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Once Samuel was weaned, Hannah presented him at the temple in Shiloh … Hannah approached Eli and said: “Pardon, my lord! As you live, I am the woman who stood near you here, praying to the Lord. I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted my request. Now I, in turn, give him to…
Hark! My lover – here he comes springing across the mountains, leaping across the hills. My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag…My lover speaks; he says to me, “Arise my beloved, my beautiful one, and come! For see, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The flowers appear on…
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. Upon arriving, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, O highly favored daughter! The Lord is with you. Blessed…
Thereupon Mary set out, proceeding in haste into the hill country to a town of Judah, where she entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leapt in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out in a loud voice: “Blest are you among women and…
Jeremiah 23:5-6 Behold the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David; as king he shall reign and govern wisely, he shall do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah shall be saved, Israel shall dwell in security. This is the name…
Matthew 21:28-30 There was a man who had two sons. He approached the elder and said, “Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.” The son replied, “I am on my way, sir;” but he never went. Then the man came to his second son, and said the same thing. This son said in…
Numbers: 24:5-7 How goodly are your tents, O Jacob; your encampments, O Israel! They are like gardens beside a stream, like the cedars planted by the Lord. His wells shall yield free-flowing waters, he shall have the sea within reach… These words of prophesy come from Balaam, a wicked, but not a false prophet, who…
Matthew 17:9a, 10-13 As they were coming down from the mountain, the disciples asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” He said in reply, “Elijah will indeed come and restore all things: but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him but did to…
Isaiah 48:17-19 I, the Lord, your God, teach you what is for your good, and lead you on the way you should go. Named Zoe Laboure at her birth in the Burgundy region of France in 1806, she was usually called Catherine, her Baptismal name. She was the 9th of 11 children. When she was…
Isaiah 41:13 For I am the Lord, your God, who grasp your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I will help you.” Juan Diego, whose feast we celebrate today, belonged to the Aztec people. Born in what is today part of Mexico City, Mexico, in 1474, Juan was baptized…