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2nd Sunday of Lent

By Norma Castilho on 04-03-2007 | Parish | Comments Off

For the Week of March 4 - 10, 2007

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? - Psalm 27:1

STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Each Friday at 11:30am (English) in the Church. Fridays at 7:00pm (Spanish) in the Church. Saturdays at 5:30pm (English) in the Church.

FAST AND ABSTINENCE: All Fridays of Lent and Good Friday are days of abstinence from meat. Fasting days are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

Important announcement: During Lent we try to maintain a very simple church environment, please do not bring flowers. Thank you!

A LENTEN SPIRITUALITY PROGRAM: With Fr. Eli Rowdy Y. Lumbo, S.J. Wednesdays March 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2007 7:30pm-9:00pm School Auditorium. Please plan to attend this program with your family and friends as we prepare ourselves for Holy Week and our Easter Services.

MISSALS ON SALE: English missals for the year 2007 are on sale at the rectory office at the price of $4.00 per missal.

JESUIT SEMINARY ASSOCIATION EASTER CARDS: are available in the rectory office.

MULTI-LINGUAL LENTEN RECONCILIATION SERVICE: Our Lenten Reconciliation Service will be Monday, March 12 at 7:00pm. Confessions will be heard in English and Spanish. Please plan to attend this service with your family and friends as we prepare ourselves for Holy Week and our Easter Services.

FLOWERS FOR THE ALTAR OF REPOSE… Easter lilies…Calla lilies…will be welcome to embellish our church this Easter season. Flower Fund donations may be made by placing your contribution in one of the special “Easter Flower envelopes” found behind the pews. You can either drop it in the offering basket or take it to the rectory.

SCHOOL NEWS:
Parent meetings for “Safeguard the Children” - “Good Touch/Bad Touch” will be held on:
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 3RD GRADES, MARCH 14th, 2007 AT 8:00AM IN THE AUDITORIUM.
GRADES 4 THROUGH 8TH, MARCH 15TH, 2007 AT 8:00AM IN THE AUDITORIUM.
Students will begin training in the “Good Touch/Bad Touch” program during the week of March 26th through 30th.
The Parish/School “Safeguard the Children” committee will meet on March 26th at 3:30pm.

PRESIDERS FOR NEXT WEEK:
Sat/Sáb, March 10: 6:00 pm Fr. E. C. Sebastian
Sun/Dom March 11: 7:30 am Fr. E. C. Sebastian; 9:00 am Fr. Wayne Negrete; 11:00 am Fr. Eli Lumbo Rowdy; 1:00 pm Fr. Wayne Negrete; 5:30 pm Fr. E. C. Sebastian

MASS INTENTIONS
Sunday, March 4 - 9:00 Jose Perez; 11:00 Living and deceased members of the parish; 1:00 Paula Cibrian
Monday, March 5 - 8:00 Miguel Angel Mercado; 12:05 Julio & Antonio Hidalgo
Tuesday, March 6 - 8:00 Vuena Ventura Berris; 12:05 Joseph John Corral
Wednesday, March - 8:00 Trueman Duane; 12:05 Kenneth Edward Reed
Thursday, March 8 - 8:00 Milo Baglioni; 12:05 Mrs. Mary Evans
Friday, March 9 - 8:00 Rich & Laura Seanlon; 12:05 Esther & Olmedo Naranjo; 7:30 Jose Antonio Escobar
Saturday, March 10 - 8:00 Attila Kusper

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IS BACK! Remember to turn your clock AHEAD when you go to bed Saturday night-March 10-so you won’t be late for Mass on Sunday, April 2nd and to many other events!

NEXT WEEK’S SUNDAY SALES COORDINATORS: PTG (coffee & donuts)

MINISTRY WITH LESBIANS & GAYS: The Blessed Sacrament Ministry with Lesbians and Gays will host its quarterly Evening of Prayer this Thursday evening at 7:00 pm in the Liturgy office. The theme of the evening will be “integrating Lent into our busy lives.” All are invited to participate in this special evening.

