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“You may stain your sword with my blood but you will never profane my body that I have consecrated to Christ.”
St. Agnes, virgin & martyr
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Hebrews 6:10-20
God is not unjust,
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"No one sews a piece of new cloth on an old coat."
St. Fabian, pope & martyr
St. Sebastian, martyr
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Hebrews 5:1-10
Every high priest
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Jesus would cure the sick, cast out evil spirits and proclaim the Kingdom of God.
With all his compassion and love for people, Jesus is not emotionally enslaved to them.
Hence, when the disciples tell him that everyone was looking for him,
Jesus tells that he has to move on, to other people and places.
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Hebrews 2:14-18
And because all those
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"Do whatever he tells you."
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Isaiah 62:1-5
For Zion's sake
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– he teaches with authority and casts out evil forces with authority.
Why even the evil spirits obey Him. His power is His integrity.
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Hebrews 2:5-12
The angels
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"I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Blessed Virgin Mary
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Hebrews 4:12-16
For the word of God
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“There is no space where god is not; space does not exist apart from him.”
St. Hilary, bishop & doctor
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Hebrews 1:1-6
God has spoken,
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“The illusions of this world soon vanish, especially if a man arms himself with the sign of the cross.”
St. Anthony, abbot
＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊
Hebrews 4:1-5, 11
Therefore, let us
列印 "Not worthy to untie his sandal."
John proclaims the coming of someone mightier than he.
We became members of God's family when we were baptized in the name of the Triune God.
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Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11
Be comforted, my people,
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"Be instruments of Christ's loving mercy."
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Hebrews 3:7-14
Listen to what the Holy Spirit says:
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“He must increase, and I must decrease,”
John the Baptist played his role to perfection.
John the Baptist humbly states that Jesus must become greater while he becomes less.
This teaches us the importance of humility, recognizing that Jesus is the center of our faith.
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1 John 5:14-21
Through him we are fully confident
