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2 kings 4:8-11, 14-16a

One day Elisha went to Shu­nem,

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2 kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36*

Again Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah with these words,

St. Cyril of Alexandria, bishop & doctor 

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Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19*

Without pity Yahweh has shattered in Jacob every dwelling.

St. Paulinus of Nola, bishop 

Sts. John Fisher & Thomas More, martyrs 

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2 kings 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18

The army of the king of Asshur subjected the whole of Israel,

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2 Kings 25:1-12

In the ninth year of Zede­kiah’s reign,

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Jeremiah 20:10-13

 I hear many people whispering,

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2 Kings 24:8-17

 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he succeeded his father,

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2 Chronicles 24:17-25

After the death of Jehoiada,

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Isaiah 49:1-6*

Listen to me, O islands, pay attention,

This Heart calls to our heart. By handing ourselves over to him and with him,

which alone is eternity and which alone sustains the world.”

‘They shall look on him whom they pierced.’ were the price of our salvation.

Lord, like John the Beloved Disciple, rest my weary head on your heart,

so that I may know how real, how true, how fleshand-blood your love is for me.

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Deuteronomy : 7:6-11

You are a people consecrated to Yahweh, your God.