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1 Samuel 16: 1b, 6-7, 10-13a

Yahweh asked Samuel,

St. Patrick. bishop 

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Daniel 3: 25, 34-43*

Azariah stood up in the midst of the fire and prayed aloud:

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Hosea 6: 1-6

Come, let us return to Yahweh.

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2 king 5: 1-15b*

 Naaman was the army commander of the king of Aram.

Day of abstinence from meat (age 14 and up)

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 Hosea 14: 2-10

 Return to your God Yahweh,

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Exodus 17: 3-7

 But the people thirsted for water

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２Samuel 7: 4-5a, 12-14a, 16

But that very night, Yahweh’s word came to Nathan,

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Micah 7: 14-15, 18-20

St. Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop  & doctor 

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Deuteronomy 4: 1, 5-9

 And now, Israel, listen

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Genesis 37: 3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a*

 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other children,