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Hollywood, CA since 1904

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1st Sunday of Advent

By Norma Castilho on 28-01-2006 | Parish | Comments Off 


For the Week of November 27 – December 3, 2005

Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. — Mark 13:33

MISSALS ON SALE: missals are on sale after the Mass and at the parish office at $4.00 each.

NEXT WEEK’S SUNDAY SALES COORDINATORS: Guadalupe & Cristo Negro Society (coffee & donuts)

GUADALUPANA CELEBRATION:
Dec. 3-11- Novena/Rosary (in Spanish): will take place at 7:00pm.
Sunday, December 11: 7:00pm-The Miracle of the Roses: Aztec dancers. 7:30pm-Spanish Mass.
Sunday, December 12 - (Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe) we will have the following program here at the church: 5:00am - Las Mañanitas. 8:00am and 12:05 English Masses. 6:00pm-Dance and Song Service. 7:00pm -Spanish Mass

JESUIT SEMINARY CHRISTMAS CARDS: are available in the parish office.

SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICE: Blessed Sacrament is one of the 10 Churches in Hollywood that form the Community organization L.A. Voice (formerly Hollywood Interfaith Sponsoring Committee) about a year ago this organization form a coalition with some Homeless Organization in the area to work toward building a One Stop Homeless Center in Hollywood with Affordable housing incorporated, we met with local and state politicians and organizations like the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), we found a location in the area of Hollywood and Gower and the CRA bought the property with this purpose.
– There is some concern from the residents and business owners of the area to show them how this Center betters the community instead of bringing it down. We have scheduled a visit to some other locations that are already functioning in a very successful way for the 10th of December, if you would like to be part of this visit call Social Service Office for more information. (323)871-8042.
– Do not forget to sign your children for the toy program at the Social Service Office.

MASS INTENTIONS
Sunday, November 27 - 9:00 Juana Martinez Bautista; 2nd. Intention: Ntra. Sra. De Los Milagros; 1:00 Alexandra Diatchenko
Monday, November 28 - 8:00 Juan y Isabel de Molina, 2nd. Intention Victoria Gomez; 12:00- All Souls Novena
Tuesday, November 29 - 8:00 Gayzel Gimbaleña, 2nd. Intention: San Judas Tadeo; 12:00- All Souls Novena
Wednesday, November 30 - 8:00 Don Eicholz; 12:00 All Souls Novena
Thursday, December 1 - 8:00 Irene Solomon; 12:00 Frank Kjelson
Friday, December 2 - 8:00 Roberta Olson; 12:00 Gustavo Aquino; 7:30- Gabriela Gaytan
Saturday, December 3 - 8:00 José Luis Moreno; 12:00 Isabel & Carlos Almer

WORLD AIDS DAY: THURSDAY, DEC. 1: We will remember all those who have died of AIDS and those whose lives are affected by HIV/AIDS at our two daily Masses on Thursday, December 1. World AIDS Day Mass at the Cathedral on Thursday, Dec. 1, 12:10 p.m.

PRESIDERS FOR NEXT WEEK:
Sat/Sáb December 3 - 5:30 pm Fr. B. Herry-Priyono
Sun/Dom December 4 - 7:30 am Fr. Wayne Negrete; 9:00 am Fr. E. C. Sebastian; 11:00 am Fr. Mike Mandala; 1:00 pm Fr. E. C. Sebastian; 5:30 pm Fr. Mike Mandala

CHRISTMAS TREES: We are accepting donations to help defray the cost of the Christmas trees used for decoration during Christmastime. Please place your donation in the “Flower envelopes” provided in the back of the pews. Put it in the collection basket with your regular weekly donation or bring it to the rectory office. Thank you!!!

PARISH POSADAS & SIMBANG GABI CELEBRATION: We invite all Blessed Sacrament congregation to celebrate with us the “PARISH POSADA & SIMBANG GABI”on Sunday, December 18th at 5:30pm. An inter-cultural procession will take place before the Liturgy with reception to follow in the school auditorium. All parishioners, family and friends are welcome!