SOCIAL SERVICES: Most of us has gone through the difficult time of grieving for someone we love, recent studies from Yale confirms the five stages that we go through in this process. 1) Disbelief, 2) Yearning, 3) Anger, 4) Depression and 5) Acceptance. The study suggest that this steps are accurate and if a person has not gone through in about six months period should look for professional help to deal with the bereavement. It is important for the clinicians and the average layperson to understand that yearning and not sadness is what bereavement is really all about. It is about yearning, pining, longing and being angry and protesting that you can’t have this person back. Not every one follows the exact same pattern of grieving but most do. Said Associate professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School Holly G. Prigerson. The 3-year study of 233 people interviewed as part of the Yale Bereavement Study found that disbelief reached a peak one month after a death and then declined, Yearning steadily increase and reached its high point at four months before declining. Anger rises to a peak at five months, and depression peaks six months after a death. Acceptance is strongly present from the beginning, but becomes more dominant as time passes. (Summarized from article in L. A. Times)

PURPLE CANDLES FOR LENT: are available after Mass at our parking lot.

MARCH 17 IS ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Green candles may be purchased at the rectory, or at the parking lot after the Sunday Masses.

Sport coaches needed: If you want to volunteer your time to help Hollywood kids- and make a difference in some young lives, this is your opportunity. Volunteer coaches in karate, soccer and basketball are needed. For more information, call the Office of Social Services (323) 871-8042.

Information Day on the Permanent Diaconate Program-Sunday, March 11 in North Hills: Men who are interested in finding out more about becoming a permanent deacon in the Archdiocese of L.A. are encouraged to attend this informational meeting. Men must be between the ages of 30 and 60 years to enter the program. Wives and pastors are also invited. It will be held on Sunday, March 11 fRomans 1:30pm to 4:00pm in the parish hall of Our Lady of Peace Parish, 15444 Nordhoff St., North Hills, CA 91343. For more information, call the Diaconate Formation Office at (213) 637-7383.

WE ARE TO BE TRANSFORMED
Today’s showing forth of God’s glory is filled with a light that astonishes and reveals. Jesus transfigured on Mount Tabor energizes even the sleepy apostles, who see but cannot get hold of it. They can be forgiven for not apprehending the full meaning of this extraordinary vision of a transfigured Jesus with Elijah and Moses. The whole of the Law and prophets is summed up here on this mountain. The transfiguration on Mount Tabor is handed over to us this Sunday. As Paul reminds us, it is we who are to be transformed. The light and life of the Resurrection are set forth here so we do not lose heart and fall entirely asleep. This Sunday looks to Easter. It looks to transformation. It asks us to lift up our heads and acknowledge the risen Lord as our light and our salvation.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Daniel 9:4b-10; Luke 6:36-38
Tuesday: Isaiah 1:10,16-20; Matthew 23:1-12
Wednesday: Jeremiah 18:18-20; Matthew 20:17-28
Thursday: Jeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 16:19-31
Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Matthew 21:33-43,45-46
Saturday: Micah 7:14-15,18-20; Luke 15:1-3,11-32
Sunday: Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15; Ps 103; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12; Luke 13:1-9
Alternate readings (Year A): Exodus 17:3-7; Ps 95; Romans 5:1-2,5-8; John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]

Did You Know? What do molesters look like? Child molesters belong to every profession, gender, ethnic group, and they live in rural, urban and suburban areas. There is no “look” about them that indicates that they are a danger to the physical and emotional health of our children. It is imperative that we look beyond demographic characteristics and focus on the behaviors of adults when they are around children. We must regularly refresh the basic knowledge and actions required to keep children safe. For tips on recognizing and reporting inappropriate behavior, please visit: www.virtus.org. For particular help you may call Sr. Sheila McNiff, Director of Assistance Ministry at (213) 637-7650.

FINANCE CORNER: Our income last week was -
Regular Collection $7,019.00
Other income/donations $3,428.00
Total weekly income $10,447.00
The average expenses for the parish, including payment of the debt, are $12,800.00 weekly. Thank you for your continued support.

VIACRUCIS EN LA IGLESIA: Viernes de Cuaresma a las 11:30am (Inglés) en la Iglesia. Viernes de Cuaresma a las 7:00pm (Español) en la Iglesia - antes de la Misa de las 7:30pm. Sábados de Cuaresma: a las 5:30pm (Inglés).

