This is what we see in King Herod.

John comes alive with many heads and tongues in the mind of Herod,

Herod’s guilt keeps eating him away.

Only a genuine confession of sins and reparation,

repent and turn back to the Lord, can heal us of such internal wounds. 

Blessed Virgin Mary

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Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24

Then the priests and the prophets said

Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus' story

Martha, Mary, and their brother Lazarus were evidently close friends of Jesus.

Martha generously offered him hospitality, Mary listened attentively to his words

and Lazarus promptly emerged from the tomb.

Saint Martha, Saint Mary and Saint Lazarus

1st Reading: Jeremiah 13:1-11

This is what Yahweh said to me:

 I suggested he sincerely ask God for the gift of faith and to reveal his son to him.

 he would know Jesus exists and who Jesus is when he experiences genuine love.

St. Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop/ St. Peter Julian Eymard, priest

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Jeremiah 26:1-9

At the beginning of the reign

People are out in the open following the Lord and listening to every word that comes from His mouth. It must have been their hunger for the word of life.'

He also makes use of other created reality to nourish us and hence for us to experience his boundless and overflowing goodness.

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2 Kings 4:42-44

A man came from

  For, nothing is more precious for a potter than the clay in his hands.

Being a professional, he knows what to do with the clay;

If we could keep surrendering to God’s will on a daily basis!

Totally surrendering itself to be shaped the way .

St. Alphonsus Liguori, bishop & doctor

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Jeremiah 18:1-6

This is the word of Yahweh

Jesus is sowing gospel seeds throughout the world.

The enemy is in the world spreading counterfeit seed.

Evil sometimes mix with the good. It subtly grows and wreak havoc.

Blessed Virgin Mary

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Jeremiah 7:1-11

These words were spoken

“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure

The Kingdom of God is worth far more than anything else.

St. Ignatius of Loyola, priest

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Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21

Woe is me, Mother,

 What does the parable mean?

Jesus teachings because it is drawn from the ordinary popular life exeriences of people.

The heart is important in receiving God’s word.

Clean our hearts from things that might choke the fertile capacity of God’s word to grow in our lives.

It determines the abundance of harvest one could make when listening to God’s word.

 Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Jeremiah 3:14-17

Come back, faithless people –

We have Jesus coming into the world to spread his kingdom of Life and Light in people’s hearts.

Weeds would always be present around us.

At the end of time the faithful sons of the kingdom and the unfaithful sons .

of the evil one at their respective judgments.

Then The just will shine....in the kingdom of their father.

In the last days those who allow themselves to become instruments of the evil one will not go unpunished.

 St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop & doctor

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Jeremiah 14:17-22

This you will say to them:

Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Jesus is calling the disciples to follow the same path to greatness: humble, sacrificial service to each other.

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1st Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15

However, we carry this treasure