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Luke 2:22-40 Mal 3: 1-4 / Psa 24 / Heb 2:14-18 …you can now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people… (Luke 2:29-30) Like Simeon and Anna, may we see That Jesus …

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Mark 2: 13-17 1 Sm 9: 1-4. 17-19; 10: 1/ Ps 21: 2-3. 4-5. 6-7 Jesus said, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.’ (Mark 2:17) We sometimes give …

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John 1: 43-51 1 Jn 3: 11– 21 / Ps 100 You shall see greater things than this. (John 1:50) Like Nathaniel I was in doubt At first about His invitation; But in the end I would find out, God used a friend for my conversion. (Jesus) decided to go to Gali…

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Matthew 9:35—10:1,5a,6-8 Is 30: 19-21,23-26 / Ps 147 The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. (Matthew 9:37-38) God came to heal and exorcize, And proclaim pardon to…

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Matthew 4:18-22 Rom 10:9-18 / Psa 19 Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. (Matthew 4:19) Thank You, Lord Jesus for calling me To a greater task I knew not then; In this ocean of humanity, You called us to be fishers of men. As Jesus was…

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Luke 19: 1-10 2Mac 6:18-31 / Psa 3 Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost. (Luke 19: 10) Lord, grant me the opportunity To meet someone seeking You t…

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Matthew 20: 20-28 2 Cor 4: 7-15 / Ps 126: 1-6 “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” They answered, “We can.” Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup…” (Matthew 20: 22-23) Lord, take away all my ambition, Desire f…

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Matthew 12: 14-21 Exo 12:37-42 / Psa 136 And in His name the Gentiles will hope. (Matthew 12: 21) If we must serve the Prince of Peace The Word of God we must proclaim; And if our Lord we aim to please, Let’s live our lives in Jesus’ Name. The Phar…

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Matthew 10: 34—11:1 Exo 1:8-14,22 / Psa 124 I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. (Matthew 10:34) Put no hope on what this world may bring, Life isn’t always what it may seem. Put Jesus first above everything, Then our soul He will surely re…

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Matthew 16: 13-19 Acts 12: 1-10 / Psa 34 / 2Tim 4:6-8,17-18 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven… (Matthew 16:19) Who Jesus is in my life today Reflects the things I do and say. Lord, let me always display Your ways That others too m…

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John 14: 6-14 1 Cor 15:1-8 / Psa 19 If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him. (John 14:7) After all that He had testified, Are we still not fully satisfied? For our sins was He not crucified? Jesus, be…

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John 20:11-18 Acts 2:36-41 / Psa 33 . . . she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.  – John 20:14 Declare, ’though we have never seen, Share with all who care to listen, The Word from Mary Magdalene…

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Luke 1: 26-38 Isa 7:10-14,8-10 / Ps 40 / Heb 10:4-10 I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word. (Luke 1:38) Her virtues that we emulate Will shield us from all tribulation; Today let’s pause to meditate Her ‘Yes’ …

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Matthew 25: 31-46 Lv 19:1-2,11-18 / Psa 19 ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’ (Matthew 25:45) Take care that you are not deceived: It’s not enough that we believe… The measure that we…

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Luke 9:22-25 Deut 30:15-20 / Psa 1 Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. (Luke 9:23-24) Have no…

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Mark 8: 27-33 Gen 9: 1-13 / Psa 102 …you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things. (Mark 8:33) How we always fail to discern That our Lord’s plans are more sublime. Why not trust that His main concern Is our Life for etern…

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Matthew 17:9a,10-13 Sir 48:1-4,9-11 / Psa 80 You are destined, it is written, in time to come to put an end to wrath before the day of the LORD, to turn back the hearts of fathers toward their children… (Sirach 48:10) He has come “to restore al…

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Luke 14: 25-33 Phil 2: 12-18 / Psa 27 In the same way, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciples. (Luke 14:33) There’s more to life than mere possessions, Or even our closest relations; Friends, kin, loved ones-…

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Luke 13: 10-17 Eph 4: 32 – 5: 8/ Ps 1: 1- 4 and 6 Shouldn’t this daughter of Abraham be set free from what binds her? (Luke 13:16) Of women, this all men must learn: In numbers they showed more concern To Jesus, bent by our sins’ weight, Was urge…

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Matthew 10: 1-7 Hos 10: 1-3,7-8,12 / Ps 105 … go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go, saying, `The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ (Matthew 10:7) Being sent, it is our duty To share what we have been given; …

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John 14: 6-14
1 Cor 15: 1-8 / Ps 19: 2-5
Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.
(John 14:9)
How much time have I sacrificed
To know Him and be satisfied?
Who is this Jesus crucified?
He is the Way, the Truth, the Life.
Jesus [...]

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John 10: 22-30
Acts 11:19-26 / Psa 87
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
(John 10:27)
We are the flock He has gathered
Who heard His call and have answered.
No one can ever be bothered
Who lives the Word of our Shepherd.
Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus [...]

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