AYUNO & ABSTINENCIA: Todos los Viernes de Cuaresma y el Viernes Santo son días de abstinencia. Los días de abstinencia no se come carne. Los días de ayuno son: Miércoles de Ceniza y Viernes Santo.

AVISO IMPORTANTE: Durante la Cuaresma tratemos de mantener la decoración de la Iglesia de una manera bien simple, por favor no traigan flores. Gracias!

COORDINADORES DE LA VENTA DEL PROXIMO DOMINGO: PTG (coffee & donuts)

LIRIOS PARA EL ALTAR DE REPOSO: Pueden dejar sus donativos en los sobres especiales “Flores para Pascua Florida” que se encuentran detrás de las bancas. Este dinero servirá para adornar nuestra Iglesia durante la Semana Santa.

SERVICIO MULTI-LINGUE DEL SACRAMENTO DE RECONCILIACION DE CUARESMA: Nuestro Servicio de Reconciliación esta Cuaresma se`celebrará el Lunes, 12 de Marzo a las 7:00pm. Las Confesiones serán en Inglés y Español. Los esperamos a todos ustedes y sus familias en esta nuestra preparación para los servicios de Semana Santa y Pascua Florida.

NOTICIAS DE LA ESCUELA: Las reuniones con los padres de familia sobre el programa “Toque Correcto/Toque Incorrecto” del Ministerio Protegiendo a Nuestros Niños se realizarán como sigue:
DE KINDERGARTEN AL TERCER GRADO, EL 14 DE MARZO, 2007 A LAS 8:00AM EN EL AUDITORIO DE LA ESCUELA.
CUARTO AL OCTAVO GRADOS, 15 DE MARZO, 2007 A LAS 8:00AM EN EL AUDITORIO DE LA ESCUELA.
El entrenamiento/instrucción de los estudiantes en el programa “Toque Correcto/Toque Incorrecto” se realizará durante la semana del 26 al 30 de Marzo.
El Comité Parroquial/Escolar Protegiendo a Nuestros Niños se reunirá el 26 de Marzo a las 3:30pm.

CAMBIO DE HORARIO-ADELANTEN SUS RELOJES! Acuérdense de ADELANTAR sus relojes el Sábado 10 de Marzo por la noche antes de ir a la cama-así no llegarán tarde a las Misas del Domingo, ni a ningún otro compromiso!

VENTA DE MISALES: tenemos Misales a la venta en la oficina de la rectoría. Precio: $4.00

LECTORES: Necesitamos lectores para las Misas en Español.Las personas interesadas recibirán entrenamiento. Sírvanse llamar a Oswaldo Avelar al telf: (818) 764-1880

SERVICIOS SOCIALES: Casi todos hemos pasado por la pena de perder un ser querido, recientes estudios conducidos por Yale nos confirman que este proceso tiene cinco etapas 1) Incredulidad, 2) Compasión, 3) Cólera, 4) Depresión y 5) Aceptación. De acuerdo a los estudios estas etapas son muy correctas y si alguna persona no ha pasado por ellas, en un período de seis meses se aconseja que busque ayuda profesional. Es muy importante que los clínicos y las personas laicas comprendan que un sentimiento de compasión y no tristeza es lo que caracteriza este sentimiento de pérdida, es acerca de sentimientos de dolor, ternura y compasión así como el sentimiento de cólera que es una protesta por no poder tener a esa persona querida cerca de nosotros. No todas las personas siguen este proceso pero en su mayoria si lo siguen de acuerdo a Holly G. Prigerson, profesor Associado del Departamento de Psiquiatría de Harvard Medical School. Durante 3 anos 233 personas fueron entrevistadas como parte de el estudio de duelo de Yale y descubrieron que la incredibilidad llega a un alto nivel en un mes despues de la defunción y luego decrece, la compasión o ternura crece constantemente y se aumenta a los cuatro meses antes de aminorarse luego surge la ira hasta los cinco meses y la depreción llega a los seis meses de el deceso, luego viene la aceptación que ha estado fuertemente presente desde el principio pero que se acentúa a medida que el tiempo pasa. (Resumido de un articulo en L. A. Times).

VELAS MORADAS DE CUARESMA: están a la venta después de Misa en el estacionamiento de la Iglesia.