POINSETTIA OFFERING - A GIFT OF LOVE: We invite the community of Blessed Sacrament at all the Masses on Sunday, Dec. 18 to bring a Poinsettia for a special offering and procession during the offertory. Flowers can be donated in memory of, or in honor of a loved one. During the week of Dec. 19-24 flowers can be delivered to the rectory office. We thank you in advance for your generosity!

READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Isaiah 2:1-5; Matthew 8:5-11
Tuesday: Isaiah 11:1-10; Luke 10:21-24
Wednesday: Romans 10:9-18; Matthew 4:18-22
Thursday: Isaiah 26:1-6; Matthew 7:21,24-27
Friday: Isaiah 29:17-24; Matthew 9:27-31
Saturday: Isaiah 30:19-21,23-26; Mt 9:35 - 10:1, 5a, 6-8
Sunday: Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11; Ps 85; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8

BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH RECONCILIATION SERVICE (BILINGUAL): Monday, December 5th, 2005-@ 7:00pm. This is a ceremony where we remember God’s forgiveness and offer the parish an opportunity to go to the Sacrament of Confession. The service will be bilingual and we will have priests to hear confessions in Spanish and English. Make plans to attend this evening as part of your Advent preparation for the nativity of Jesus Christ

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Next Friday, December 2 is the First Friday of the month. Therefore, we will have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament fRomans 8:30am until 9:30am ending with a general Benediction.

FINANCE CORNER: Our income last week was -
Regular Collection $7,728.50
Other income/donations $3,294.00
Total weekly income $11,022.50
2nd. Collection Catholic Campaign for Human Development $1,302.00
The average expenses for the parish, including payment of the debt, are $12,800.00 weekly. Thank you for your continued support.

LITURGIES CELEBRATIONS/CELEBRACIONES LITURGICAS
– Advent Reconciliation Service/Servicio de Reconciliación de Adviento. Monday (Lunes) December 5-7:00pm
– Immaculate Conception/Immaculada Concepción (Solemnity - Church Holy Day) (Solemnidad-Día Festivo Especial de la Iglesia) - Thursday (Jueves) Dec. 8 at 8:00am English Mass; 12:05 English Mass; 7:30pm Misa en Español

SCHEDULE OF CHRISTMAS SEASON CELEBRATIONS/ HORARIO DE LAS CELEBRACIONES DE NAVIDAD
– SATURDAY (SABADO) DECEMBER 24TH
5:30 PM - Christmas Mass in English
7:30 PM - Concierto de los Coros Latinos
8:00 PM - La Natividad Misa en Español
11:00 PM-A Capella Choir Pre-Midnight Mass Concert
12:00 Mid-Night Christmas Mass in English
– SUNDAY (DOMINGO) DECEMBER 25TH - SPECIAL CHURCH HOLY DAY - DIA FESTIVO ESPECIAL DE LA IGLESIA
7:30 AM Christmas Mass in English
9:00 AM La Natividad Misa en Español
11:00 AM Christmas Mass in English
1:00 PM La Natividad Misa en Español
5:30 PM Christmas Mass in English
SATURDAY (SABADO) DECEMBER 31ST: - SOLEMNITY OF MARY AND THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS/ SOLEMNIDAD DE MARIA Y DEL SANTO NOMBRE DE JESUS
5:30 PM English Mass
– SUNDAY (DOMINGO) JANUARY 1ST - FEAST OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
7:30 AM Mass in English
9:00 AM-Misa en Español
11:00 AM Mass in English
1:00 PM-Misa en Español
5:30 PM Mass in English

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DIA MUNDIAL DE SIDA-JUEVES, 1º. DE DICIEMBRE - El Día 1ero de Diciembre está dedicado para recordar a las personas que han fallecido de Sida y a quienes están actualmente sufriendo del Síndrome de Insuficiencia Imunológica. Todas estas personas serán recordadas en nuestros servicios del Jueves 1ero de Diciembre durante las Misas del día. También el Cardenal celebrará una Misa en la Catedral a las 12:10pm.

