cáritas foras mittit timórem, quóniam timor pœnam habet. Qui autem timet, non est perféctus in caritáte. Nos ergo diligámus Deum, quóniam Deus prior diléxit nos. Si quis díxerit, quóniam díligo Deum, et fratrem suum óderit, mendax est. Qui enim non díligit fratrem suum, quem videt, Deum, quem non videt, quómodo potest dilígere? Et hoc mandátum habémus a Deo: ut, qui diligit Deum, díligat et fratrem suum.
Lesson from the first letter of St John the Apostle
1 John 4:8-21
Dearly beloved: He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity. By this hath the charity of God appeared towards us, because God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him. In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins. My dearest, if God hath so loved us; we also ought to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us. In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he hath given us of his spirit. And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father hath sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. And we have known, and have believed the charity, which God hath to us. God is charity: and he that abideth in charity, abideth in God, and God in him. In this is the charity of God perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment: because as he is, we also are in this world. Fear is not in charity: but perfect charity casteth out fear, because fear hath pain. And he that feareth, is not perfected in charity. Let us therefore love God, because God first hath loved us. If any man say, I love God, and hateth his brother; he is a liar. For he that loveth not his brother, whom he seeth, how can he love God, whom he seeth not? And this commandment we have from God, that he, who loveth God, love also his brother.