Léctio Primæ Epístolæ Beáti Ioánnis Apóstoli (3,18-24)
Filíoli, non diligámus verbo nec lingua sed in ópere et veritáte. In hoc cognoscémus quóniam ex veritáte sumus, et in conspéctu eíus placábimus corda nostra, quóniam si reprehénderit nos cor, maíor est Deus corde nostro et cognóscit ómnia. Caríssimi, si cor nostrum non reprehénderit nos, fidúciam habémus ad Deum et, quodcúmque petiérimus, accípimus ab eo, quóniam mandáta eíus custódimus et ea, quæ sunt plácita coram eo, fácimus. Et hoc est mandátum eíus, ut credámus nómini Fílii eíus Iésu Christi et diligámus altérutrum, sicut dedit mandátum nobis. Et, qui servat mandáta eíus, in ipso manet, et ipse in eo; et in hoc cognóscimus quóniam manet in nobis, ex Spíritu, quem nobis dedit.
My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed and truth. In this we know that we are of the truth: and in his sight we shall persuade our hearts. For if our heart do reprehend us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. My dearest, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence toward God. And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing before him. And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ: and love one another, as he hath given commandment unto us. And he that keepeth his commandments, abideth in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
