The garden of Eden was perfect—a place without sin, death, or suffering—

                      and Adam and Eve were innocent, not knowing evil until they disobeyed God’s command .

 

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Genesis 3:9-24*

The Lord God called the man

     I know what my duty is. With the grace of God,

     I will carry it out to the end without hatred towards anyone,

     and without fear from anyone. 

 

 

St. Scholastica, virgin

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Genesis 1:1-19

In the beginning,

 

Jesus touched his person, and order “be opened!

an order not merely directed to his senses, but to his very being.

Jesus does not give up on us, to open us, up to God’s grace and healing.

 

St. Cyril, monk,

St. Methodius, bishop

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Genesis 3:1-8

Now the serpent

 

　 "Put out into the deep."

　　Ｏur union with Christ through prayer and the sacraments

　　　is the essential fuel to our apostolic fervor. 

　　　　　　　

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Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8

In the year

 

             "God cares for his people."

             Faith changes everything.

             Faith in this is the basis for salvaion.

           

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Genesis 2:18-25

The Lord God said,

 

 

             With your patience you will save your soul.  

                                                                          - St. Jerome Emiliani

 

Blessed Virgin Mary 

St. Jerome Emiliani, priest 

St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin

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Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21

Let us, then, continually offer,

 

 "To choose God and choose the good."

 

People have gravitated toward religious rituals as a way to draw close to God.

Jesus is telling the people that following God is not about any external ritual.

 

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Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17

On the day that the Lord God

           

  " Examine our conscience."

Agents of God who challenge those in power usually suffer significant consequences.

 

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Hebrews 13:1-8

Let mutual love continue.

 

 

              "God's will or our own?"

     “I want to give my life to knowing and understanding and living  of the revealed will of God”.

 

Our Lady of Lourdes　

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Genesis 1:20-2:4a*

(...) God said,

 

 

 

 

             The only reason for my being killed is that I have taught the doctrine of Christ.

                                  I thank God It is for this reason that I die.

                                                                                                                             - St. Paul Miki:

 

St. Paul Miki and companions, martyrs

St. Pedro Bautista, martyr

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Hebrews 12:18-19, 21-24

What you have come to,