Programa de Espiritualidad durante la Cuaresma Presentado por el P. Eli Rowdy Lumbo, S.J. Miércoles: Marzo 7, 14, 21 & 28- de 7:30pm a 9:00pm Auditorio de la Escuela. Este programa será presentado en inglés. Los esperamos a todos ustedes y sus familias en esta nuestra preparación para los servicios de Semana Santa y Pascua Florida.

Se necesitan entrenadores voluntarios: Si usted desea ayudar como voluntario entrenando a niños(as) de Hollywood, y hacer una diferencia en la vida de estos jóvenes deportistas, esta es su oportunidad. Se necesitan entrenadores voluntarios para karate, fúlbol y basketball. Para mayores informes llame a la Oficina de Servicios Sociales (3230 871-8042.

EL 17 DE MARZO ES EL DIA DE SAN PATRICIO: Velas verdes se pueden comprar en la rectoría, y en el estacionamiento de la Iglesia los Domingos después de Misa.

SEREMOS TRANSFORMADOS
La manifestación de la Gloria de Dios en el Evangelio de hoy está llena de una Luz que a la vez asombra y revela. Jesús, transfigurado en el Monte Tabor, llena de su energía a los apóstoles adormecidos, que ven la visión, pero no la saben captar. Es perdonable que no capten del todo el significado de esta extraordinaria visión de Jesús transfigurado, entre Moisés y Elías. Aquí, en el Monte Santo, se resumen la Ley y los Profetas. Hoy esa transfiguración se nos ofrece y se nos entrega. Como nos recuerda San Pablo, somos nosotros los que vamos a ser transformados. Hoy se nos presentan la Luz y la Vida de la Resurrección, para que no nos descorazonemos, no sea que nos quedemos del todo dormidos. Este domingo ya mira hacia la Pascua. Mira hacia la transformación. Nos pide que levantemos la cabeza, y reconozcamos al Señor Resucitado como nuestra Luz y Salvación.

¿Sabe Usted? ¿Como Son los Perpetradores? Los perpetradores de niños pertenecen a cada profesión, género, grupo étnico, y viven en áreas rurales, urbanas y suburbanas. No hay ningún “dato” sobre ellos que indique que son un peligro a la salud física y emocional de nuestros hijos. Es imprescindible que miremos más allá de las características demográficas y nos concentremos en el comportamiento de los adultos cuando están alrededor de niños. Debemos refrescar regularmente el conocimiento y las acciones básicas requeridas para mantener a niños seguros. Para obtener consejos sobre como reconocer y reportar comportamiento inadecuado, por favor visite la página de Internet: www.virtus.org. Para obtener ayuda usted puede Hamar a la Hermana Sheila McNiff, Directora de la Oficina del Ministerio de Ayuda, al 213-637-7650.

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA
Lunes: Daniel 9:4b-10; Lc 6:36-38
Martes: Isaiah 1:10,16-20; Matthew 23:1-12
Miércoles: Jeremiah 18:18-20; Matthew 20:17-28
Jueves: Jeremiah 17:5-10; Lc 16:19-31
Viernes: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Matthew 21:33-43,45-46
Sábado: Micah 7:14-15,18-20; Lc 15:1-3, 11-32
Domingo: Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15; Sal 103(102); 1 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12; Lc 13:1-9
Lecturas alternativas (Año A): Exodus 17:3-7; Sal 95(94); Romans 5:1-2,5-8; John 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]

RINCON FINANCIERO: Nuestro ingreso de la semana pasada fue -
Colecta Regular $7,019.00
Otros ingresos/donaciones $3,428.00
Total de ingresos $10,447.00
El promedio de gastos de la parroquia, incluyendo el pago de la deuda, es de $12,800.00 semanales. Gracias por su continuo apoyo.

Psalm 27:1
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1The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

Romans 1:30
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30Detractors, hateful to God, contumelious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Daniel 9:4
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4And I prayed to the Lord my God, and I made my confession, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord God, great and terrible, who keepest the covenant, and mercy to them that love thee, and keep thy commandments.

Luke 6:36-38
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36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

37Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.

38Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.

Isaiah 1:10,16-20
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10Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.

16Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes: cease to do perversely,

17Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.

