Jesus' mother is blessed because she is first docile to the word of God.

Before He became man in the womb of Mary,

She conceived Him in her ears. Her capacity to listenand obey God’s word.

She is the hearer of the word par excellence.

Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Callistus I, pope & martyr

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Joel 4:12-21

Rise up, O peoples,

“ When people love and recite the Rosary they find it makes them better.“

                                                                      ~~~ ST. ANTHONY MARY CLARET ~~~

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Ephesians 4:32-5:8

Be good and understanding,

Simon was  called “the Zealot.”

he was supposedly martyred by being cut in half with a saw.

Jude is the patron saint of hopeless cases.

He was a brother of St. James the Lesser, and a relative of Jesus.

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Ephesians 2:19-22

 Now you are no longer

" O God, be merciful to me, a sinner. "

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Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18

The Lord is judge and

Jesus had a special love for Jerusalem.

Jesus longs to shelter the children of Israel like a mother hen does for her brood.

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Ephesians 6:10-20

 Finally, be strong in the Lord

The meaning of repentance is to turn to God from our sin.

Only Jesus Christ and His shed blood atone for our sins. Our trust must be in Him.

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Ephesians 4:7-16

But to each of us

Salvation is a gift offered by the Lord who desires to include all.
Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.

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Ephesians 6:1-9 Children,

 your lives and your commitment are out of step with the kingdom.

“Judge for yourselves what is right,”

 Some in the crowd did, but too many ignored the warnings.

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Ephesians 4:1-6

Therefore I, the prisoner of Christ,

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel”
The kingdom of God is like a small seed that grew and became a large tree.
“I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it”

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Ephesians 5:21-33

 Let all kinds of submission to one another

‘I baptize you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire’ (Luke 3:16). 

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Ephesians 3:14-21

 And now I kneel