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St. Lucy, virgin and martyr
You cannot bend my will to your purpose;
whatever you do to my body, that cannot happen to me.
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Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11
Then came the prophet Elijah,
列印 "Mary is to share God's love"
serving as a "bridge" or "mother"
offering hope and a model for responding to God's will.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
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Zechariah 2:14-17
(or Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab)
"Sing and rejoice,
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“prepare the way of the Lord.”
Removing all obstacles which stand in the Lord’s way preventing him from coming.
Every mountain and hill should be brought low and every valley be lifted up.
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Isaiah 11:1-10
From the stump of Jesse,
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St. Damasus I, Pope
He who walked on the sea could calm the bitter waves...
The Lord of Storms Gives Us More Than We Can ...
"He who walked on the sea could calm the bitter waves,"
It demonstrates Jesus's unique authority as God's Son,
not just over people, but over the natural world.
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Isaiah 41:13-20
For I, the Lord your God,
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St. Nicholas, bishop
The giver of every good and perfect gift has called upon us to mimic God's giving,
by grace, through faith, and this is not of ourselves.
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Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26
O people of Zion
列印 "We are to learn his way of love."
Jesus reminds us that his way is the way of love,
and there is no true love without Christ’s self-sacrifice.
Isaiah 40:25-31
To whom, then,
列印 The Messiah, "Son of David, help us!
The title "Saviour" signifies his role in delivering people from their sins.
It is a cry of anguish and desperation,
but also of hope, as those who cry out believe
that Jesus can and will provide healing, restore them, and set them free.
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Isaiah 29:17-24
In a very short time,
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St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
I am a nobody. I am a small rope, a tiny ladder, the fail end, a leaf, and you send me to a place I would never visit.
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Isaiah 40:1-115g
Be comforted,
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St. John of Damascus, priest, doctor
Images are books for the illiterate and silent heralds of the honor of the saints,
teaching those who see, with a soundless voice and sanctifying the sight.
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Isaiah 26:1-6
On that day
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Genesis 3:9-15, 20
The Lord God
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St. Francis Xavier, priest
It is impossible to find a saint who did not take the 'two p's' seriously – prayer and penance.
The "two P's" refer to prayer, a direct form of communication with God,
and penance, which involves acts of self-discipline or atonement to show remorse and devotion.
1st Reading: Isaiah 25:6-10a
On this mountain the Lord Sabaoth
