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 Jeremiah 38: 4-6, 8-10

Then the officials told the king, “This man should be put to death, because he is weakening the will of the fighting men and the people left the city.

St. Pontian, PoPe  & martyr & St. Hippolytus, Priest  & martyr 

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 Deuteronomy 31: 1-8

 When Moses finished telling all Israel these words,

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 Joshua 24: 14-29

So fear Yahweh, and be sincere and faithful in serving him. Set aside those gods your ancestors worshiped in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Jesus pays the temple tax. Even though he is the Son of God.

He does not exercise his privilege as the Son.

To Jesus, he is not obligated to pay the temple tax.

but still freely chose to do so out of consideration of the Jewish community, particularly the tax collectors.

St. Jane Frances de Chantal, religious 

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Deuteronomy 10: 12-22

 So now, Israel, what is it that Yahweh, your God, asks of you but to fear him and follow all his ways?

St. Stephen of Hungary 

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Joshua 24: 1-13*

(……)Addressing the people, Joshua said to them:

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 Wisdom of Solomon 18: 6-9

 That night had been foretold to our ancestors, and knowing in what promise they trusted, they could rejoice in all surety.

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Revelation 11: 19a; 12: 1-6a, 10ab

But no, Christ has been raised from the  dead, and he comes before all those who have fallen asleep.

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2 Corinthians 9: 6-10

Remember: the one who sows meagerly will reap meagerly, and there shall be generous harvests for the one who sows generously.

St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest & martyr 

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 Deuteronomy 34: 1-12

 From the barren plain of Moab,  Moses went up to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pis­gah, opposite Jericho.

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin & martyr 

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 Duteronomy 4: 32-40

 Ask of the times past. Inquire from the day when God created man on earth.