Reading 3, Rom 3: 1-8 : The justice and faithfulness of God

1	Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
2	Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews are entrusted with the oracles of God.
3	What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
4	By no means! Let God be true though every man be false, as it is written, "That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and prevail when thou art judged."
5	But if our wickedness serves to show the justice of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
6	By no means! For then how could God judge the world?
7	But if through my falsehood God's truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
8	And why not do evil that good may come? -- as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

Gospel, Mt 10: 26-33 : Give witness fearlessly.

26	"So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
27	What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops.
28	And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
29	Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's will.
30	But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
31	Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
32	So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;
33	but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.