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Hollywood, CA since 1904

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14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Admin on 05-07-2008 | Parish |  


For the Week of July 6 - 12, 2008

BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH 2008 PARISH STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
TIME- TALENT-TREASURE
FOLLOW-UP SUNDAY
This weekend we have envelopes available on the church racks, on both entrances of the church, for those who have not yet made their commitment for the Stewardship Program- Time, Talent, and Treasure Campaign.Only those who were not present last Sunday, or whoever, for some reason, did not make a commitment at that time, can do it now.
Please make a conscious effort to commit your family to financially support the work of the Lord at Blessed Sacrament Parish, and at the same time, take this opportunity to
collaborate with your Time, Talent, and Treasure in our parish by joining one of our listed ministries.We request that only one adult family member fills out the Stewardship Commitment form. If you have already made a commitment, you do not need to do it again. We also would like to encourage you that when making your donation please use your checks and/or donation envelopes.
Please deposit your commitment envelopes in the box located near the altar. It is very helpful to us to know how many members of our parish are actively involved in our ministries, and in offering their financial support.
Thank you in advance for you generosity!

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES COLLECTION FOR THE TYPHOON VICTIMS IN THE PHILIPPINES: The sixth tropical cyclone that strike the Philippines this year, has caused massive devastation in the entire country. Catholic Relief Services and the National Secretarial for Social Action Justice and Peace is responding with emergency relief providing food, medicines, shelters, etc. Our Archdiocese, in a spirit of Christian solidarity, wishes to extend our prayers and financial assistance to the people of the Philippines. Anyone who would like to donate can send their check payable to:
CRS/ADLA-PHILIPPINES RELIEF
3424 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010-2202.
Thank you for your charity and generosity!

SCHOOL NEWS: Applications are available in the school office. It’s not too late to register for the 2008-2009 school year. We have affordable tuition rates. Please call the school office for more details at 323 467-4177

VIRTUS WORKSHOP: For Liturgical Ministers, Catechists, School, Social Services and Parish Personnel. The Virtus Workshop - For the Protection of Children will be offered at Blessed Sacrament on Saturday, August 16 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. There will be two workshops, one in English and one in Spanish. Please mark you calendars and plan to attend this workshop if you have not done so in the past. Protecting our children is of prime concern for our parish.

NEXT WEEK’S SUNDAY SALES COORDINATOR: CCD (coffee & donuts)

JOIN THE CATHOLIC LEGISLATIVE ACTION NETWORK: You can make a big difference in just five minutes. Join the network and the California Catholic Conference will e-mail you updates regarding important issues, and how you can speak out on them. Go to http://www.cacatholic.org/ to sign up.

Did You Know? Victims Assistance Ministry
The Office of Victims Assistance Ministry of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles deals with allegations of past or current sexual abuse by clergy, religious and any lay person working or volunteering for the archdiocese. The office is charged with creating a safe and compassionate environment for victims to come forward, while ensuring that civil authorities are notified and victims are provided counseling and other assistance in the healing process. To contact Victims Assistance Ministry, call 213 637 7650. For particular help you may call: Mrs. Gloria Galarza, Coordinator Protecting our Children Program, phone: (323) 462-3646, or Sr. Sheila McNiff, Director of Assistance Ministry at (213) 637-7650.

ATTENTION PARISHIONERS: Please use your church donation envelopes when making you contributions. Donation envelopes are mailed every two months. If you are not currently receiving donation envelopes, you might not be registered with the parish, and/or we do not have updated information in our files. Help us to maintain our administrative costs low. Call the rectory office to report your new address, telephone number, addition/deletion of a dependent, change of marital status, etc. (323) 462-6311

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS: Enrollment is open for all those children, youth and adults seeking preparation for the Sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation for the new school year 2008-09. Please come and/or call the Office of Religious Education directly for more information-(323) 463-9820.

CARNIVAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: If you have experience as an ad sales representative, your time and talent are needed as a volunteer for the Carnival Solicitations committee. The committee is looking for volunteers to help with fund raising by selling ad space in this year’s Carnival Media Guide. To volunteer, or to purchase ad space, please contact Valerie Milano at 353 953-9853.

MASS INTENTIONS
Sunday July 6 - 09 :00 Guillermo Sanchez, 2nd Intention- San Judas Tadeo; 11:00 Living & Deceased Members of the Parish; 01:00 Carlos Y Transito Ayala, 2nd Intention Paula Cibrian
Monday July 7 - 08:00 Diana & Alejandra Ramos; 12:00 Fr. John Brennan, SJ
Tuesday July 8 - 08:00 Jesuit Community; 12:00 Bernadette & George Wendt
Wednesday July 9 - 08:00 Jesuit Community; 12:00 Jesuit Community
Thursday July 10 - 08:00 Jesuit Community; 12:00 Aurora Mejia
Friday July 11 - 08:00 Migdalia de Jesus; 12:00 Jacinto & Soledad Yamzon; 07:30 Martha Sylvia, 2nd Intention Ana Maria Lopez
Saturday July 12 - 08:00 Nancy Nayeli Mendez, 2nd Intention Maricela Nery

PRESIDERS FOR NEXT WEEK:
Sat/Sáb July 12 - 6:00 pm Fr. Jim Doogan
Sun/Dom July 13 - 7:30 am Fr. Mike Mandala; 9:00 am Fr. Wayne Negrete; 11:00 am Fr. Mike Mandala; 1:00 pm Fr. Wayne Negrete; 5:30 pm Fr. Jim Doogan

READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: HHosea 2:16,17b-18, 21-22; Matthew 9:18-26
Tuesday: HHosea 8:4-7,11-13; Matthew 9:32-38
Wednesday: HHosea 10:1-3,12; Matthew 10:1-7
Thursday: HHosea 11:1-4,8c-9; Matthew 10:7-15
Friday: HHosea 14:2-10; Matthew 10:16-23
Saturday: Isaiah 6:1-8; Matthew 10:24-33
Sunday: Isaiah 55:10-11; Ps 65; Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-23 [1-9]

FINANCE CORNER - Our income last week was:
Regular Collection $ 7,647.00
Other income/donations $ 2,368.00
Total weekly income $ 10,015.00
The average expenses for the parish, including payment of the debt, are $12,800.00 weekly. Thank you for your continued support.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION: It’s Independence Day weekend, and we are in the middle of a series on the Eucharistic Prayer. There is a link worth tracing between the Declaration of Independence and the language of liturgy. One of the signers of the Declaration on that July 4 long ago was Charles Carroll, probably the wealthiest man in the colonies and one of the few Catholics on the political scene. As a flourish to his signature, he sought to distinguish himself from other prominent citizens bearing the same name by penning “Charles Carroll of Carrolltown”–a defiant “come and get me if you dare” postscript aimed at the British. Carroll’s brother John was a priest and patriot who in 1789 was given the task of organizing the Catholic Church in this country. By 1791 he had assembled a synod, or assembly of delegates, to launch that task formally. Archbishop Carroll wanted to gain acceptance of our faith by American people who mistrusted our customs and could not comprehend our liturgy. He made the amazing proposal to Rome that our liturgy should be prayed not in Latin, but in the vernacular, English. His wish was denied, but one hundred sixty years later, his deep desire helped the American bishops and scholars at the Second Vatican Council to win the vote in favor of the vernacular not just for the United States, but for the Church throughout the world. –Rev. James Field, (c) Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

