Corona of Thorns: Recent Episodes
Fr Peter Zwaans
For Catholics trapped at home during the Coronavirus outbreak. Nourish faith with readings, homilies and Spiritual Communion!
God sent his Son, born of a woman, born a subject of the Law, to redeem the subjects of the Law and to enable us to be adopted as sons.
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She wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them at the inn.
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When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home.
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‘Go back and tell John what you hear and see; the blind see again, and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised to life and the Good News is proclaimed to the poor; and happy is the man who does not lose faith in me.’
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John the Baptist appeared; he preached in the wilderness of Judaea and this was his message: ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.’
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"You too must stand ready because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."
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Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom.
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And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened, for this is something that must happen but the end is not so soon.
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Now he is God, not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all men are in fact alive.
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‘Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I must stay at your house today.’
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The tax collector stood some distance away, not daring even to raise his eyes to heaven; but he beat his breast and said, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner.”
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Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart.
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‘Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they? It seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.’ And he said to the man, ‘Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.’
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When you have done all you have been told to do, say, “We are merely servants: we have done no more than our duty.
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Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
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"The children of this world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the children of light."
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"I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner than over ninety-nine virtuous men who have no need of repentance."
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‘If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple. Anyone who does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.'
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For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the man who humbles himself will be exalted.
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‘Try your best to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed.'
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‘Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.'
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‘There is no need to be afraid, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.'
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“Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?”
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his disciples said, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.’ He said to them, ‘Say this when you pray: ‘“Father, may your name be held holy..."
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But the Lord answered: ‘Martha, Martha,’ he said ‘you worry and fret about so many things, and yet few are needed, indeed only one.
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"But a Samaritan traveller who came upon him was moved with compassion when he saw him."
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The seventy-two came back rejoicing. ‘Lord,’ they said ‘even the devils submit to us when we use your name.’
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"As the time drew near for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely took the road for Jerusalem..."
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They all ate as much as they wanted, and when the scraps remaining were collected they filled twelve baskets.
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They were amazed and astonished. ‘Surely’ they said ‘all these men speaking are Galileans? How does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language?
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‘You see how it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that, in his name, repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses to this.
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If anyone loves me he will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we shall come to him and make our home with him.
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I give you a new commandment: love one another;
just as I have loved you, you also must love one another.
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The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice;
I know them and they follow me.
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‘Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?’
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He said to them, ‘Peace be with you’, and showed them his hands and his side.
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‘Why look among the dead for someone who is alive? He is not here; he has risen.'
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‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!’
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‘Neither do I condemn you,’ said Jesus ‘go away, and do not sin any more.’
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It was only right we should celebrate and rejoice, because your brother here was dead and has come to life; he was lost and is found.
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Do you suppose that they were more guilty than all the other people living in Jerusalem? They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.’
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As he prayed, the aspect of his face was changed and his clothing became brilliant as lightning.
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‘If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to turn into a loaf.’
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'Can one blind man guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit?'
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"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly."
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‘How happy are you who are poor: yours is the kingdom of God.'
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"Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch!"
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"...they were astonished by the gracious words that came from his lips. They said, ‘This is Joseph’s son, surely?’"
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The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for he has anointed me.
He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free, to proclaim the Lord’s year of favour.
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There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited.
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‘You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.’
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‘Where is the infant king of the Jews?
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‘Why were you looking for me?’ he replied. ‘Did you not know that I must be busy with my Father’s affairs?’
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Today in the town of David a saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
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For the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy.
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Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice.
Indeed, the Lord is near.
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John went through the whole Jordan district proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins
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When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation is near at hand.
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‘So you are a king then?’ said Pilate. ‘It is you who say it’ answered Jesus. ‘Yes, I am a king.
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And then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory
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This poor widow has put more in than all who have contributed to the treasury; for they have all put in money they had over, but she from the little she had has put in everything she possessed, all she had to live on.
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Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength.
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Then Jesus spoke, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ ‘Rabbuni,’ the blind man said to him ‘Master, let me see again.’
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For the Son of Man himself did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
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‘There is one thing you lack. Go and sell everything you own and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.’
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This is why a man must leave father and mother, and the two become one body. They are no longer two, therefore, but one body. So then, what God has united, man must not divide.’
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‘Master, we saw a man who is not one of us casting out devils in your name; and because he was not one of us we tried to stop him.’
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‘If anyone wants to be first, he must make himself last of all and servant of all.’
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‘But you,’ he asked ‘who do you say I am?’ Peter spoke up and said to him, ‘You are the Christ.’
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‘Ephphatha’, that is, ‘Be opened.’
