Monday of the Third Week of Advent

Now, faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not apparent. For this reason, the ancients were given testimony. By faith, we understand the world to be fashioned by the Word of God, so that the visible might be made by the invisible. By faith, Abel offered to God a much better sacrifice than that of Cain, through which he obtained testimony that he was just, in that God offered testimony to his gifts. And through that sacrifice, he still speaks to us, though he is dead. By faith, Enoch was transferred, so that he would not see death, and he was not found because God had transferred him. For before he was transferred, he had testimony that he pleased God. But without faith, it is impossible to please God. For whoever approaches God must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who seek him.