"Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

 Jesus' willingness to spend time with tax collectors and other disreputable people.

  Jesus tells the Pharisees that He did not come to call the righteous. He came to call sinners.

 He is seeking the lost. He is healing the sick. He is saving sinners.

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Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13

Therefore I,

 I did not even think myself worthy to come to You. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.

He is confident in the word of Jesus. He is confident that Jesus can heal. 

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 1corinthians 11:17-26, 33

 To continue with

                                              "We have received baptism, entrance into the Church and the honor

                                                of being called Christians. Yet what good will this do us,                      

                                                 if we are Christians in name only and not in fact?"

                                                                                ◆◆◆  ST. ANDREW KIM TAEGON  ◆◆◆

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Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13

In the hands of Yahweh,                                                                            

" Celebrate with me, for I have found my son I lost "

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Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14

 Then Yahweh said to Moses,

GOSPEL OF THE DAY

From the Gospel according to John Jn 19:25-27

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his motherand his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,and Mary Magdalene.When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he lovedhe said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son."Then he said to the disciple,"Behold, your mother."And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

‘Why do you call me “Lord, Lord”, and do not do what I tell you?

Some people claim to have faith but do not live out of it,

 The only way to become a good person is to be changed fundamentally on the inside.

They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock.

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1 Corinthians 10:14-22

 Therefore, dear friends,

From the Gospel according to John Jn 3:13-17

Jesus said to Nicodemus:“No one has gone up to heavenexcept the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,so must the Son of Man be lifted up,so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”

"To love God as He ought to be loved, we must be detached from all temporal love.

must love nothing but Him, or if we love anything else, we must love it only for His sake."                                           

                                     ~~~      ST. PETER CLAVER   ~~~

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  １Corinthians 9:16-19, 22b-27

    Because I cannot boast of

" No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong. "

                                               ~~~   ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM  ~~~

St. John Chrysostom, bishop & doctor 

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１Ｃorinthians 12:12-14, 27-31a

As the body is one,

Mother of God,

Happy Birthday, Mama!

A woman, clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

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Micah 5:1-4a(or Romans 8:28-30)

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,