First Reading
1 John 2:3-11
Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.
3And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commands.
4He who says that he knows him, and keepeth not his commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected; and by this we know that we are in him.
6He that says he remains in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.
7Dearly beloved, I write not a new command to you, but an old command which you had from the start. The old command is the word which you have heard.
8Again a new command I write to you, which thing is true both in him and in you; because the darkness is passed, and the true light now shineth.
9He that says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10He that loves his brother, remains in the light, and there is no scandal in him.
11But he that hates his brother, is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and knows not whither he goes; because the darkness has blinded his eyes.