LORD, I call to you; come quickly to help me; listen to my plea when I call.
Let my prayer be incense before you; my uplifted hands an evening sacrifice. Set a guard, LORD, before my mouth, a gatekeeper at my lips.
My eyes are upon you, O GOD, my Lord; in you I take refuge; do not strip me of life.
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Beloved : Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praise.
Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the presbyters of the church, and they should pray over him and anoint (him) with oil in the name of the Lord,
and the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.
Elijah was a human being like us; yet he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain upon the land.
Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the earth produced its fruit.
My brothers, if anyone among you should stray from the truth and someone bring him back,
he should know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
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Love and life do not flow from the earth to God, but flow down from God to the earth. “Every perfect gift comes from the Father. » (Jc 1,17) “God is Love. » (1 Jn 4,8) He is love because the Trinity is communion. In the Trinity is unity and fruitfulness. This is where everything starts from. There is a stirring of love on earth that can make us dizzy. From flowers and animals to human beings, this circulation of love surrounds us. So as not to feel foreign to it It is from the Holy Trinity that we must start. There is Love in itself: “true love”. From there descends as if in a cascade all the loves of the world, less and less perfect, but which have their reason for being because they are the sign of the love which exists in God. From the love of man and woman to that of animals, to the mysterious unions of the elements and metals, all this signifies in a more or less beautiful way the love that is in God. And that reverses the problem. Even the unity of the Word and man, even the union of Christ and the Church are still only the greatest, the most beautiful signs of the love which is God. In marriage, there is a singularly rich vocation to love. It is at the summit of visible creation the most beautiful sign of God’s love. It is great because it is the sign, says Saint Paul, of the love of Christ and his Church. In dissonance with life itself, it is from the Holy Trinity that we must start. There is Love in itself: “true love”. From there descend as if in a cascade all the loves of the world, less and less perfect, but which have their reason for being because they are the sign of the love which exists in God. From the love of man and woman to that of animals, to the mysterious unions of the elements and metals, all this signifies in a more or less beautiful way the love that is in God. And that reverses the problem. Even the unity of the Word and man, even the union of Christ and the Church are still only the greatest, the most beautiful signs of the love which is God. In marriage, there is a singularly rich vocation to love. It is at the summit of visible creation the most beautiful sign of God’s love. It is great because it is the sign, says Saint Paul, of the love of Christ and his Church.
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Jesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them.
The Pharisees approached and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him.
He said to them in reply, “What did Moses command you?”
They replied, “Moses permitted him to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her.”
But Jesus told them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment.
But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother (and be joined to his wife),
and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate.”
In the house the disciples again questioned him about this.
He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;
and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
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Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all my being, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. He pardons all your iniquities, he heals all your ills.
He redeems your life from destruction, he crowns you with kindness and compassion. Merciful and gracious is the LORD, slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
He will not always chide, nor does he keep his wrath forever. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him.
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our transgressions from us.
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Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates.
Take as an example of hardship and patience, brothers and sisters, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Indeed we call blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, because “the Lord is compassionate and merciful.”
But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath, but let your “Yes” mean “Yes” and your “No” mean “No,” that you may not incur condemnation.
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Merciful God, grant that I may ardently desire what is pleasing to you, prudently seek it, truthfully acknowledge it and perfectly fulfill it to the praise and glory of your name. Order my life and grant I may carry out what you wish me to do as is fitting and serviceable to my soul’s salvation. May I come to you, Lord, by a way that is sure, direct, pleasant and ordered to its end; a way that does not wander aimlessly between prosperity and adversity; that I may thank you when things go well and keep patience when they go badly, neither letting myself be raised up by the former nor cast down by the latter. May nothing bring me happiness nor make me sad except those things that either lead to you or draw me away. May I neither desire to please nor fear to displease anyone except you alone. May all passing things become as worthless in my eyes because of you, Lord, and may I hold dear whatever touches you nearly and you yourself, O my God, more than all… May I desire nothing besides you… O Lord my God, grant me an understanding that knows you, an eagerness that seeks you, a wisdom that finds you, a life that pleases you, a perseverance that waits for you with trust and a trust that holds you fast until the end. Grant me to be afflicted with your sorrows through penance, to make use of your blessings along the way by your grace, and above all to rejoice in your joy through glory in your homeland, O You who, being God, live and reign through all ages.
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Jesus said to his disciples: “Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.
Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe (in me) to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna,
where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.'”
Everyone will be salted with fire.
Salt is good, but if salt becomes insipid, with what will you restore its flavor? Keep salt in yourselves and you will have peace with one another.”
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This is the destiny of those who trust in folly, the end of those so pleased with their wealth.
Like sheep they are herded into Sheol, where death will be their shepherd. Like sheep they are herded into Sheol, where death will be their shepherd. Straight to the grave they descend, where their form will waste away, Sheol will be their palace.
Straight to the grave they descend,
where their form will waste away, Sheol will be their palace.
But God will redeem my life, will take me from the power of Sheol.
Fear not when a man grows rich, when the wealth of his house becomes great,
For when he dies, he shall take none of it; his wealth shall not follow him down.
Though in his lifetime he counted himself blessed, “They will praise you for doing well for yourself,”
He shall join the circle of his forebears who shall never more see light.
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Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.
Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten,
your gold and silver have corroded, and that corrosion will be a testimony against you; it will devour your flesh like a fire. You have stored up treasure for the last days.
Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
You have lived on earth in luxury and pleasure; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.
You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous one; he offers you no resistance.
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