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This people honours me only with lip-service,
while their hearts are far from me.
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‘Lord, who shall we go to? You have the message of eternal life, and we believe; we know that you are the Holy One of God.’
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The sanctuary of God in heaven opened and the ark of the covenant could be seen inside it.
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'So do not worry about tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.’
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‘I am the bread of life.
He who comes to me will never be hungry;
he who believes in me will never thirst.’
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‘If I have indeed won your favour, Lord,’ he said ‘let my Lord come with us, I beg. True, they are a headstrong people, but forgive us our faults and our sins, and adopt us as your heritage.’
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“Make us a god to go at our head; this Moses, the man who brought us up from Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”
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Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and gave them out to all who were sitting ready;
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'This’ Moses said ‘is the blood of the Covenant that the Lord has made with you, containing all these rules.’
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‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
‘You shall have no gods except me.'
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Jesus said, ‘Mary!’ She knew him then and said to him in Hebrew, ‘Rabbuni!’ – which means Master.
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‘That’ said Moses to them ‘is the bread the Lord gives you to eat.’
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He took pity on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd.
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"So they set off to preach repentance; and they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them."
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‘A prophet is only despised in his own country, among his own relations and in his own house’
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‘Do not be afraid; only have faith.’
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‘Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him.’
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This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man throws seed on the land....
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And as they were eating he took some bread, and when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to them. ‘Take it,’ he said ‘this is my body.’
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It is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, ‘Abba, Father!’
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he breathed on them and said: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. For those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven; for those whose sins you retain, they are retained.’
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As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight.
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I shall not call you servants any more, because a servant does not know his master’s business;
I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father.
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I am the vine, you are the branches.
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World Day of Prayer for Vocations
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‘Why are you so agitated, and why are these doubts rising in your hearts? ... a ghost has no flesh and bones as you can see I have.’
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‘You believe because you can see me. Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.’
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Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.
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And those who went before
and those who followed cried out,
‘Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming!
Hosanna in the highest!’
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unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies,
it remains only a single grain;
but if it dies,
it yields a rich harvest.
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The Son of Man must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert.
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Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered the money-changers’ coins, knocked their tables over...
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There in their presence he was transfigured ... Elijah appeared to them with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.
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"The Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for forty days, and was tempted by Satan."
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‘If you want to’ he said ‘you can cure me.’ Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. ‘Of course I want to!’ he said. ‘Be cured!’
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The whole town came crowding round the door, and he cured many who were suffering from diseases of one kind or another
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"And his teaching made a deep impression on them because, unlike the scribes, he taught them with authority."
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After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the Good News from God. ‘The time has come’ he said ‘and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.’
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As John stood with two of his disciples, Jesus passed, and John stared hard at him and said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God.’
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'You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.’
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The sight of the star filled them with delight, and going into the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, and falling to their knees they did him homage.
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When the day came for them to be purified as laid down by the Law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord...
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She wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them at the inn.
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"The Good News I preach, and in which I proclaim Jesus Christ, the revelation of a mystery kept secret for endless ages, but now so clear that it must be broadcast to pagans everywhere to bring them to the obedience of faith."
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The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for the Lord has anointed me.
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Make straight the way of the Lord!
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How often do I need to say it? Stay awake!
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‘All that you have written is sure and will come true: the Lord God who gives the spirit to the prophets has sent his angel to reveal to his servants what is soon to take place. Very soon now, I shall be with you again.’
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He overpowered the dragon, that primeval serpent which is the devil and Satan, and chained him up for a thousand years.
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‘Alleluia! Victory and glory and power to our God! his judgments are true and just!'
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‘How great and wonderful are all your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are all your ways, King of nations.'
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‘Put your sickle in and reap: harvest time has come and the harvest of the earth is ripe.’
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"In my vision I, John, saw Mount Zion, and standing on it a Lamb who had with him a hundred and forty-four thousand people, all with his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads."
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‘Then the King will say to those on his right hand, “Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take for your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.
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"Sing, rejoice, daughter of Zion; for I am coming to dwell in the middle of you."
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I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll, and he said, ‘Take it and eat it; it will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will taste as sweet as honey.’I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll, and he said, ‘Take it and eat it; it will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will taste as sweet as honey.’
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‘There is no need to cry: the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed, and he will open the scroll and the seven seals of it.’
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‘Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God, the Almighty; he was, he is and he is to come.’
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Brace yourself, it's gonna get uncomfortable: "I know all about you: how you are neither cold nor hot."
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Nevertheless, I have this complaint to make; you have less love now than you used to. Think where you were before you fell; repent, and do as you used to at first.
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“Well done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master’s happiness.”
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"Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart."