COORDINADORES VENTAS DE LOS DOMINGOS LA PROXIMA SEMANA: Sociedad Guadalupana y de Cristo Negro (café y donuts)

CELEBRACIÓN DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GUADALUPE:
Novena/Rosario Diciembre 3-11 -a las 7:00pm.
Diciembre 11 (Domingo): 7:00pm-Milagro de las Rosas-Danzantes Aztecas.
7:30pm-Misa.
Diciembre 12 (Lunes):
5:00am - Las Mañanitas
8:00am y 12:05-Misas en Inglés
6:00pm-Danzas y Servicio con canciones
7:00pm - Misa
Continuaremos la celebración fuera de la Iglesia con alegres canciones, chocolate caliente y pan dulce.

MISALES A LA VENTA: Los Misales ya están a la venta en la oficina de la rectoría al precio de $4.00 cada uno.

OFRENDAS DE POINSETTIAS (FLOR DE NOCHE BUENA): Invitamos a toda la comunidad para que el Domingo 18 de Diciembre en todas las Misas durante el ofertorio tendremos un desfile de ofrendas de Flores de Noche Buena (Poinsettias) hacia el Altar. Por favor traigan sus flores y lo pueden hacer en honor o en memoria de algún ser querido. Durante la semana del 19 al 24 de Diciembre continuaremos a recibir sus flores en la oficina de la rectoria. Gracias de antemano por su generosidad!

SERVICIOS SOCIALES: Blessed Sacrament es una de las 10 Iglesias en Hollywood que forman la Organizacion Comunitaria “Voz de los Angeles” hasta hace algún tiempo llamado “Vecinos Unidos” Hace más o menos un año se unieron a nosotros algunas Organizacione que trabajan con los indigentes en esta área y trabajamos para que se pudiera construir un Centro para personas indigentes y que además tuviese vivienda económica, nos reunimos con políticos y organizaciones locales y estatales así como Community Redevelopment Agency.(CRA) y pudimos encontrar una propiedad en el área de Hollywood y Gower y ahora esa propiedad fue adquirida por la CRA con el propósito antes mencionado. Pero vecinos y negociantes de esa área están preocupados que este lugar va a traer muchos problemas a esa comunidad y para mostrarles que lugares como éste en lugar de convertirse en un área peligrosa mejoran la seguridad en el área donde funcionan hemos programado una visita a otras Organizaciones que ya están funcionando con mucho éxito, para el día 10 de Diciembre. Si le gustaría ser parte de esta visita llame a la oficina de Servicio Social para mas información.(323)871-8042. No se olvide de anotar sus niños para el programa de distribución de Juguetes en la Oficina de Servicios Sociales.

DONACION PRO ARBOLITOS DE NAVIDAD: Estamos aceptando donaciones para la compra de los arbolitos de Navidad que adornarán nuestra Iglesia. Detrás de las bancas encontrarán los sobres especiales para esta donación. Gracias!

LA POSADA PARROQUIAL Y CELEBRACION DE SIMBANG GABI: El Domingo 18 de Dic a las 5:30pm celebraremos la “Posada Parroquial y Simbang Gabi”. Invitamos a toda la congregación a que se una a nosotros en esta celebración. Habrá una procesión inter-cultural antes de la Liturgia y después una recepción en el auditorio. Todos están invitados!

SERVICIO DE RECONCILIACION: Lunes. 5 de Diciembre del 2005- 7:00pm. Esta es una ceremonia donde recordamos el perdón de Dios y ofrecemos a todos los feligreses la oportunidad de confesarse. El servicio será Bilingue y tendremos sacerdotes escuchando confesiones en Español e Inglés. Por favor hagan sus planes con tiempo para poder asistir mañana a este servicio como parte de nuestra preparación de Adviento para la Navidad.

EXPOSICION DEL SANTISIMO SACRAMENTO: El próximo Viernes 2 de Diciembre es el 1er. Viernes del mes. Por lo tanto, tendremos Exposición del Santísimo Sacramento a partir de las 8:30am hasta las 9:30am y acabará con una Bendición general.

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA
Lunes: Isaiah 2:1-5; Matthew 8:5-11
Martes: Isaiah 11:1-10; Lc 10:21-24
Miércoles: Romans 10:9-18; Matthew 4:18-22
Jueves: Isaiah 26:1-6; Matthew 7:21,24-27
Viernes: Isaiah 29:17-24; Matthew 9:27-31
Sábado: Isaiah 30:19-21,23-26; Mt 9:35 - 10:1, 5a, 6-8
Domingo: Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11; Sal 85(84); 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mc 1:1-8

RINCON FINANCIERO: Nuestro ingreso de la semana pasada fue -
Colecta Regular $7,728.50
Otros ingresos/donaciones $3,294.00
Total de ingresos $11,022.50
2da. Colecta Campaña Para el Desarrollo Humano $1,302.00
El promedio de gastos de la parroquia, incluyendo el pago de la deuda, es de $12,800.00 semanales. Gracias por su continuo apoyo.

Mark 13:33
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33Take ye heed, watch and pray. For ye know not when the time is.
Isaiah 2:1-5
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1The word that Isaias the son of Amos saw, concerning Juda and Jerusalem.
2And in the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.
3And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke many people: and they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they be exercised any more to war.
5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Matthew 8:5-11
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5And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,
6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grieviously tormented.
7And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him.
8And the centurion making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
9For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
10And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that followed him: Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.
11And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:
Isaiah 11:1-10
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1And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
2And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.
3And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.
4But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: land he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
5And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.
6The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them.
7The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust his hand into the den of the basilisk.
9They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of the sea.
10In that day the root of Jesse, who standeth for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious.
Luke 10:21-24
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21In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost, and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight.
22All things are delivered to me by my Father; and no one knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and to whom the Son will reveal him.
23And turning to his disciples, he said: Blessed are the eyes that see the things which you see.
24For I say to you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them; and to hear the things that you hear, and have not heard them.
Romans 10:9-18
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9For if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10For, with the heart, we believe unto justice; but, with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.
11For the scripture saith: Whosoever believeth in him, shall not be confounded.
12For there is no distinction of the Jew and the Greek: for the same is Lord over all, rich unto all that call upon him.
13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
14How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? Or how shall they believe him, of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear, without a preacher?
15And how shall they preach unless they be sent, as it is written: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, of them that bring glad tidings of good things!
16But all do not obey the gospel. For Isaias saith: Lord, who hath believed our report?
17Faith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ.
18But I say: Have they not heard? Yes, verily, their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the whole world.
Matthew 4:18-22
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18And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).
19And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.
20And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him.
21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them.
22And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him.
Isaiah 26:1-6
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1In that day shall this canticle be sung the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.
2Open ye the gates, and let the just nation, that keepeth the truth, enter in.
3The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee.
4You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever.
5For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.
6The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
Matthew 7:21,24-27
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21Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,
25And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.
26And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,
27And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.
Isaiah 29:17-24
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17Is it not yet a very little while, and Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest?
18And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.
19And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20For he that did prevail hath failed, the scorner is consumed, and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity:
21That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.
22Therefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Jacob, he that redeemed Abraham: Jacob shall not now be confounded, neither shall his countenance now be ashamed:
23But when he shall see his children, the work of my hands in the midst of him sanctifying my name, and they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall glorify the God of Israel:
24And they that erred in spirit, shall know understanding, and they that murmured, shall learn the law.
Matthew 9:27-31
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27And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two blind men crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David.
28And when he was come to the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus saith to them, Do you believe, that I can do this unto you? They say to him, Yea, Lord.
29Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it done unto you.
30And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know this.
31But they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country.
Isaiah 30:19-21,23-26
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19For the people of Sion shall dwell in Jerusalem: weeping thou shalt not weep, he will surely have pity on thee: at the voice of thy cry, as soon as he shell hear, he will answer thee.
20And the Lord will give you spare bread, and short water: and will not cause thy teacher to flee away from thee any more, and thy eyes shall see thy teacher.
21And thy ears shall hear the word of one admonishing thee behind thy back: This is the way, walk ye in it: and go not aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
23And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession:
24And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.
25And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every elevated hill rivers of running waters in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower shall fall.
26And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days: in the day when the Lord shall bind up the wound of his people, and shall heal the stroke of their wound.
Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11
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1Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God.
2Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.
3The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God.
4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.
5And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.
9Get thee up upon a high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Sion: lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem: lift it up, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: Behold your God:
10Behold the Lord God shall come with strength, and his arm shall rule: Behold his reward is with him and his work is before him.
11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
2 Peter 3:8-14
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8But of this one thing be not ignorant, my beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance.
10But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and the elements shall be melted with heat, and the earth and the works which are in it, shall be burnt up.
11Seeing then that all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of people ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness?
12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of the Lord, by which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burning heat?
13But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to his promises, in which justice dwelleth.
14Wherefore, dearly beloved, waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found before him unspotted and blameless in peace.
Mark 1:1-8
