'The Lord's Prayer 'is truly the summary of the whole gospel.'

we become aware of our own frailty as we adore and worship the living God.

we are asking that God's ways happen here, as they are fully obeyed in Heaven. 

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1st Reading: Jonah 4:1-11

 But Jonah was greatly

The cost of love is sacrifice, This is the way of the Lord.

Focusing on the Depth of Christ's Love for Us

the cost of his love was himself—his life.

""Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends."

To love is to choose suffering for the sake of another. Jesus has loved you this way.

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Wisdom of Solomon 9:13-18b

Indeed,

According to Church tradition we all have an angel with us, who guards us...

God said: 'I send an angel before you, to guard you,

to accompany you on the way, so you will not make a mistake.

The Holy Guardian Angels

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Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12

In the seventh month,

 Most Jews who observe Shabbat regard it as having been instituted as a biblical covenant.

Sabbath desecration was cause for cutting off from the assembly.

Shabbat in Judaism is a weekly day of rest observed from sundown on Friday

until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night.

Blessed Virgin Mary

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Colossians 1:21-23

You yourselves

St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor

               “ You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions,

                                 nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.”

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1st Reading: Nehemiah 2:1-8

In the month of Nisan,

 Now all of us are here in the second estate of our journey of progression toward a kingdom of glory

as part of God’s great plan of salvation and exaltation.

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Colossians 1:15-20

He is the image of

 "Fortunate are you..."

"Fortunate are you when people hate you, when they reject you

and insult you and number you among criminals,

because of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy." 

1st Reading: Colossians 3:1-11

So then,

 "Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch."

When we listen to God and act on His word,

committing ourselves to His will in a radical and deep way,

He will produce an abundant catch of souls.

Jesus performs this miracle to awaken faith in Simon.

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Colossians 1:9-14

Because of this,

 St. Peter Claver, priest

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

We must love nothing but him, or if we love anything else, we must love it, only for his sake.”

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Colossians 2:6-15

If you have accepted

St. Gregory the Great, pope and doctor

“God is within all things but not included: outside all things but not excluded.

God is above all things but not beyond their reach.”

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Colossians 1:1-8

Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus,