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A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. #SaintlySunday
To those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?”
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
I am God, and also henceforth I am He; there is no one who can deliver from my hand; I work and who can hinder it? (Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak justice. (Credits: www.catholic.org)
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips. (Credits: www.catholic.com)
“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. ”
But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love, answer me.
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.
“Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?” #SaintlySunday (Credits: www.catholic.org)
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers. (Credits: www.catholic.com)
he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. (Credits: www.jewelrynotes.com)
Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! (Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires. (Credits: www.catholic.org) #SaintlySunday
for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.
Do not turn to idols or make cast images for yourselves: I am the Lord your God. (Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts. (Credits: www.catholic.org) #saintlysunday
I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. (Credits: Fr. Hugh Barbour - www.catholic.com)
Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Whoever conquers will not be harmed by the second death.
and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. (Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
And now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your glorious name. (Credits: www.catholic.org) #saintlysunday #400
Because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
“If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.” (Credits: Jim Blackburn, www.catholic.com)
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear.”
If any of your kin fall into difficulty and become dependent on you, you shall support them; they shall live with you as though resident aliens. (Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous ordinances. (Credits: www.catholic.org) #saintlysunday
You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us.
My child, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. (Credits: Wikipedia) #FactualFriday
Even fools who keep silent are considered wise; when they close their lips, they are deemed intelligent.
The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you; they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.
Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and will be repaid in full. (Credits: www.catholic.org) #saintlysunday
“For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.” (Soundtrack credits: www.bbc.co.uk)
So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (Credits: www.catholic.com)
He said, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant in steadfast love with your servants who walk before you with all their heart.
It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.
And in the case of an athlete, no one is crowned without competing according to the rules. (Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before Gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel.”
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Content Credits: www.catholic.com)
Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
The Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to everyone. (Source: www.vaticannews.va)
But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. (Content credits: www.ncregister.com) [Soundtrack credits: BBC audio library ©2021]
And I will be your father, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Content Credits: www.catholic.com)
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. (Source: www.vaticannews.va)
The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging him on a tree.
Giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. (Content Credits: www.catgolic.org) #SaintlySunday
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.
So that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God. (Content Credits: www.catholic.com)
For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the entire earth, to strengthen those whose heart is true to him.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” (Content Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Happy are those who consider the poor; the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble. (Content Credits: www.catholic.org) #SaintlySunday
And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment just as you have heard it from the beginning—you must walk in it.
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called. (Content Credits: www.catholic.com)
We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.
Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. (Content Credits: Linda Bordoni @www.vaticannews.va)
But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and you did not forsake them.
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. [Content Credits: www.catholic.org] #SaintlySunday
Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good spirit lead me on a level path.
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city. (Content credits: Fr. Hugh Barbour @www.catholic.com)
You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.
And you will have confidence, because there is hope; you will be protected and take your rest in safety.
As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. (Content Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.
And they became greatly distressed and began to say to him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. (Content Credits: Christopher Wells @www.vaticannews.va)
“Be strong, and let us be courageous for the sake of our people, and for the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”
“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!”
Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.
My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all day long. (Content Credits: www.catholic.org)
Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise. (Content Credits: www.asha.org)
Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. (Content Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ (Content credits: www.catholic.org) #SaintlySunday
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. ”
When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him. #FeastFriday [PS: I do not own the rights to the image on the episode cover; used for representative purposes only]
“Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that no one passes through, where no one lives?”
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. (Content credits: www.vaticannews.va)
God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are. (Content Credits: www.catholic.org) #SaintlySunday
While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. (Content Credits: Tom Nash - www.catholic.com)
Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You gave me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Content Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.
Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord , the fruit of the womb a reward. (Content credits: www.catholic.org) #SaintlySunday
But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble. (Content credits: www.catholic.com) #indulgences
You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them. (Content Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you. (Content credits: www.catholic.org) #SaintlySunday
Do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.
