For I reckon that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come, that shall be revealed in us.19 For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the revelation of the sons of God.20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope:†21 Because the creature also itself shall be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.22 For we know that every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain, even till now.†23 And not only it, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of the sons of God, the redemption of our body.24 For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he hope for?†25 But if we hope for that which we see not, we wait for it with patience.
But I, O thou blessed woman, not being now so much my own master as in the power of others, am driven along by the varying wills of many adversaries, being in one sense in exile, in another in prison, and in a third in bonds. But I pay no regard to these things. Yea, by the injuries inflicted on me through them, I acquire all the more the character of a disciple, that I may attain to Jesus Christ. May I enjoy the torments which are prepared for me, seeing that "the sufferings of this present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
The psalm's verse numbering differs between the modern lectionary and the Douay-Rheims this library hosts, so the text isn't matched verse-for-verse here yet.
He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?19 It is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches thereof.20 And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?21 It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.†
Or else, by the leaven our Lord means the Holy Spirit, the Sower proceeding (as it were) from the seed, which is the word of God. But the three measures of meal, signify the knowledge of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, which the woman, that is, Divine wisdom, and the Holy Spirit, impart.
About CSB. A personal translation of the New Testament, rendered directly from the public-domain Greek in a literary style — not a scholarly critical edition, and not for liturgical or doctrinal authority. It is one reader's work, offered for enjoyment; where it matters, weigh it against an established translation. (Placeholder text — final wording to come.)