“It is not lawful for you to have her.”

John stood up for what was right and wrong.John the Baptist, the fearless champion
of truth and justice?

John did something that cost him his life.Beheading, like crucifixion, was a shameful death.

Blessed Virgin Mary

St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop & doctor

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Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24

Then the priests and the prophets

Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,                                                                          

 Jesus is calling the disciples to follow the same path to greatness: humble,

sacrificial service to each other.

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2 Corinthians 4:7-15

 However, we carry this treasure

we should have an open and trusting heart,

Lord, teach us to see with the eyes of faith.

St. Martha, Mary & Lazarus

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Jeremiah 26:1-9

At the beginning of the reign of Judah’s

" For the one who asks receives,

and the one who searches finds,

and to him who knocks the door will be opened."

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Genesis 18:20-32

 Then Yahweh said,

Jesus did not come to abolish the Old Covenant but to fulfill it.

The Old Testament prepares for the New and the New Testament fulfils the Old – the two shed light on each other.

Augustine had said that “The New Testament lies hidden in the Old and the Old is unveiled in the New”.

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Jeremiah 18:1-6

 This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jere­miah:

Jesus is sowing gospel seeds throughout the world.
The enemy is in the world spreading counterfeit seed.

At harvest time the reapers will collect the weeds first, bind them into bundles and burn them.

The wheat will then be gathered and brought into the barn.

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Jeremiah 7:1-11

These words were spoken

“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure

The Kingdom of God is worth far more than anything else.

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Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21

 Woe is me,

'I have seen the Lord!'

Mary Magdalene’s sadness was turned into joy when she recognised

Jesus and she immediately went to tell the disciples that she has seen him.

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Song of Songs 3:1-4a (or 2Corinthians 5:14-17)

 On my bed at night     

                                                             We have Jesus  coming into the world to spread his kingdom of Life and Light in people’s hearts. 

                                                        At the end of time the faithful sons of the kingdom

                                                                                      and the unfaithful sons of the evil one at their respective judgments.

 Sts. Joachaim & Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Jeremiah 14:17-22 This you will say to them:                                             

He who has ears, let him hear.”

By God’s grace you have spiritual hearing and understanding, listen up!
The good news of the Gospel is God’s gift to give – it’s up to each individual whether or not they’re going to accept it.

St. Lawrence of Brindisi, priest & doctor

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Jeremiah 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13

 A  word  of  Yahweh