ridicule

¹⁴If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you will be blessed, because that which is of the honor, glory, and power of God, and that which is of his Spirit, rests upon you.

¹⁸The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations. ¹⁹The Lord is near to those who are troubled in heart, and he will save the humble in spirit. ²⁰Many are the afflictions of the just, but from them all the Lord will free them. ²¹The Lord preserves all of their bones, not one of them shall be broken.

¹Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh.

³²And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”

²I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise will be ever in my mouth. ³In the Lord, my soul will be praised. May the meek listen and rejoice. ⁴Magnify the Lord with me, and let us extol his name in itself. ⁵I sought the Lord, and he heeded me, and he carried me away from all my tribulations. ⁶Approach him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be confounded. ⁷This poor one cried out, and the Lord heeded him, and he saved him from all his tribulations.

¹⁰For it was fitting for him, because of whom and through whom all things exist, who had led many children into glory, to complete the authorship of their salvation through his Passion.

⁹And he said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.” And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me.

¹⁶Then the soldiers led him away to the court of the praetorium. And they called together the entire cohort. ¹⁷And they clothed him with purple. And platting a crown of thorns, they placed it on him. ¹⁸And they began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews.” ¹⁹And they struck his head with a reed, and they spit on him. And kneeling down, they reverenced him. ²⁰And after they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple, and they clothed him in his own garments. And they led him away, so that they might crucify him.

³¹Our fathers ate manna in the desert, just as it has been written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” ³²Therefore, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³For the bread of God is he who descends from heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴And so they said to him, “Lord, give us this bread always.” ³⁵Then Jesus said to them: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

¹⁹And may my God fulfill all your desires, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

⁴⁰And they derided him. Yet truly, having put them all out, he took the father and mother of the girl, and those who were with him, and he entered to where the girl was lying.

¹¹My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him. ¹²For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over. ¹³Blessed is the man who finds wisdom and who advances to prudence.

²⁸There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither servant nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

²⁵And rejoicing in their celebration, having now taken food, they instructed that Samson be called, and that he be mocked before them. And having been brought from prison, he was mocked before them. And they caused him to stand between two pillars. ²⁶And he said to the boy who was guiding his steps, “Permit me to touch the pillars, which support the entire house, and to lean against them, so that I may rest a little.” ²⁷Now the house was full of men and women. And all the leaders of the Philistines were there, as well as about three thousand persons, of both sexes, on the roof and in the upper level of the house, who were watching Samson being mocked. ²⁸Then, calling upon the Lord, he said, “O Lord God remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, so that I may avenge myself against my enemies, and so that I may receive one vengeance for the deprivation of my two eyes.” ²⁹And taking hold of both the pillars, on which the house rested, and holding one with his right hand and the other with his left, ³⁰he said, “May my life die with the Philistines.” And when he had shaken the pillars strongly, the house fell upon all the leaders, and the rest of the multitude who were there. And he killed many more in his death than he had killed before in his life.

²O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me: ³lest at any time, like a lion, he might seize my soul, while there is no one to redeem me, nor any who can save. ⁴O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this: ⁵if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies: ⁶let the enemy pursue my soul, and take hold of it, and trample my life into the earth, and drag down my glory into the dust. Pause ⁷Rise up, Lord, in your anger. And be exalted to the borders of my enemies. And rise up, O Lord my God, according to the precept that you commanded,

³But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints,