NEW TESTAMENT READING (Second Reading)
1 John 3:14-16
A reading from the first Letter of Saint John
Beloved:
We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. Whoever does not love remains in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
The word of the Lord