1 Cor 15:12-20 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ cannot have been raised either, and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is without […]
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Lk 7:36-50 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house, and took his place at table. And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and
1 Cor 12:31-13,13 Earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
Mt 25:1-13 A reading for the memorial of St. Hildegard of Bingen Then the kingdom of Heaven will be like this: Ten wedding attendants took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible: the foolish ones, though they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
Lc 21:9-19 Gospel of the memorial of St. Cornelius and Cyprian according to the traditional lectionary Then Jesus said to his disciples: “When you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified; for this must first take place, but the end will not be at once. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against
Mc 8:27-35 Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesare′a Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?” And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Eli′jah; and others one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you say
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Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Phil 2:6-11 Christ, being in the form of God, did not count equality with God something to be grasped. But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are; and being in every way like a human being, he was humbler yet,
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Sal 83:3,4,5-6ª,8a,11 How lovely your dwelling,O Lord of hosts! My soul yearns and pinesfor the courts of the Lord.My heart and flesh cry outfor the living God. As the sparrow finds a homeand the swallow a nest to settle her young,My home is by your altars,Lord of hosts, my king and my God! Blessed are
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Isa 61:9-11 A reading for the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary Their race will be famous throughout the nations and their offspring throughout the peoples. All who see them will admit that they are a race whom Yahweh has blessed. I exult for joy in Yahweh, my soul rejoices in my God,
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1 Cor 7:25-31 About people remaining virgin, I have no directions from the Lord, but I give my own opinion as a person who has been granted the Lord’s mercy to be faithful. Well then, because of the stress which is weighing upon us, the right thing seems to be this: it is good for