IGLESIA DEL SANTISIMO SACRAMENTO PROGRAMA DEL COMPROMISO PARROQUIAL 2008
TIEMPO-TALENTO-TESORO
II DOMINGO DEL COMPROMISO
Este fin de semana tenemos sobres disponibles en los casilleros en ambas entradas de la Iglesia para los que aún no han hecho su compromiso para el Programa de Nuestro Compromiso parroquial, con nuestra Campaña-Tiempo, Talento y Tesoro. Sólo aquellos que estuvieron ausentes el Domingo pasado, o quienes por alguna razón no hicieron su compromiso en esa fecha, lo pueden hacer hoy.
Les rogamos tomen una decisión consciente y se comprometan a apoyar financieramente el trabajo que Dios nos ha encomendado aquí en la Parroquia del Santísimo Sacramento, y al mismo tiempo, aprovechar esta oportunidad para colaborar con su Tiempo, Talento y
Tesoro uniéndose al los diferentes ministerios que tenemos en nuestra parroquia. Les pedimos encarecidamente que sólo una persona adulta por familia llene el formulario del compromiso.
Si Ud. ya hizo su compromiso, no necesita volver a hacerlo.
Por favor usen sus cheques personales y/o los sobres que les envía la parroquia para hacer su donaciones. Esto nos ayuda a saber cuantos miembros de la parroquia están activamente envueltos en su sostenimiento financiero y ministerial. Por favor deposite su sobre de compromiso en la caja que se encuentra cerca del Altar. Gracias por su generosidad!

DONACION PARA LAS VICTIMAS DEL TIFON QUE AZOTO LAS FILIPINAS: El sexto ciclón que azotó las Filipinas este año ha sido devastador para todo el país. El Departamento de Servicios Católicos de Ayuda en Emergencias y el Secretariado Nacional a cargo de la Justicia Social están respondiendo con ayuda de emergencia distribuyendo comida, medicinas, y proveyendo abrigos para estas personas. Nuestra Diócesis, en un espíritu de solidaridad Cristiana, desea extender nuestras oraciones y ayuda financiera a todo el pueblo de las Filipinas. Las personas que deseen contribuir con esta causa, favor hacer sus cheques a nombre de y mandar directamente a:
CRS/ADLA-PHILIPPINES
3424 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010-2202
Gracias por su ayuda y generosidad!

NOTICIAS DE LA ESCUELA: Las matriculas para el año escolar 2008-2009 todavía están abiertas. Las mensualidades escolares son bien razonables y cómodas. Para mas información llamar a la oficina de la escuela 323 467-4177

TALLER DEL PROGRAMA VIRTUS: Para Ministros de Liturgia, Catequistas, La Escuela, El Centro de Servicios Sociales y el Personal de la Parroquia Taller del programa Virtus- para la protección de los niños se llevará a cabo el sábado 16 de Agosto de 10:00am a 1:pm, en la Iglesia del Santísimo Sacramento. Habrá dos talleres, uno en inglés y el otro en español. Por favor marque su calendario. Este taller es sólo para las personas que aún no lo han tomado. Proteger a los niños es una de nuestras mayores preocupaciones aquí en nuestra parroquia.

NECESITAMOS VOLUNTARIOS: Si usted tiene experiencia como represéntate de ventas publicas, necesitamos de su tiempo y talento. El comité de solicitaciones del carnaval busca voluntarios que ayuden a recaudar fondos vendiendo espacios de anuncios en la GUIA DE MEDIOS para este año . Para ser voluntario o para comprar un espacio favor de contactar a Valerie Milano al 323 953-9853

Sabe Usted? Ministerio de Asistencia para las victimas
La Oficina del Ministerio de Asistencia para Victimas de Abuso de la Arquidiócesis de Los Angeles se encarga de alegaciones anteriores y actuales de abuso sexual por parte del clero, religiosos, o cualquier persona trabajando o de voluntario en la Arquidiócesis. Esta oficina tiene como mandato el crear y mantener un ambiente seguro y compasivo para que las victimas se acerquen mientras asegurando que las autoridades civiles son notificadas y las victimas son proveídas con consejeros y otra asistencia durante el proceso de sanación.
Para obtener ayuda usted puede llamar: Sra. Gloria Galarza, Coordinadora del Programa Telf.: (323) 462-3646, ó Hna Sheila McNiff, Directora de la Oficina del Ministerio de Ayuda, al 213-637-7650.

