SQPN: Verbum Domini

Today is Friday October 30, 2015 - Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time A reading from the letter of Paul to the RomansRomans 9: 1 – 51 I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit, 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen by race. 4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; 5 to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ. God who is over all be blessed for ever. Amen.The word of the LordFrom Psalm 147Psalms 147: 12 – 15, 19 – 20R: Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! 12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! 13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you. Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! 14 He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the fine