Léctio Epístolæ primæ beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Corínthios (1,26,31)
Vidéte enim vocatiónem vestram, fratres; quia non multi sapiéntes secúndum carnem, non multi poténtes, non multi nóbiles; sed, quæ stulta sunt mundi, elégit Deus, ut confúndat sapiéntes, et infírma mundi elégit Deus, ut confúndat fórtia, et ignobília mundi et contemptibília elégit Deus, quæ non sunt, ut ea, quæ sunt, destrúeret, ut non gloriétur omnis caro in conspéctu Dei. Ex ipso autem vos estis in Christo Iésu, qui factus est sapiéntia nobis a Deo et iustítia et sanctificátio et redémptio, ut quemádmodum scriptum est: “Qui gloriátur, in Dómino gloriétur.”
Behold, my brethren, who amongst thou hast been called: there are not many who are wise according unto the flesh, nor many who are powerful, nor many who are of noble birth. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put the wise to shame; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the strong; and God has chosen the lowly things of the world and the things that are despised, and the things that are naught, to bring to naught the things that are, so that no flesh may boast before Him. It is through Him that thou art in Christ Jesus, who has become for us—on God’s part—wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption; so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
