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The Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Office invites you to reflect on the daily readings during this Advent Seasson. For some this may be a spring board for meditation, for others a source of insight and for others the beginning or renewal of a mystical relationship with our God. However the Spirit leads you, may you experience peace
Sunday January 31st
Monday February 1st
Tuesday February 2nd
Wednesday February 3rd
Thursday February 4th
Friday February 5th
Saturday February 6th
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Sunday January 31st
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Jeremiah 1:4 – 5, 17 – 19
1 Corinthians 12:31 – 13:13
Luke 4:21 – 30
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"Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place."
(Luke 4)
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Help me to recognize God's voice in my neighbor. I just may hear the special message God has for me.
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Monday February 1st
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2 Samuel 15:13 – 14, 30; 16:5 – 13
Mark 5:1 – 20
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"Go home to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you."
(Mark 5) |
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Help me to spread the Good News of all that God has done for me, especially getting to know God.
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Tuesday February 2nd
Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
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Malachi 3:1 – 4 Hebrews 2:14 – 18
Luke 2:22 – 40
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"Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel." (Luke 2) |
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Help me to grasp some of the mystery that Mary and Joseph must have experienced when they heard these words.
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Wednesday February 3rd
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2 Samuel 24:9 – 17
Mark 6:1 – 6
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"Where did this man get all this? .... is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary?” (Mark 6) |
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Help me to be open to the prophets of today.
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Thursday February 4th
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1 Kings 2:1 – 4, 10 – 12
Mark 6:7 – 13 |
"Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out, two by two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits."
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Help me by the grace of my Baptism for I too am sent out to show the presence of God in our lives.
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Friday February 5th
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Sirach 47:2 – 11
Mark 6:14 – 29 |
"I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist." (Mark 6) |
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Herod was afraid he would lose face in front of his guests.
Help me to realize how important it is to follow my conscience.
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Saturday February 6th
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1 Kings 3:4 – 13
Mark 6:30 – 34
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“God said, ‘Ask something of me and I will give it to you.” Solomon answered: … ‘Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong.’”
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For what do I pray to God?
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