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A vain question deserves nothing but silence. So, learn to be silent for a time,
you will edify your brethren and silence will teach you to speak when the hour is come.
St. Vincent Ferrer, priest
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Jeremiah 11:18-20
The Lord made it known to me
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Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin,
all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.
St. Isidore, bishop and doctor
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Wisdom of Solomon 2:1a, 12-22
Led by mistaken reasons they think,
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The Parable of the Prodigal Son highlights God's forgiveness and merciful love.
Clinging to my hurt and anger, in the end only harms me.
As the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do.
Second Scrutiny of the Elect.
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Joshua 5:9a, 10-12
Then the Lord said to Joshua:
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They have quickly turned from the way and have made for themselves a molten calf."
The idol could be power, pleasure, money or sensuality, all of which cloud our vision of God's ways.
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Ex 32:7-14
Then Yahweh said to Moses,
列印 It is love that I desire, not sacrifice.
To those who were convinced of their own righteousness
and despised everyone else.
Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.
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Hosea 6:1-6
Come, let us return to the Lord.
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See to it that you refrain from harsh words, but if you do speak them,
do not be ashamed to apply the remedy from the same lips that inflicted the wounds.
– St. Francis of Paola
St. Francis of Paola, hermit
St. Pedro Calungsod, martyr
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Isaiah 49:8-15
This is what the Lord says:
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It is charity that unites us to God,
Since he that abideth in charity abideth in God, and God in him.
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Hosea 14:2-10
Return to your God, the Lord,
列印 A mark of the messianic days.
Jesus who offers the woman of Samaria, at the well Living water!
Light has entered her dark world,
About the promise of Living Water which will quench all thirst for ever..
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Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12*
The man brought me
列印 ＂The Finger of God。＂
that signifies the authority and power of God in the world.
Jesus said, "But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons,
then the kingdom of God has come to you."
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Jeremiah 7:23-28
One thing I did command them:
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"To have faith in Christ's victory."
To trust in this mercy—present from the beginning of creation—is to have faith in Christ’s victory over death.
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Isaiah 65:17-21
I now create
列印 Jesus’ purpose was not to abrogate the Word,
He came to finish the Old Covenant and establish the New.
A person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ.
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Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9
And now, Israel,
