First Reading
Romans 10:9-18
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.
9For if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised him up from the dead, you shall be saved.
10For, with the heart, we believe to righteousness; but, with the mouth, confession is made to salvation.
11For the scripture says: Whoever believes in him, shall not be put to shame.
12For there is no distinction of the Jew and the Greek: for the same is Lord over all, rich to all that call upon him.
13For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
14How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? Or how shall they believe him, of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear, without a preacher?
15And how shall they preach unless they be sent, as it is written: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, of them that bring good news of good things!
16But all do not obey the gospel. For Isaias says: Lord, who has believed our report?
17Faith then comes by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ.
18But I say: Have they not heard? Yes, truly, their sound has gone forth into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the whole world.