Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all. Luke 6:19 NABRE Luke writes that Jesus spent a night in prayer on a mountain, after which He calls disciples to Himself, twelve, followed by a teaching in a plain, to the…
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and said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do them?” Mark 11:28 NABRE Jesus and His disciples visit the temple and during this visit Jesus challenges the market that is created in the temple for exchanging money and selling…
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But I shall sing of your strength, extol your mercy at dawn, For you are my fortress, my refuge in time of trouble. Psalms 59:17 NABRE This psalm speaks from the point of view of David the psalmist who feels he has been unjustly pursued, he is being harassed from…
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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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Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what any day may bring forth. Proverbs 27:1 NABRE This proverb is a call to realism, to live in the real present. For the Christian it means offering each day to God. We can never be sure about the future,…
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