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"Anyone who tries to preserve his life will lose it; and anyone who loses it will keep it safe."
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Philemon and Onesimus ... now a pair of brothers!
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‘Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they? It seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.’
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When you have done all you have been told to do, say, “We are merely servants: we have done no more than our duty.”
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St John Lateran ... pray for us?
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“The bridegroom is here! Go out and meet him.”
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"Use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they will welcome you into the tents of eternity."
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"The children of this world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the children of light."
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"There will be more rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner than over ninety-nine virtuous men who have no need of repentance."
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"If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple."
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"He emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave, and became as men are; and being as all men are, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross."
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Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace.
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Blessed are the ... who? How does that work?
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‘When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour'
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"Which of you here, if his son falls into a well, or his ox, will not pull him out on a sabbath day without hesitation?"
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‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I longed to gather your children, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you refused!
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"You are no longer aliens or foreign visitors: you are citizens like all the saints, and part of God’s household."
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"Husbands should love their wives just as Christ loved the Church and sacrificed himself for her to make her holy."
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‘Woman, you are rid of your infirmity’ and he laid his hands on her. And at once she straightened up, and she glorified God.'
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"You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment."
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"But, unless you repent you will all perish as they did." Whoa!
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"How is it you do not know how to interpret these times?"
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"I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already!"
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"Happy that servant if his master’s arrival finds him at this employment. I tell you truly, he will place him over everything he owns."
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"Be like men waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks."
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“Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?”
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'Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – and to God what belongs to God.’
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'If anyone openly declares himself for me in the presence of men, the Son of Man will declare himself for him in the presence of the angels.'
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‘Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees – that is, their hypocrisy.'
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Alas for you Pharisees ... again!
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Alas for you Pharisees! You... overlook justice and the love of God!
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"Fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside too?"
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"This is a wicked generation; it is asking for a sign. The only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah."
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"I have my banquet all prepared, my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, everything is ready. Come to the wedding."
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‘Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked!’
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"But if it is through the finger of God that I cast out devils, then know that the kingdom of God has overtaken you."
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"What father among you would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread?"
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"Without contemplation, the Rosary is a body without a soul" Pope St Paul VI, Marialis cultus.
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St Paul: "Then God, who had specially chosen me while I was still in my mother’s womb..."
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...‘And who is my neighbour?’
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“They will respect my son” he said. But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, “This is the heir. Come on, let us kill him and take over his inheritance.”
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"The Lord blessed Job’s new fortune even more than his first one."
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Alright Job, you've had your say... now it's my turn!
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Job: This I know: that my Avenger lives!
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Job is grumpy with God ... ever felt that way?
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Angels - do we still believe in them?
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‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, naked I shall return. The Lord gave, the Lord has taken back. Blessed be the name of the Lord!’
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"I tell you solemnly, tax collectors and prostitutes are making their way into the kingdom of God before you."
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...remember your creator in the days of your youth, before evil days come and the years approach
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"There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven"
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“Vanity of vanities!" ... might not mean quite what you think.
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These wounds aren't just decoration! - Padre Pio
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‘My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and put it into practice.’
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"As Jesus was walking on, he saw a man named Matthew sitting by the customs house, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him."
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“My friend, I am not being unjust to you; did we not agree on one denarius? Take your earnings and go."
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"A sower went out to sow his seed." ... again!
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"if Christ has not been raised then our preaching is useless and your believing it is useless;"
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"She waited behind him at his feet, weeping, and her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them away with her hair; then she covered his feet with kisses and anointed them with the ointment."
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Love is always patient and kind... etc!
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"Woman this is your son..."
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"...and the Son of Man must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert."
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"...they brought him a man who owed ten thousand talents." Turns out that's a lot!
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"...gaze up at this star, call out to Mary." St Bernard of Clairvaux
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‘Can one blind man guide another?' ... Don't follow the blind guy, follow Jesus instead.
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Eating meat ... we fought about it then too!
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Celibacy??? Is that thing still around?
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"I have been told as an undoubted fact that one of you is living with his father’s wife." ...wait... WHAT?
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‘If your brother does something wrong, go and have it out with him alone, between your two selves. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.
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"What do you have that was not given to you? And if it was given, how can you boast as though it were not?"
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‘Surely you cannot make the bridegroom’s attendants fast while the bridegroom is still with them?'
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Duc in altum! Put out into the deep.
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"At sunset all those who had friends suffering from diseases of one kind or another brought them to him, and laying his hands on each he cured them."
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I know who you are: the Holy One of God. - Devils get it ... Nazarenes don't.
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He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down. And all eyes in the synagogue were fixed on him.
