10 BLESSED GEORGE MATULAITIS-MATULEWICZ JANUARY 27 BLESSED GEORGE MATULAITIS-MATULEWICZ, BISHOP RENOVATOR OF THE CONGREGATION FEAST FIRST READING Colossians 1:24-29 On behalf of his Body, which is the Church, of which I am a minister in accordance with God’s stewardship given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God. A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Colossians Brothers and sisters: I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his Body, which is the Church, of which I am a minister in accordance with God’s stewardship given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God, the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to his holy ones, to whom God chose to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you, the hope for glory. It is he whom we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. For this I labor and struggle, in accord with the exercise of his power working within me. The word of the Lord.
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