For you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (Content Credits: Catholic Answers - www.catholic.com) #indulgences
Some take pride in chariots, and some in horses, but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God.
And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. (Content Credits: Vatican News Staff Writer @www.vaticannews.va)
At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask what I should give you.”
Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who are kind to the needy honor him. >Pt. 1 (Content Credits: www.catholic.org) #SaintlySunday
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil.
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him. (Content Credits: www.catholic.com) #indulgences
A leper came to him begging him, and kneeling he said to him, “If you choose, you can make me clean.” (Content Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away.
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. (Content Credits: www.catholic.org) #SaintlySunday
God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
For the Lord disciplines those whom he loves, and chastises every child whom he accepts. (Content Credits: www.catholic.com) #indulgences
He said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind."
He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them.(Content credits: Christopher Wells @ www.vaticannews.va)
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. #SaintlySunday (Content credits: www.catholic.org)
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Bear fruit worthy of repentance. [Content credits: Catholic Answers - www.catholic.com] #indulgences
The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers.
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord. (Content Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Therefore devote yourselves completely to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day. (#SaintlySunday) [Content credits: www.catholic.org]
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. #Indulgences (Content credits: Catholic Answers on www.catholic.com)
Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” (Content credits: www.vaticannews.va)
Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. [Content Credits: www.catholic.org] #SaintlySunday
But you, O Lord my Lord, act on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me.
If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (Content credits: www.catholic.com) #indulgences
The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment.
And as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!” (Content Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. (#SaintlySunday) [Content credits: www.catholic.org]
And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church. (Content Credits: www.catholicculture.org & www.historyextra.com)
Because the Lord your God is a merciful God, he will neither abandon you nor destroy you; he will not forget the covenant with your ancestors that he swore to them.
“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. (Content credits: www.catholic.org) - [Republished due to technical issues]
And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. (Content credits: www.vaticannews.va)
Where there is no guidance, a nation falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. [Content Credits: www.npr.org]
O Lord , how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. (Content Credits: www.vaticannews.va)
Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. (Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library)
To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper. (Content credits: www.catholic.org)
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. (Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library)
But truly God has listened; he has given heed to the words of my prayer. (Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library)
"Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. " (Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library)
And whoever does not provide for relatives, and especially for family members, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (Content credits: www.vaticannews.va)
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library)
Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. (Content Credits: www.saintsresource.com)
When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. (Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library)
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. (Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library) [Wishing each and everyone of you a very Merry Christmas!]
So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” (Content credits: www.vaticannews.va)
How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word. [#saintlysunday] (Content credits: www.catholic.org)
For it is the Lord your God who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to give you victory.
He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. (Content Credits: www.npr.org)
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more. (Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library)
He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. (Content credits: Francesca Merlo on www.vaticannews.va)
The Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. [#SaintlySunday]
And after they had appointed elders for them in each church, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe. [Content credits: www.npr.org]
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; [Content credits: www.vaticannews.va]
And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. (Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library)
If you do this, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will go to their home in peace. (#SaintlySunday) [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching; [Content credits: www.npr.org]
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. (Content credits: www.vaticannews.va)
Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (#saintlysunday) [Content credits: www.catholic.org]
Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you.”
Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son. (Content credits: www.npr.org) B3r8G6LhoiAzgWV16M8K
Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts: Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.
Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ [Content credits: www.vaticannews.va]
Nevertheless I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. (#SaintlySundays) [Content credits: www.catholic.org] {Image credits: Pinterest, obtained from Google Images}
So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by our letter. (Content credits: www.ewtn.com)
The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. [Content credits: www.vaticannews.va]
Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. (#SaintlySundays) [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. " [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God. [Content credits: www.npr.org] (#FactualFriday)
"I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance." [Soundtrack credits: bbc.co.uk - ©Copyright 2020 BBC / YouTube Audio Library]
For my name's sake I defer my anger, for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, so that I may not cut you off.
Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. [Content credits: www.vaticannews.va]
"I say this for your own benefit, not to put any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord. "
Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. [Links: https://www.stmartin.ie/life-st-martin/] [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful ones. [Content credits: www.ewtn.com] (Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library)
He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. " [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. [Content credits: www.vaticannews.va]
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” [Content credits: Catholic.org] [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God. (Content credits: https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/all-saints-day-november-1.html & https://www.catholic.org/saints/allsaints/) [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
As my life was ebbing away, I remembered the Lord ; and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. [Content credits: www.ewtn.com]
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
For the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught. [Soundtrack credits: bbc.co.uk - ©Copyright 2020 BBC / YouTube Audio Library]
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” #TuesdayswiththePope (Source: vaticannews.va) [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life? [Image Credits: https://catholicism.org/anthony-claret.html] #saintlysundays
He replied, “What is impossible for mortals is possible for God.” [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. (Info credits: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/holysee/interregnum)
You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word. [Soundtrack Credits: YouTube Audio Library]
For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate. [Soundtrack Credits: YouTube Audio Library]
“Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are God's.” (Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library)
But when he noticed the strong wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!” [Soundtrack credits: bbc.co.uk - ©Copyright 2020 BBC/YouTube Audio Library]
The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. " [#saintlysundays] Image Credits: https://www.pottypadre.com/feast-of-st-luke/
So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
I can do all things through him who strengthens me. [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
“When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “
"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. " #TuesdayswiththePope [Soundtrack credits: YouTube Audio Library]
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. [Soundtracks Credit: bbc.co.uk - ©Copyright 2020 BBC]
The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. #SaintlySundays [Image Credits: en.wikipedia.org]
He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? You can reach out to me here: https://www.linkyou.co/thecatholicbabypodcast
And if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ—if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
Then he said to them all, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. "
Am I now seeking human approval, or God's approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. #TuesdayswiththePope
He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness; for not by might does one prevail. [Image Credits: fmm.org] You can reach out to me here: https://www.linkyou.co/thecatholicbabypodcast
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm. You can reach out to me here: https://www.linkyou.co/thecatholicbabypodcast
O fear the Lord , you his holy ones, for those who fear him have no want. You can reach out to me here: https://www.linkyou.co/thecatholicbabypodcast
You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows. You can reach out to me here: https://www.linkyou.co/thecatholicbabypodcast
His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.
If you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday. Image Credits: ssjw.org
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.
For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his faithful ones. The righteous shall be kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.” #TuesdayswiththePope
For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Yet if any of you suffers as a Christian, do not consider it a disgrace, but glorify God because you bear this name. Image Credits: aleteia.org
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
So my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart. #PopeTalks
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.
And war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back, but they were defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. Image Credits: pxfuel.com #SaintlySunday
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Links: https://focusoncampus.org/content/how-does-someone-become-a-saint-a-5-step-process
If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. #popefrancisspeaks
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.
And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him. #SaintlySunday http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/en/Liste/list.html https://www.carloacutis.com/en/association Image Credits: Catholic News Agency
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
No one serving in the army gets entangled in everyday affairs; the soldier's aim is to please the enlisting officer. #FactFriday
So you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters, in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.
A person's pride will bring humiliation, but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
When he reached the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not come into the time of trial.”
We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.
Do you see those who are skillful in their work? they will serve kings; they will not serve common people.
The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.
Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.
“Hear my prayer, O Lord , and give ear to my cry; do not hold your peace at my tears. For I am your passing guest, an alien, like all my forebears. "
And without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would approach him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen.
For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.
For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.
I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord , who made heaven and earth.
But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.
Even to your old age I am he, even when you turn gray I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
One thing I asked of the Lord , that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord , and to inquire in his temple.
Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord , plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.
And let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water.’
So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.
The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.
Whatever your task, put yourselves into it, as done for the Lord and not for your masters.
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!”
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me.
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles.
I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.
I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time.
“Very truly, I tell you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me; and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.”
"I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty."
"I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!”