“When we serve the poor and the sick we serve Jesus.

We must not fail to help our neighbors, because in them we serve Jesus.”

                                            ~~~ ST. ROSE OF LIMA  ~~~

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2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a, 14-17

Brothers and sisters,

A wedding can be a metaphor for the relationship between God and Israel.

Those invited were not worthy, who refused to believe in Jesus.
” For many are called, but few are chosen.’

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Ezekiel 36:23-28

 I will make known

Jesus keeps the strongest language to condemn teachers of the Law and Pharisees.

You hypocrites, This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and honors Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me.

Lord, reveal to me my hidden faults and heal me.

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12*

(…..) Brothers and sisters,

They don’t deserve the same as we get, do they? we are often covetous and jealous

Entry into God’s kingdom is not gained by our work or action, but by the God's forgiveness.

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Ezekiel 34:1-11*

The word of Yahweh 

" Do your best to enter by the narrow door;

for many, I tell you,will try to enter and will not be able."

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Isaiah 66:18-21

 Now I am going to gather

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

A camel would have to knell and crawl through it.

That's why it is so difficult for them to enter the kingdom with the required humility of faith in Jesus.

St. Stephen of Hungary

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Ezekiel 28:1-10

The word of Yahweh

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Ezekiel 43:1-7ab

He took  me to the gate,

Mary is today a sign of consolation and hope,

The Assumption looks to eternity that we, too, will follow Our Lady when our life is ended.

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Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab

Ps 45:10, 11, 12, 16

The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.

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1 Corinthians 15:20-27

 But no,

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.”

Loving God is linked inextricably to loving other people.

All the rules in the Law flow from the ideas of loving God and loving others.

St. John Eudes, priest

St. Ezekiel Moreno, priest

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Ezekiel 37:1-14*

 The  hand  of  Yahweh

" I have come to bring fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!"

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Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10

Then the officials told the king,