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1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee.
3A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.
4John was in the desert baptizing, and preaching the baptism of penance, unto remission of sins.
5And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey.
7And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.
8I have baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Romans 8:30
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30And whom he predestinated, them he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified. And whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Isaiah 2:1-5
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1The word that Isaias the son of Amos saw, concerning Juda and Jerusalem.
2And in the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.
3And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke many people: and they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they be exercised any more to war.
5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Matthew 8:5-11
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5And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,
6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grieviously tormented.
7And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him.
8And the centurion making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
9For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
10And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that followed him: Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.
11And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:
Isaiah 11:1-10
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1And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
2And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.
3And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.
4But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: land he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
5And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.
6The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them.
7The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust his hand into the den of the basilisk.
9They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of the sea.
10In that day the root of Jesse, who standeth for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious.
Romans 10:9-18
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9For if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10For, with the heart, we believe unto justice; but, with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.
11For the scripture saith: Whosoever believeth in him, shall not be confounded.
12For there is no distinction of the Jew and the Greek: for the same is Lord over all, rich unto all that call upon him.
13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
14How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? Or how shall they believe him, of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear, without a preacher?
15And how shall they preach unless they be sent, as it is written: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, of them that bring glad tidings of good things!
16But all do not obey the gospel. For Isaias saith: Lord, who hath believed our report?
17Faith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ.
18But I say: Have they not heard? Yes, verily, their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the whole world.
Matthew 4:18-22
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18And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).
19And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.
20And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him.
21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them.
22And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him.
Isaiah 26:1-6
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1In that day shall this canticle be sung the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.
2Open ye the gates, and let the just nation, that keepeth the truth, enter in.
3The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee.
4You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever.
5For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.
6The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
Matthew 7:21,24-27
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21Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,
25And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.
26And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,
27And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.
Isaiah 29:17-24
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17Is it not yet a very little while, and Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest?
18And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.
19And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20For he that did prevail hath failed, the scorner is consumed, and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity:
21That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.
22Therefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Jacob, he that redeemed Abraham: Jacob shall not now be confounded, neither shall his countenance now be ashamed:
23But when he shall see his children, the work of my hands in the midst of him sanctifying my name, and they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall glorify the God of Israel:
24And they that erred in spirit, shall know understanding, and they that murmured, shall learn the law.
Matthew 9:27-31
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27And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two blind men crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David.
28And when he was come to the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus saith to them, Do you believe, that I can do this unto you? They say to him, Yea, Lord.
29Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it done unto you.
30And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know this.
31But they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country.
Isaiah 30:19-21,23-26
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19For the people of Sion shall dwell in Jerusalem: weeping thou shalt not weep, he will surely have pity on thee: at the voice of thy cry, as soon as he shell hear, he will answer thee.
20And the Lord will give you spare bread, and short water: and will not cause thy teacher to flee away from thee any more, and thy eyes shall see thy teacher.
21And thy ears shall hear the word of one admonishing thee behind thy back: This is the way, walk ye in it: and go not aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
23And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession:
24And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.
25And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every elevated hill rivers of running waters in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower shall fall.
26And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days: in the day when the Lord shall bind up the wound of his people, and shall heal the stroke of their wound.
Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11
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1Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God.
2Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.
3The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God.
4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.
5And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.
9Get thee up upon a high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Sion: lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem: lift it up, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: Behold your God:
10Behold the Lord God shall come with strength, and his arm shall rule: Behold his reward is with him and his work is before him.
11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
2 Peter 3:8-14
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8But of this one thing be not ignorant, my beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance.
10But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and the elements shall be melted with heat, and the earth and the works which are in it, shall be burnt up.
11Seeing then that all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of people ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness?
12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of the Lord, by which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burning heat?
13But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to his promises, in which justice dwelleth.
14Wherefore, dearly beloved, waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found before him unspotted and blameless in peace.

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