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Isaiah 40: 1-11

 Be comforted, my people, be strengthened, says your God.  

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 Daniel 6: 12-28*

(……) The king, therefore, could not help giving the order

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Genesis 3: 9-15, 20

 Yahweh God called the man saying to him, “Where are you?”

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Daniel 5: 1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28*

 (…..) Under the influence of wine,

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Isaiah 11: 1-10

  From the stump of Jesse a shoot will come forth; from his roots a branch will grow and bear fruit.

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 Daniel 2: 31-45*

In your vision you saw a statue – very large, very bright, terrible to look at.

St. Ambrose, bishop  & doctor 

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 Isaiah 30: 19-21, 23-26

 O people of Zion, who dwell in Jeru­salem, you will weep no more.

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Daniel 1: 1-6, 8-20*

  As Daniel was resolved not to make himself unclean with the king’s food  or  wine,

St. Nicholas, bishop 

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Isaiah  29: 17-24

In a very short time, Lebanon will become a fruitful field and the fruitful field will be as a forest.  

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2 Smuel  5: 1-3

All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said,