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‘Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my path, because the way you think is not God’s way but man’s.’
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Today is a little Good Friday: "When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb." (Does that sound familiar?)
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At midnight there was a cry, “The bridegroom is here! Go out and meet him.”
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"Stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming." - Trying to wake up the rest of the family.
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Jesus vs Scribes and Pharisees - Round 2
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Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees... (and Catholics!)
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St Bartholomew: ‘Can anything good come from Nazareth?’ ... you'll find out!
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"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
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Ezekiel's vision of the New Temple: "I shall live here among the sons of Israel for ever."
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‘Son of man, can these bones live?’
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"I shall remove the heart of stone from your bodies and give you a heart of flesh instead."
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Trouble for the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves!
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"Being swollen with pride, you have said: I am a god" - Big mistake!
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‘Son of man, I am about to deprive you suddenly of the delight of your eyes.
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Woman, you have great faith!
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Mary went with haste...
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I am going to renew my covenant with you; and you will learn that I am the Lord.
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"Son of man, you are living with that set of rebels who have eyes and never see, ears and never hear"
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The glory of the Lord has left the building...
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‘Son of man, feed and be satisfied by the scroll I am giving you.’ I ate it, and it tasted sweet as honey.
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‘I tell you, most solemnly,
unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies,
it remains only a single grain;
but if it dies,
it yields a rich harvest.
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‘Lord,’ he said ‘if it is you, tell me to come to you across the water.’
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So do not worry; do not say, “What are we to eat? What are we to drink? How are we to be clothed?” It is the pagans who set their hearts on all these things.
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"For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it."
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‘This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour. Listen to him.’
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‘It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the house-dogs.’ - Whoa!
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‘Courage! It is I! Do not be afraid.’
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"he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven and said the blessing. And breaking the loaves handed them to his disciples who gave them to the crowds."
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"The king was distressed but, thinking of the oaths he had sworn and of his guests, he ordered [the head of John the Baptist] to be given her..."
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Prophets' got something to say ... listen!
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"Yes, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so you are in mine, House of Israel."
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Worried about many things? Only one is necessary!
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Darnel or wheat ... you just can't tell.
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Loincloths in the Euphrates
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Treasure and pearls on offer...
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Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?
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Explain the Parable of the Sower to us.
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Why do you speak to them in parables?
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Woman, why are you weeping?
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Who are my mother, sisters and brothers?
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Act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with your God.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is like...
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He will not break the bruised reed or quench the flickering flame.
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Hey, the disciples are eating corn on the Sabbath!
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...on hiding things from the learned and the clever.
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"Alas for you Chorazin! (And by Chorazin, I mean Catholics)"
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Jesus: "It is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword."
Everyone else: "Wait... what?"
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The good soil ... the kind that receives the seed and then yields an abundant harvest.
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why every hair on your head has been counted (and for some, it's not a lot!)
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Cunning as serpents ... gentle as doves!
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You have received without charge... give without charge.
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12 Apostles.... an interesting bunch.
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The harvest is rich... when you stick with the Lord of the harvest.
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"I am going to lure her and lead her out into the wilderness and speak to her heart."
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Take my yoke upon you ... stop carrying your own yoke, it's so much heavier!
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"New wine, new wineskins..." Leaving room for the Holy Spirit in our lives.
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"My Lord and my God!" - that about sums it up.
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"Courage! ... get up, and pick up your bed and go off home."
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"At this the whole town set out to meet Jesus; and as soon as they saw him they implored him to leave the neighbourhood."
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‘Why are you so frightened, you men of little faith?’
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"Anyone who finds his life will lose it; anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it."
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Lord, I'm not worthy that you should enter under my roof...
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"Sir, if you want to, you can heal me."
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‘It is not those who say to me, “Lord, Lord,” who will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven.'
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Swine don't deserve pearls!
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Do not judge... and you will not be judged.
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"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul..."
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... She pondered all these things in her heart.
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Jesus puts his heart out there for everyone to see.
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"Pray like this: Our Father..."
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"‘Be careful not to parade your good deeds before men to attract their notice..."
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"Love your enemies. Yep, I mean him!"
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Eyes and teeth... everywhere!
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What part of "This is my body" didn't you understand?
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All you need say is “Yes” if you mean yes, “No” if you mean no... C'mon, it's that simple!
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"You have learnt how it was said: You must not commit adultery..."
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You have learnt how it was said to our ancestors: You must not kill... but I say to you...
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The Law: I've come to fulfill that!
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You are the salt of the earth!
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Blessed are the poor in spirit... and many more!
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‘I tell you solemnly, this poor widow has put more in than all who have contributed to the treasury...'
