by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Jacob was the father of #Joseph, the husband of #Mary. Of her was born #Jesus who is called the #Christ. Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a
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“#Jesus came to a town of #Samaria … Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well. … A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink.’ His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘How can you, a
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“I, Patrick, a sinner, a most simple countryman, the least of all the faithful and most contemptible to many, had for father the deacon Calpurnius, son of the late Potitus, a priest, of the settlement [vicus] of Bannavem Taburniae; he had a small villa nearby where I was taken captive. I was at that time about sixteen years of age.
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The Palestrina Choir of St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, sing “Lord of All Hopefulness” with words by Jan Struther set to the beautiful Irish tune Slane.
» Read more#Catholic #TV #Mass for Friday of the Second Week of Lent, March 17, 2017, Commemoration of Saint Patrick, from Catholic TV in The Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“… I bind unto myself today the power of God to hold and lead, His eye to watch, his might to stay, his ear to hearken to my need; the wisdom of my God to teach, his hand to guide, his shield to ward; the word of God to give me speech, his heav’nly host to be my guide. Christ
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“Jesus said to the Pharisees: ‘There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table. …’”
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“As #Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, ‘Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and hand him over to the Gentiles to
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#Catholic #TV #Mass for Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent, March 15, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“If anyone wants a high office let him want the labor it entails not the honor it will bring him. He should desire to serve and minister to everyone and not expect everyone to serve and minister to him. For the desire to be served comes from the supercilious attitude of the Pharisees; the desire to serve, from the teaching
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