COORDINADORES DE LA VENTA DEL PROXIMO DOMINGO: CCD (café & donuts)

ATENCION FELIGRESES: Por favor usen los sobres que envía la Iglesia para hacer sus donaciones. Estos sobres son enviados cada dos meses. Si Ud no los recibe, puede ser que sea porque usted no está inscrito en la parroquia, y/o que los datos que tenemos no están correctos. Ayúdennos a mantener nuestros costos administrativos bajos, llamen a la oficina de la rectoría toda vez que tengan algún cambio de nombre, dirección, teléfono, estado civil, etc. (323) 462-6311. Gracias!!

EDUCACION RELIGIOSA: El programa de Educación Religiosa está recibiendo solicitudes para la preparación a los Sacramentos de Primera Comunión y Confirmación de niños y adultos para su programa del 2008-09 a comenzar en Septiembre. Sírvanse llamar o venir a la Oficina de Educación Religiosa directamente para informes (323) 463-9820.

UNASE A LA RED LEGISLATIVA CATOLICA: Usted puede hacer la diferencia en solo cinco minutos. Únase a la conferencia de L Red Legislativa Católica a través de su correo electrónico y póngase al día con información importante y comisarse con ellos. vaya al http://www.cacatholic.org./

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA
Lunes: Hosea 2:16,17b-18, 21-22; Matthew 9:18-26
Martes: Hosea 8:4-7,11-13; Matthew 9:32-38
Miércoles: Hosea 10:1-3,12; Matthew 10:1-7
Jueves: Hosea 11:1-4,8c-9; Matthew 10:7-15
Viernes: Hosea 14:2-10; Matthew 10:16-23
Sábado: Isaiah 6:1-8; Matthew 10:24-33
Domingo: Isaiah 55:10-11; Sal 65(64); Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-23 [13:1-9]

RINCÓN FINANCIERO - Nuestro ingreso de la semana pasada fue:
Colecta regular $ 7,647.00
Otros Ingresos / donaciones $ 2,368.00
Total de ingresos $ 10,015.00
El promedio de gastos de la parroquia, incluyendo el pago de la deuda, es de $12,800.00 semanales. Gracias por su continuo apoyo.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE: El mensaje de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá o la Chinita como cariñosamente la llaman sus fieles, es sencillo: “Déjate renovar por Dios”. Renovación que ella misma recibió milagrosamente en el año 1586. En ese entonces, su imagen pertenecía a Doña María, una mujer sevillana de mucha piedad. Doña María había recibido como herencia por parte de su hermano Antonio una pintura de la Virgen del Rosario en tan mal estado que no se podía distinguir ni la Virgen madre con el niño Dios en sus brazos o los santos Antonio de Padova y Andrés apóstol. No obstante la mala condición de la pintura, Doña María la colocó en su capilla donde pasaba las mañanas en oración. Un día, una indígena y su niño pasaban por la puerta de la capilla cuando notaron un gran brillo que venia del rostro de María iluminando el resto del cuadro con colores vivos y brillantes. Inmediatamente llamaron a Doña María, quien pudo ser testigo de la milagrosa renovación. Como algo muy interesante, la imagen de cerca se ve borrosa y dañada, pero de lejos adquiere distinción y nitidez. –Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.

