 Come, let us rejoice in the Lord: let us acclaim God our salvation, alleluia. |
| Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910 - 1997) |
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“I am not advocating world-movements or public meetings... my appeal is rather to the individual conscience than to the public ear; my hope is rather to see the emergence of a Saint, than that of an organisation...
“There is no harm in besieging heaven for the canonization of such and such holy persons now dead. But should we not do well to vary these petitions of ours by asking for more Saints to canonize?”
| Ronald Knox, in "God and the Atom" |
| Mid-morning reading (Terce) | Romans 8:15-16 © |
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The spirit you received is not the spirit of slaves bringing fear into your lives again; it is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, ’Abba, Father!’ The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God.
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| Noon reading (Sext) | Romans 8:22-23 © |
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From the beginning until now the entire creation, as we know, has been groaning in one great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who possess the first-fruits of the Spirit, we too groan inwardly as we wait for our bodies to be set free.
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| Afternoon reading (None) | 2 Timothy 1:9 © |
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God has saved us and called us to be holy, not because of anything we ourselves have done but for his own purpose and by his own grace. This grace had already been granted to us, in Christ Jesus, before the beginning of time.
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| Scripture readings taken from the Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright © 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd and Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc, and used by permission of the publishers. For on-line information about other Random House, Inc. books and authors, see the Internet web site at http://www.randomhouse.com.
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