Wednesday September 30th
St. Jerome
2 Timothy 3:14-17. Matthew 13:47-52

The Word of knowledge, wisdom , understanding and love was spoken before time was or anything created and He, the Firstborn of all that was or is or ever shall be, is one with Him who created all things.

And I, begotten, not created, issuing from the Source of all things in Heaven and earth, entered in all things created and, in time and through eternity, am the Means and the Fulfilment of the loving purpose of the Father.

This truth may be traced in the Scriptures of many nations, identified in its fulness in the Gospel of incarnation and redemption. For the Word was made flesh and dwells among the faithful and obedient in love and in self-giving who gradually perceive, in their life and living, the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.