Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine. He was a priest of God Most High. Genesis 14:18 NABRE Melchizedek, king of Salem (Jerusalem) appears suddenly, as someone of great importance to recognize Abrahams’s great victory, which five local kings were unable…
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He rose, picked up his mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone. They were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.” Mark 2:12 NABRE Jesus is teaching a crowd inside a home when a man is carried on a mat…
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But I am a worm, not a man, scorned by men, despised by the people. Psalms 22:7 NABRE Psalm twenty-two is a prayer of lament and distress which turns to thanksgiving to God for all He has done for the individual. The psalm opens, “My God, my God, why have…
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We ought to thank God always for you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith flourishes ever more, and the love of every one of you for one another grows ever greater. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 NABRE In this second letter to the community at Thessalonica, Paul opens with a greeting…
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Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name; make known among the peoples his deeds. 1 Chronicles 16:8 NABRE This verse from the book of Chronicles, a telling of the events left out of the books of the Pentateuch, begins a hymn that is an ensemble of pieces that already…
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