and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted” Luke 2:34 NABRE After childbirth a mother is considered ritually unclean, thus Mary and Joseph go up…
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The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is sound, then your whole body is filled with light, but when it is bad, then your body is in darkness. Take care, then, that the light in you not become darkness. Luke 11:34-35 NABRE Jesus’ teaching is emphasizing…
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Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I do will it. Be made clean.” And the leprosy left him immediately. Luke 5:13 NABRE Jesus traveling comes across a man covered with leprosy, a term that can refer to several diseases manifested in a skin rash or worse. The…
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Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region. He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all. Luke 4:14-15 NABRE Jesus is beginning His public ministry after a time in the dessert. Jesus again models Moses and the…
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And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. Luke 2:19 NABRE Luke has captured the Nativity story and the events following the birth of Jesus. Luke is a gospel writer who was a companion to Paul and derived much of his gospel from the gospel of…
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