18And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.

19If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.

20But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Matthew 23:1-12
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1Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

2Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.

3All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not; for they say, and do not.

4For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them.

5And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.

6And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,

7And salutations in the market place, and to be called by men, Rabbi.

8But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master; and all you are brethren.

9And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.

10Neither be ye called masters; for one is you master, Christ.

11He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.

12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Jeremiah 18:18-20
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18And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.

19Give heed to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries.

20Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, so speak good for them, and turn away thy indignation from them.

Matthew 20:17-28
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17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them:

18Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death.

19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified, and the third day he shall rise again.

20Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him.

21Who said to her: What wilt thou? She saith to him: Say that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom.

22And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to him: We can.

23He saith to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand, is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.

24And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

25But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they that are the greater, exercise power upon them.

26It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister:

27And he that will be first among you, shall be your servant.

28Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many.

Jeremiah 17:5-10
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5Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

6For he shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come: but he shall dwell in dryness in the desert in a salt land, and not inhabited.

7Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence.

8And he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture: and it shall not fear when the heat cometh. And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous, neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit.

9The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?

10I am the Lord who search the heart and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

Luke 16:19-31
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19There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen; and feasted sumptuously every day.

20And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,

21Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table, and no one did give him; moreover the dogs came, and licked his sores.

22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.

23And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom:

24And he cried, and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.

25And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazareth evil things, but now he is comforted; and thou art tormented.

26And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither.

27And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst send him to my father’s house, for I have five brethren,

28That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.

29And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

30But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.

31And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.

Matthew 21:33-43,45-46
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33Hear ye another parable. There was a man an householder, who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge round about it, and dug in it a press, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen; and went into a strange country.

34And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof.

35And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

36Again he sent other servants more than the former; and they did to them in like manner.

37And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son.

38But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.

39And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

40When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen?

41They say to him: He will bring those evil men to an evil end; and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, that shall render him the fruit in due season.

42Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.

43Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof.

45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them.

46And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes: because they held him as a prophet.

Micah 7:14-15,18-20
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14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy inheritance, them that dwell alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in Basan and Galaad according to the days of old.

15According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt I will shew him wonders.

18Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy.

19He will turn again, and have mercy on us: he will put away our iniquities: and he will cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea.

20Thou wilt perform the truth of Jacob, the mercy to Abraham: which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

Luke 15:1-3,11-32
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1Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.

2And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

3And he spoke to them this parable, saying:

11And he said: A certain man had two sons:

12And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his substance.

13And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously.

14And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

15And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine.

16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him.

17And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father’s house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger?

18I will arise, and will go to my father, and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee:

19I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

20And rising up he came to his father. And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and running to him fell upon his neck, and kissed him.

21And the son said to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, I am not now worthy to be called thy son.

22And the father said to his servants: Bring forth quickly the first robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:

24Because this my son was dead, and is come to life again: was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

25Now his elder son was in the field, and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing:

26And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

27And he said to him: Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe.

28And he was angry, and would not go in. His father therefore coming out began to entreat him.

29And he answering, said to his father: Behold, for so many years do I serve thee, and I have never transgressed thy commandment, and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends:

30But as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

31But he said to him: Son, thou art always with me, and all I have is thine.

32But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.

Exodus 3:1-8
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1Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

2And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire and was not burnt.

3And Moses said: I will go and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

4And when the Lord saw that he went forward to see, he called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said: Moses, Moses. And he answered: Here I am.

5And he said: Come not nigh hither, put off the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

6And he said: I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid his face: for he durst not look at God.

7And the Lord said to him: I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of the rigour of them that are over the works:

8And knowing their sorrow, I am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land into a good and spacious land, into a land that floweth with milk and honey, to the places of the Chanaanite, and Hethite, and Amorrhite, and Pherezite, and Hevite, and Jebusite.

1 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12
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1For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea.

2And all in Moses were baptized, in the cloud, and in the sea:

3And did all eat the same spiritual food,

4And all drank the same spiritual drink; (and they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.)

5But with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the desert.

6Now these things were done in a figure of us, that we should not covet evil things as they also coveted.

10Neither do you murmur: as some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

11Now all these things happened to them in figure: and they are written for our correction, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

12Wherefore he that thinketh himself to stand, let him take heed lest he fall.

