"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,

             “The preacher of God's truth, has told us, that all who want to live righteously, in Christ, will suffer persecution.”

 St. Raymond of Penyafort, priest

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1 John 4:7-10

My dear friends,

“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

“My only ambition is to serve God in the most obscure tasks.”

St. Andre Bessette, religious

 1st Reading: 1 John 3:22-4:6

Whatever we ask, we shall receive,

『Faith moves not only mountains – it moves the hands and heart of God as well.』

The leprosy-affected man, daring to approach Jesus and express such hope in God’s love.

love of God had indeed manifested itself in our midst, dwelling among us,

We need to be forgiven and healed. When we are able to forgive others and heal them

with the love that God has loved us with, we reveal God to others.

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1 John 5:5-13

Who has overcome the world?

                    "Giving Christ first place in your life." 

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Isaiah 60:1-6

Arise, shine, for your light has come.

Jesus declares his mission, quoting Isaiah.

And as Jesus proclaimed those words of the Scriptures,

He proclaimed the fulfilment of everything that had been prophesied,

all the miracles and signs He had performed,

all were the evidence that He was the Messiah that had been promised.

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1 John 4:19-5:4

So, let us love one another, Since he loved us first.

“Faith lifts the soul hope supports it Experience says it must and love says Let it be!”

 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious

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1 John 3:7-10

My little children,

 Perfect love casts out fear.

Love sees everything and reaches out every time.

If we put our faith and trust in Him,

even though we may encounter challenges, difficulties, in our path.

as long as we remain firmly faithful in Him,

then we shall not falter and shall continue to sail through the storms

and troubles of life with God by our side, as He leads us to the right path. 

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1 John 4:11-18

Dear friends,

 
Today we celebrate the ‘Holy Name of Jesus.’

His name comes from the Hebrew name Yeshua meaning ‘to deliver,’ ‘to rescue.’That is what he was:

Jesus' Name. It was the Archangel Gabriel who first spoke the name of Jesus to His mother,

“Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus”

“…at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father”

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1 John 2:29-3:6

You know that he is the Just One: