Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs

And you, when you were dead in your offences, and sins, ²Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of this air, of the spirit that now worketh on the children of unbelief: ³In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest: ⁴But God, (who is rich in mercy,) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us, ⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ, (by whose grace you are saved,) ⁶And hath raised us up together, and hath made us sit together in the heavenly places, through Christ Jesus. ⁷That he might shew in the ages to come the abundant riches of his grace, in his bounty towards us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God; ⁹Not of works, that no man may glory. ¹⁰For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them.

²Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: serve ye the Lord with gladness. Come in before his presence with exceeding great joy. ³Know ye that the Lord he is God: he made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. ⁴Go ye into his gates with praise, into his courts with hymns: and give glory to him. Praise ye his name: ⁵For the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth to generation and generation.

℟ He made us, and not we ourselves: we are his people.

And one of the multitude said to him: Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me. ¹⁴But he said to him: Man, who hath appointed me judge, or divider, over you? ¹⁵And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth. ¹⁶And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits. ¹⁷And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? ¹⁸And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and will build greater; and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me, and my goods. ¹⁹And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer. ²⁰But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? ²¹So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.