Luke 13:1-9
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1And there were present, at that very time, some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

2And he answering, said to them: Think you that these Galileans were sinners above all the men of Galilee, because they suffered such things?

3No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish.

4Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, and slew them: think you, that they also were debtors above all the men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

5No, I say to you; but except you do penance, you shall all likewise perish.

6He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

7And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it done therefore: why cumbereth it the ground?

8But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it, and dung it.

9And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

Exodus 17:3-7
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3So the people were thirsty there for want of water, and murmured against Moses, saying: Why didst thou make us go forth out of Egypt, to kill us and our children, and our beasts with thirst?

4And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: What shall I do to this people? Yet a little more and they will stone me.

5And the Lord said to Moses: God before the people, and take with thee of the ancients of Israel: and take in thy hand the rod wherewith thou didst strike the river, and go.

6Behold I will stand there before thee, upon the rock Horeb: and thou shalt strike the rock, and water shall come out of it that the people may drink. Moses did so before the ancients of Israel:

7And he called the name of that place Temptation, because the chiding of the children of Israel, and for that they tempted the Lord, saying: Is the Lord amongst us or not?

Romans 5:1-2,5-8
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1Being justified therefore by faith, let us have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ:

2By whom also we have access through faith into this grace, wherein we stand, and glory in the hope of the glory of the sons of God.

5And hope confoundeth not: because the charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost, who is given to us.

6For why did Christ, when as yet we were weak, according to the time, die for the ungodly?

7For scarce for a just man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man some one would dare to die.

8But God commendeth his charity towards us; because when as yet we were sinners, according to the time,

John 4:5-42
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5He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

6Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. Jesus saith to her: Give me to drink.

8For his disciples were gone into the city to buy meats.

9Then that Samaritan woman saith to him: How dost thou, being a Jew, ask of me to drink, who am a Samaritan woman? For the Jews do not communicate with the Samaritans.

10Jesus answered, and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God, and who he is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

11The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to draw, and the well is deep; from whence then hast thou living water?

12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

13Jesus answered, and said to her: Whosoever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again; but he that shall drink of the water that I will give him, shall not thirst for ever:

14But the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting.

15The woman saith to him: Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.

16Jesus saith to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

17The woman answered, and said: I have no husband. Jesus said to her: Thou hast said well, I have no husband:

18For thou hast had five husbands: and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband. This thou hast said truly.

19The woman saith to him: Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

20Our fathers adored on this mountain, and you say, that at Jerusalem is the place where men must adore.

21Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe me, that the hour cometh, when you shall neither on this mountain, not in Jerusalem, adore the Father.

22You adore that which you know not: we adore that which we know; for salvation is of the Jews.

23But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeketh such to adore him.

24God is a spirit; and they that adore him, must adore him in spirit and in truth.

25The woman saith to him: I know that the Messias cometh (who is called Christ). Therefore, when he is come, he will tell us all things.

26Jesus saith to her: I am he, who am speaking with thee.

27And immediately his disciples came; and they wondered that he talked with the woman. Yet no man said: What seekest thou? or, why talkest thou with her?

28The woman therefore left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men there:

29Come, and see a man who has told me all things whatsoever I have done. Is not he the Christ?

30They went therefore out of the city, and came unto him.

31In the mean time the disciples prayed him, saying: Rabbi, eat.

32But he said to them: I have meat to eat, which you know not.

33The disciples therefore said one to another: Hath any man brought him to eat?

34Jesus saith to them: My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, that I may perfect his work.

35Do you not say, There are yet four months, and then the harvest cometh? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and see the countries; for they are white already to harvest.

36And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life everlasting: that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, may rejoice together.

37For in this is the saying true: That it is one man that soweth, and it is another that reapeth.

38I have sent you to reap that in which you did not labour: others have laboured, and you have entered into their labours.

39Now of that city many of the Samaritans believed in him, for the word of the woman giving testimony: He told me all things whatsoever I have done.

40So when the Samaritans were come to him, they desired that he would tarry there. And he abode there two days.

41And many more believed in him because of his own word.

42And they said to the woman: We now believe, not for thy saying: for we ourselves have heard him, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.