ASH WEDNESDAY Year C
Second Reading 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2
A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians.
We are ambassadors for Christ;
it is as though God were appealing through us.
And this is the plea we make in the name of Christ:
be reconciled to God!
For our sake God made Christ, who was sinless, to know sin,
so that in Christ we might become the very goodness of God.
Working together with Christ,
we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain.
For God says, “At the acceptable time I have heard you.
On the day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, now is “the acceptable time,” now is “the day of salvation!”
The Word of God recorded in the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians.