33rd Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee
2 Tim 3: 10-15

A reading - from the second letter of St. Paul the Apostle to Timothy

Timothy, my son: You have followed closely my teaching and my conduct. You have observed my resolution, fidelity, patience, love, and endurance, through persecutions and sufferings in Antioch, Iconium, and | Ly | stra.

You know what persecutions I have had to bear, and you know how the Lord saved me from | them | all.

Anyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus can expect to be per | se | cuted.

But all the while evil men and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others, themselves | de | ceived.

You, for your part, must remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know who your tea | chers | were.

Likewise, from your infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, the source of the wisdom which through faith in Jesus Christ leads - to - sal - vation.