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Jesus sticks it to the scribes ... again! "And the great majority of the people heard this with delight."
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Love the Lord your God with ALL your heart!
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"I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob"
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Caesar can keep his Denarius - but what do we give to God?
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Woman, this is your son!
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...they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them.
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Peter, for the third time... FOLLOW ME!
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"Simon, son of John, do you love me?" ('cos it doesn't always show!)
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"Father, I have made your name known to them..."
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"...for their sake I consecrate myself so that they too may be consecrated in truth.’
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"Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and prayed..."
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...where the Head has gone before in glory, the Body is called to follow in hope.
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"Ask and you will receive, and so your joy will be complete."
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"You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy."
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when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth... so brace yourself!
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If you stopped focussing on yourselves... you'd be glad that I was going back to the Father!
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What's the worst that could happen? ... and even if it happens, I'm still gonna save you.
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Who is the Holy Spirit, and what does he do anyway?
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"If the world hates you, remember that it hated me before you."
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"Love one another..." How much? ... "as I have loved you" ... wait, what?
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Substitution - OUT: Judas Iscariot, IN: Matthias Justus
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"I am the vine, you are the branches." Sharing the life of Christ.
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Peace I leave you, my peace I give you...
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If you keep my commandments... really? If?
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"Let us see the Father and then we shall be satisfied... No really, won't ask for anything else!"
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To have seen me is to have seen the Father.... duh!
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Do not let your hearts be troubled.
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Now that I've washed your feet you know what to do ... so do it!
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"I, the light, have come into the world, so that whoever believes in me need not stay in the dark any more."
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"If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
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I am the Good Shepherd ... and I don't cut an run!
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I have come that they may have life and have it to the full!
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‘What about you, do you want to go away too?’
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My flesh is real food ... yeah, I mean it!
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I am (still) the Bread of Life!
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I AM the Bread of Life...
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"...it is my Father who gives you the bread from heaven, the true bread..." None of this fake bread!!
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"Work for food that endures to eternal life."
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‘You must be the only person staying in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have been happening there these last few days.’
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Kicking off John ch 6: Exodus take 2.
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"Hey, John the Baptist, they're following Jesus instead of you..."
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God loved the world sooooo much!
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...and the Son of Man must be lifted up...
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Can a man go back into his mother's womb and be born again? Come on, that's gross!
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Doubting Thomas? No, believing Thomas!
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Jesus is alive... why won't anyone believe me?
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Jesus' first word to the disciples is 'Peace'... his resurrection is our peace.
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Our hearts can burn too... when he unveils the Scriptures to us.
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They've taken the body of the Lord away.... Gee, does that sound familiar???
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... and after all that, he still calls them brothers.
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Have I got Good News for you!
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"the angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled away the stone and sat on it." Yep... then he sat on it!
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Walking with the Lord to Calvary - these stations were first prayed in the Colosseum in Rome, on 30/03/2018. You can follow them here: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2018/documents/ns_lit_doc_20180330_via-crucis-meditazioni_en.html
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We'll give you thirty silver pieces ... but you won't get to keep them.
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Jesus gives Judas every chance to repent...
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The oasis of Bethany - Lazarus, Martha and Mary's house.
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From 'Hosanna' to 'Crucify him' - it's a straight road that leads to the altar of the cross.
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Behold, our Shepherd-King!
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They reckon Jesus is blaspheming, so they pick up stones to kill him... but what if Jesus is telling the truth? Are they really so certain that they would risk stoning the Son of God?
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Your father Abraham rejoiced to think that he would see my Day; he saw it and was glad.’ - let's be glad too!
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Glory and praise to you for ever!
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The Lord has not brought us out into the wilderness to die!
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"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." - Turns out Jesus was the only one without sin, and still didn't cast the first stone.
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Prophets don't come from Galilee! ... or do they?
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Where does Jesus come from? Galilee, Bethlehem or somewhere else?
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The prayer that Moses starts for his 'calf-hearted' people is fulfiled and finished by Jesus.
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Gabriel to the other angels: "It's ok guys, she said yes!"
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Water, water, life-giving water.
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"Hey Jesus, come and cure my son." ... "Trust me, I got this!"
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Water, light and a man born blind - listen to see what Christ can do with those.
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Pharisee and a tax collector go pray in the Temple - one walks away justified... spoiler alert: it's not the one you think!
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We might be struggling to get to Mass because of Covid-19, but you can still join us to pray and reflect on God's Word. Listen each day as we read the Scriptures and share in a Spiritual Communion.
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"Hey Rabbi, what's the greatest Commandment?" - Love God with everything you got, and your neighbour as yourself... now was that so hard?
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