Friday of the First Week of Advent, Matthew 9:27-31
Friday of the First Week of AdventMatthew 9:27-31When he entered the house,the blind men approached him and Jesus said to them,"Do you believe that I can do this?""Yes, Lord," they said to him.Then he touched their eyes and said,"Let it be done for you according to your faith."
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Thursday of the First Week of Advent, Matthew 7:21, 24-27
Thursday of the First Week of AdventMatthew 7:21, 24-27“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on themwill be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came,and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock."
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Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Mark 16:15-20
Memorial of Saint Francis XavierMark 16:15-20Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them:"Go into the whole worldand proclaim the Gospel to every creature.Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved;whoever does not believe will be condemned.These signs will accompany those who believe:in my name they will drive out demons,they will speak new languages."
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Tuesday of the First Week of Advent, Luke 10:21-24
Tuesday of the First Week of AdventLuke 10:21-24Turning to the disciples in private he said,"Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.For I say to you,many prophets and kings desired to see what you see,but did not see it,and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it."
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Monday of the First Week of Advent, Matthew 8:5-11
Monday of the First Week of AdventMatthew 8:5-11When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him,"Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith.I say to you, many will come from the east and the west,and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacobat the banquet in the Kingdom of heaven."
Daily scriptural reading and reflections from the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers Seminary in New York, the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America.
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