“Lord, this is the People that longs to see Your Face.”… “… I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before …
“The Lord comes to judge the earth.” … “You pay tithes …and have neglected the weightier things … judgment and mercy and fidelity. … Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!” …
“… your Faith flourishes ever more… the love of every one of you for one another grows ever greater. … we … boast of you in the churches of God regarding your endurance and faith …
In the Gospel of Matthew, starting in Chapter 5, Jesus gives the Sermon on the Mount, beginning with the Eight Beatitudes. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed …
‘… Go, therefore, and make Disciples of all nations, Baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, …
“‘This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your Name, Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done, on earth as in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive …
“… This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; Sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; Clothing the naked when you …
“… behold, the star … preceded them … it came and stopped over the place where the Child was. They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house … saw the Child with Mary His mother. …
“… filled with the Holy Spirit, [Stephen] looked up intently to Heaven and … said, ‘Behold, I see the Heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the Right Hand of God.’ … they … …
“Teach me your ways, O Lord. Your Ways, O LORD, make known to me; teach me Your Paths, Guide me in Your Truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior.” Mass Readings 12.15.14 – NM 24:2-7, 15-17A – PS 25:4-5AB, …