Hosea 2:16,17
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16And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord, That she shall call me: My husband, and she shall call me no more Baali.
17And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and she shall no more remember their name.
Matthew 9:18-26
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18And he was speaking these things unto them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
19And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples.
20And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.
21For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed.
22But Jesus turning and seeing her, said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
23And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout,
24He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
25And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose.
26And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.
Hosea 8:4-7,11-13
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4They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver, and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish.
5Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?
6For itself also is the invention of Israel: a workman made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Samaria shall be turned to spiders’ webs.
7For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.
11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.
12I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.
13They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Matthew 9:32-38
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32And when they were gone out, behold they brought him a dumb man, possessed with a devil.
33And after the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitudes wondered, saying, Never was the like seen in Israel.
34But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out devils.
35And Jesus went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity.
36And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.
37Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.
38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.
Hosea 10:1-3,12
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1Israel a vine full of branches, the fruit is agreeable to it: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath multiplied altars, according to the plenty of his land he hath abounded with idols.
2Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.
3For now they shall say: We have no king: because we fear not the Lord: and what shall a king do to us?
12Sow for yourselves in justice, and reap in the mouth of mercy, break up your fallow ground: but the time to seek the Lord is, when he shall come that shall teach you justice.
Matthew 10:1-7
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1And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities.
2And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
3James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,
4Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.
6But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Hosea 11:1-4,8
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1As the morning passeth, so hath the king of Israel Israel was a child, and I loved him: and I called my son out of Egypt.
2As they called them, they went away from before their face: they offered victims to Baalim, and sacrificed to idols.
3And I was like a foster father to Ephraim, I carried them in my arms: and they knew not that I healed them.
4I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love: and I will be to them as one that taketh off the yoke on their jaws: and I put his meat to him that he might eat.
8How shall I deal with thee, O Ephraim, shall I protect thee, O Israel? how shall I make thee as Adama, shall I set thee as Seboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentance is stirred up.
Matthew 10:7-15
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7And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give.
9Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses:
10Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat.
11And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till you go thence.
12And when you come into the house, salute it, saying: Peace be to this house.
13And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.
14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words: going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet.
15Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Hosea 14:2-10
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2Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen down by thy iniquity.
3Take with you words, and return to the Lord, and say to him: Take away all iniquity, and receive the good: and we will render the calves of our lips.
4Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more: The works of our hands are our gods, for thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless that is in thee.
5I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.
6I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.
7His branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree: and his smell as that of Libanus.
8They shall be converted that sit under his shadow: they shall live upon wheat, and they shall blossom as a vine: his memorial shall be as the wine of Libanus.
9Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I will hear him, and I will make him flourish like a green fir tree: from me is thy fruit found.
10Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know these things? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them.
Matthew 10:16-23
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16Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.
17But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
18And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:
19But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak.
20For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
21The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death.
22And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.
23And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.
Isaiah 6:1-8
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1In the year that king Ozias died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and elevated: and his train filled the temple.
2Upon it stood the seraphims: the one had six wings, and the other had six wings: with two they covered his face, and with two they covered his feet, and with two they hew.
3And they cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory.
4And the lintels of the doors were moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.
6And one of the seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a live coal, which he had taken with the tongs off the altar.
7And he touched my mouth, and said: Behold this hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquities shall be taken away, and thy sin shall be cleansed.
8And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send? and who shall go for us? And I said: Lo, here am I, send me.
Matthew 10:24-33
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24The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.
25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?
26Therefore fear them not. For nothing is covered that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known.
27That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.
28And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.
29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.
30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.
32Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
33But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
Isaiah 55:10-11
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10And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.
Romans 8:18-23
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18For I reckon that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come, that shall be revealed in us.
19For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the revelation of the sons of God.
20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope:
21Because the creature also itself shall be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
22For we know that every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain, even till now.
23And not only it, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of the sons of God, the redemption of our body.
Matthew 13:1-23
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1The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea side.
2And great multitudes were gathered unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore.
3And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.
4And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.
5And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.
6And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.
7And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them.
8And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.
9He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?
11Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.
12For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.
13Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive.
15For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
16But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
17For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men 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.
18Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.
19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side.
20And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.
21Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.
22And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choketh up the word, and he becometh fruitless.
23But he that received the seed upon good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one an hundredfold, and another sixty, and another thirty.
Hosea 2:16,17
