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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 24th
Monday January 25th
Tuesday January 26th
Wednesday January 27th
Thursday January 28th
Friday January 29th
Saturday January 30th
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Sunday January 24th
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Nehemiah 8:2 – 4a; 5 – 6, 8 – 10 1 Corinthians 12:12 – 30
Luke 1:1 – 4; 4:14 – 21
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"As a body is one though it has many parts...For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons."
(1 Corinthians 12)
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Help me to be kind and compassionate, for we are members of one another and members of the household of God.
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Monday January 25th Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul
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Acts of the Apostles 9:1 – 22
Mark 16:15 – 18
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"’Saul, Saul why are you persecuting me?’ I replied, 'Who are you sir?' And he said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazorean whom you are persecuting.'"
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Help me to open my mind to include all people of good will and help them to listen to your Word.
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Tuesday January 26th Saints Timothy and Titus
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2 Timothy 1:1 – 8
Luke 10:1 – 9
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"behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves."
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Help me to foster and create harmony among the people with whom I work.
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Wednesday January 27th
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2 Samuel 7:4 – 17
Mark 4:1 – 20
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"Hear this! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the
path and the birds came and ate it up. Other seed fell on rocky ground."
(Mark 4)
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Help me, Lord, to be patient as you were, as some of the good words I sow are heard in different ways.
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Thursday January 28th St. Thomas Aquinas
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2 Samuel 7:18 – 19, 24 – 29
Mark 4:21 – 25
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"Take care what you hear. The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you, and still more will be given to you.. To the one who has more, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away."
(Mark 4)
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Help me to do good, especially those things in which I have to sacrifice myself.
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Friday January 29th
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2 Samuel 11:1 – 4a, 5 – 10a; 13 – 17
Mark 4:26 – 34
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"Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned."
(Psalm 51)
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Help me to remember your compassion for all sinners, oh God – especially David's sorrow.
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Saturday January 30th
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2 Samuel 12:1 – 7a, 10 – 17
Mark 4:35 – 41
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"Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey."
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Keep reminding me of your presence as I go about my duties today
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