"To choose God and choose the good."

 

People have gravitated toward religious rituals as a way to draw close to God.

Jesus is telling the people that following God is not about any external ritual.

 

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Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17

On the day that the Lord God

           

  " Examine our conscience."

Agents of God who challenge those in power usually suffer significant consequences.

 

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Hebrews 13:1-8

Let mutual love continue.

 

 

              "God's will or our own?"

     “I want to give my life to knowing and understanding and living  of the revealed will of God”.

 

Our Lady of Lourdes　

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Genesis 1:20-2:4a*

(...) God said,

 

 

 

 

             The only reason for my being killed is that I have taught the doctrine of Christ.

                                  I thank God It is for this reason that I die.

                                                                                                                             - St. Paul Miki:

 

St. Paul Miki and companions, martyrs

St. Pedro Bautista, martyr

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Hebrews 12:18-19, 21-24

What you have come to,

     I know what my duty is. With the grace of God,

     I will carry it out to the end without hatred towards anyone,

     and without fear from anyone. 

 

 

St. Scholastica, virgin

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Genesis 1:1-19

In the beginning,

 

 

Lord Jesus Christ,... preserved me from love of the world, made me able to withstand torture,

and granted me the virtue of patience in the midst of torments. 

 

St. Agatha, virgin and martyr

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Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15

Have you already shed

 

　 "Put out into the deep."

　　Ｏur union with Christ through prayer and the sacraments

　　　is the essential fuel to our apostolic fervor. 

　　　　　　　

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Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8

In the year

                                                        

                     " Do not fear, just believe. "

                             Salvation is given by the grace of God through faith.

 

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Hebrews 12:1-4

What a cloud of innumerable

 

 

             With your patience you will save your soul.  

                                                                          - St. Jerome Emiliani

 

Blessed Virgin Mary 

St. Jerome Emiliani, priest 

St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin

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Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21

Let us, then, continually offer,

 

 

       “If I were worthy of such a favor from my God,

I would ask that he grant me this one miracle that by his grace,

he would make of me a good man.” 

                                                    - St. Ansgar

St. Ansgar, bishop 

St. Blase, bishop and martyr

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Hebrews 11:32-40*

Do I need to say more?