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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Friday 2.2.18 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord … Simeon … was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. … and when the parents brought in the child Jesus … he took Him into his arms and blessed God …. There was also a prophetess, Anna … she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem. …”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time 2.1.18 – USCCB/NABRV

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“Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two
and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick
–no food, no sack, no money in their belts.
… they went off and preached repentance.
The Twelve drove out many demons,
and they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The Life Story of St. John Bosco (Biography of Don Bosco)” – Salesians of Don Bosco in the United States (USA West Province)

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“… Such generosity of spirit could not go unrewarded by God, for whom this priest slaved the 72 years of his life. Besides providing for his work, God gave him the gift of miracles. With his blessing, Don Bosco cured people disease. After his prayers on their behalf, the deaf heard, the lame walked, and once, a dead boy was raised to life. He had the gift of prophecy. He could read consciences, and used this gift to assist penitents in confession. He could foretell one’s vocation, as well as one’s future. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “DON BOSCO’S STORY” – EWTN

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“… A Man of majestic appearance told him: With meekness and charity you will conquer these your friends; and a Lady just as majestic added: Make yourself humble, strong and robust. At the right time you will understand everything. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF ST. JOHN BOSCO” – Salesian Missions

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“… He Led Young People to Meet Christ … By means of his educational style and pastoral practice, based on reason, religion and loving kindness (the Preventive System) he led young people to reflect, to meet Christ and their brothers and sisters, to the study of the faith and to apostolic, civil and professional commitment. St. Dominic Savio stands out among the most outstanding fruits of his work. …”

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time 1.30.18 – USCCB/NABRV

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“There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. … He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction.’ … Jesus said … ‘Do not be afraid; just have faith.’ … ‘… The child is not dead but asleep.’ … He took the child by the hand and said to her, ‘Talitha koum,’ which means, ‘Little girl, I say to you, arise!’…”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[“As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed pleaded to remain with Him. But He would not permit him”]; Meditations on the Gospels, no.194″ – Blessed Charles de Foucauld/ Daily Gospel

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“The only true perfection is … doing God’s will; it is to lead the kind of life that God wants, where He wants, and to lead it as He would have done Himself. When he leaves the choice to us then, yes, let us try to follow him as closely as possible, step by step, to share in his life just as his apostles did both during his life and after his death. Love presses us on to such imitation. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Solemnity of Mary, Mother Of God; World Day Of Peace – Homily of John Paul II” – VaticanVa

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“… The Octave of Christmas ends on the first day of the new year, which is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, venerated as the Mother of God. The Gospel reminds us that she ‘kept all these things, pondering them in her heart’ (Lk 2:19). So she did in Bethlehem, on Golgotha at the foot of the cross, and on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended in the Upper Room. And so she does today too. The Mother of God and of human beings keeps in her heart all of humanity’s problems, great and difficult, and meditates upon them. The Alma Redemptoris Mater walks with us and guides us with motherly tenderness towards the future. Thus she helps humanity cross all the ‘thresholds’ of the years, the centuries, the millenniums, by sustaining their hope in the One who is the Lord of history. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Will the Real January 1st Please Stand Up? A Homily for New Year’s Day” – Archdiocese of Washington/ Msgr. Charles Pope

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“… Monday, January 1, 2018 is the eighth day of Christmas. In the Christian tradition, the octave is considered as one long ‘day’ that lasts for eight days. Therefore, Monday, January 1, 2018 completes Christmas day; it is fulfilled. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[‘Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart’], 4th Homily on Mary” – Saint Amadeus of Lausanne/ DailyGospel

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“… She sees that the Son of God is given to her; she is thrilled to see the salvation of the world is entrusted to her. She hears the Lord tell her deep down in her heart: ‘I have chosen you amongst everything I have created; I blessed you among all women’ (Lk 1:42); I gave my Son into your hands; I entrusted to you my Only Son. Do not be afraid of nursing the one to whom you gave birth, nor of raising the one to whom you gave light . He is not only your God but also your son. He is my Son and he is your son: my Son because of his divinity and your son because of the humanity he assumed in you”. With what affection and what zeal, with what humility and what respect, with what love and what dedication did Mary answer this call. We cannot know but God knows, he “who tries hearts and minds” (Ps 7:10). Blessed is she who was chosen to raise the one who protects and provides for all things and to carry the one who upholds the universe.”

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