〜〜〜   Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.  〜〜〜

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Acts 9:31-42

Meanwhile, the Church had peace.

St. Athanasius, bishop & doctor

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Acts 6:8-15

 Stephen, full of grace and power,

“ Anyone who does eat my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him."

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Acts 9:1-20*

  (….)There was a disciple in Da­mas­cus

"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?"

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Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41

 So they brought them in

　Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.　

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Acts 8:26-40

 An angel of the Lord said to Philip,

St. Pius V, pope 

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Acts 6:1-7

In those days,

‘Anyone who comes to me I will never drive away’.
“I will be with you always until the end of time.”

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Acts 8:1b-8

Saul was there, approving his murder.

St. Catherine of Siena, virgin & doctor

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Acts 5:34-42

Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14

One thing I seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord.

Philip seems to have been an enthusiastic person.
He was the one who brought his friend Nathanael to Jesus,

James was the son of Alphaeus and seems to have been born in Caesarea.
After Jesus’ death James continued to preach the Gospel and is believed to have become the first bishop of Jerusalem.

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１Corinthians 15:1-8

 Let me remind you,

St. Peter Chanel, priest & martyr

St. Louis-Marie de Montfort, priest 

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Acts 5: 27-33

So they brought them in