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Mary: Bride of the Holy Spirit

Beloved Virgin, how many manifestations of love shine forth in you! In relation to the Father, we see you as a loving daughter; to the Son you are mother and disciple; to the Holy Spirit you are united in a spousal love. If already here, in our earthly reality, we are moved by the tender […]

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Mary: Mother of the Son

How exalted is the election granted to you, beloved Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ! With astonishment we note that not only the Son of God Himself was entrusted to you, but also all those who belong to Him and sing the song of the redeemed (cf. Rev 14:3). And even more: you are the

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Mary, Daughter of the Father

Could one imagine a daughter of the Heavenly Father more enchanting than you, beloved Virgin Mary? A daughter who so enraptures her Father that He entrusts to her the most precious thing: His beloved Son. No, there can be no equal to you! You are the one whom the Lord has chosen. Only God, the Holy

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The Bond of Marriage, Part 2

Mt 19:3-12 ‘Some Pharisees approached him, and to put him to the test they said, ‘Is it against the Law for a man to divorce his wife on any pretext whatever?’ He answered, ‘Have you not read that the Creator from the beginning made them male and female and that he said: This is why

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The Bond of Marriage, Part 1

Mt 19:3-12 ‘Some Pharisees approached him, and to put him to the test they said, ‘Is it against the Law for a man to divorce his wife on any pretext whatever?’ He answered, ‘Have you not read that the Creator from the beginning made them male and female and that he said: This is why

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God goes ahead!

Jos 3:7-10a.11.13-17 Yahweh said to Joshua, “This very day, I shall begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel so that they will know that, as I was with Moses, so I shall be with you. Now, give this order to the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant, when you have

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The Special Vocation of Moses

Deut 34:1-12 Then, leaving the Plains of Moab, Moses went up Mount Nebo, the peak of Pisgah opposite Jericho, and Yahweh showed him the whole country: Gilead as far as Dan, the whole of Naphtali, the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, the whole country of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and

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Giving without Calculating

2 Cor 9:6-10 But remember: anyone who sows sparsely will reap sparsely as well – and anyone who sows generously will reap generously as well. Each one should give as much as he has decided on his own initiative, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. God is perfectly able to

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God Is Your Hymn of Praise

Deut 10:12-22 And now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God ask of you? Only this: to fear Yahweh your God, to follow all his ways, to love him, to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and all your soul, to keep the commandments and laws of Yahweh, which I am laying down for

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The Father Draws Men

Jn 6:41-51 Meanwhile the Jews were complaining to each other about him, because he had said, ‘I am the bread that has come down from heaven.’ They were saying, ‘Surely this is Jesus son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know. How can he now say, “I have come down from heaven?” ‘ Jesus

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