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16And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord, That she shall call me: My husband, and she shall call me no more Baali.
17And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and she shall no more remember their name.
Matthew 9:18-26
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18And he was speaking these things unto them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
19And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples.
20And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.
21For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed.
22But Jesus turning and seeing her, said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
23And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout,
24He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
25And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose.
26And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.
Hosea 8:4-7,11-13
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4They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver, and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish.
5Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off, my wrath is kindled against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?
6For itself also is the invention of Israel: a workman made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Samaria shall be turned to spiders’ webs.
7For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.
11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.
12I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.
13They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Matthew 9:32-38
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32And when they were gone out, behold they brought him a dumb man, possessed with a devil.
33And after the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitudes wondered, saying, Never was the like seen in Israel.
34But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out devils.
35And Jesus went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity.
36And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.
37Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.
38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.
Hosea 10:1-3,12
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1Israel a vine full of branches, the fruit is agreeable to it: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath multiplied altars, according to the plenty of his land he hath abounded with idols.
2Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.
3For now they shall say: We have no king: because we fear not the Lord: and what shall a king do to us?
12Sow for yourselves in justice, and reap in the mouth of mercy, break up your fallow ground: but the time to seek the Lord is, when he shall come that shall teach you justice.
Matthew 10:1-7
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1And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities.
2And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
3James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,
4Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.
6But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Hosea 11:1-4,8
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1As the morning passeth, so hath the king of Israel Israel was a child, and I loved him: and I called my son out of Egypt.
2As they called them, they went away from before their face: they offered victims to Baalim, and sacrificed to idols.
3And I was like a foster father to Ephraim, I carried them in my arms: and they knew not that I healed them.
4I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love: and I will be to them as one that taketh off the yoke on their jaws: and I put his meat to him that he might eat.
8How shall I deal with thee, O Ephraim, shall I protect thee, O Israel? how shall I make thee as Adama, shall I set thee as Seboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentance is stirred up.
Matthew 10:7-15
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7And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give.
9Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses:
10Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat.
11And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till you go thence.
12And when you come into the house, salute it, saying: Peace be to this house.
13And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.
14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words: going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet.
15Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Hosea 14:2-10
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2Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen down by thy iniquity.
3Take with you words, and return to the Lord, and say to him: Take away all iniquity, and receive the good: and we will render the calves of our lips.
4Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more: The works of our hands are our gods, for thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless that is in thee.
5I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.
6I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.
7His branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree: and his smell as that of Libanus.
8They shall be converted that sit under his shadow: they shall live upon wheat, and they shall blossom as a vine: his memorial shall be as the wine of Libanus.
9Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I will hear him, and I will make him flourish like a green fir tree: from me is thy fruit found.
10Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know these things? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall in them.
Matthew 10:16-23
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16Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.
17But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
18And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:
19But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak.
20For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
21The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death.
22And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.
23And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.
Isaiah 6:1-8
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1In the year that king Ozias died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and elevated: and his train filled the temple.
2Upon it stood the seraphims: the one had six wings, and the other had six wings: with two they covered his face, and with two they covered his feet, and with two they hew.
3And they cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory.
4And the lintels of the doors were moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.
6And one of the seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a live coal, which he had taken with the tongs off the altar.
7And he touched my mouth, and said: Behold this hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquities shall be taken away, and thy sin shall be cleansed.
8And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send? and who shall go for us? And I said: Lo, here am I, send me.
Matthew 10:24-33
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24The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.
25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?
26Therefore fear them not. For nothing is covered that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known.
27That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.
28And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.
29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.
30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.
32Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
33But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
Isaiah 55:10-11
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10And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.
Romans 8:18-23
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18For I reckon that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come, that shall be revealed in us.
19For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the revelation of the sons of God.
20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope:
21Because the creature also itself shall be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
22For we know that every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain, even till now.
23And not only it, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of the sons of God, the redemption of our body.
Matthew 13:1-23
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1The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea side.
2And great multitudes were gathered unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore.
3And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.
4And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.
5And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.
6And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.
7And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them.
8And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.
9He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?
11Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.
12For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.
13Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive.
15For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
16But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
17For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men 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.
18Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.
19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side.
20And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.
21Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.
22And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choketh up the word, and he becometh fruitless.
23But he that received the seed upon good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one an hundredfold, and another sixty, and another thirty.

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