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 1Thessalonians 4: 1-8

 For the rest, brothers, we ask you in the name of Jesus, the Lord, and we urge you to live in a way that pleases God, just as you have learned from us.

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Isaiah 66: 18-21

Now I am going to gather the nations of every tongue, and they will witness my glory, for I will perform a wonderful thing among them. 

He fasted in the desert, and prepared the way for Jesus.

St. John the Baptist spoke the truth with great courage and to embrace the ways of God.

This was the reasoning that led to his death.

we can prepare the way for Jesus to those around us.

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Jeremiah 1: 17-19

 But you, get ready for action; stand up and say to them all that I com­mand you. Be not scared of them or I will scare you in their presence!

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Revelation 21: 9b-14

Then one of the seven angels came to me, one of those with the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues.

St. Augustine, bishop  & doctor 

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 1 Thessalonians 2: 9-13

 Remember our labor and toil; when we preached the Gospel, we worked day and night so as not to be a burden to you.  

St. Rose of Lima, virgin 

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Ru 1: 1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22

  There was a famine in the land during the time of the Jud­­ges,

St. Monica 

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1 Thessalonians 2: 1-8

You well know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not in vain.

The Qeenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

Judges 11: 29-39*

 ^{(…..) Jephthah made a vow to Yahweh:}

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1 Thessalonians 1: 1-5, 8b-10

From Paul, Sylvanus and Timothy to the church of Thessalonica which is in God the Father and in Christ Jesus, the Lord.

St. Pius X pope 

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Judges 9:6-15*

(….) Jotham went to the top of Mount Gerizim. There he cried out to them, “Listen to me, lords of Shechem, tht God may listen to you!