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Luke 22:31-38

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

(Mt 26.31—35; Mk 14.27—31; Jn 13.36—38)

“Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” And he said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death!” Jesus said, “I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow this day, until you have denied three times that you know me.”




Purse, Bag, and Sword
He said to them, “When I sent you out without a purse, bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “No, not a thing.” He said to them, “But now, the one who has a purse must take it, and likewise a bag. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one. For I tell you, this scripture must be fulfilled in me, ‘And he was counted among the lawless’; and indeed what is written about me is being fulfilled.” They said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” He replied, “It is enough.”

From the New Revised Standard Version. Reprinted with permission from HarperBibles.

TAGS: Christian, Bible, Bible Reading, Luke

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Genesis 39:7-39:23

After a time, his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, "Lie with me." But he refused. He said to his master's wife, "Look, with me here, my master gives no thought to anything in this house, and all that he owns he has placed in my hands. He wields no more authority in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except yourself, since you are his wife. How then could I do this most wicked thing, and sin before God?" And much as she coaxed Joseph day after day, he did not yield to her request to lie beside her, to be with her.

One such day, he came into the house to do his work. None of the household being there inside, she caught hold of him by his garment and said, "Lie with me!" But he left his garment in her hand and got away and fled outside. When she saw that he had left it in her hand and had fled outside, she called out to her servants and said to them, "Look, he had to bring us a Hebrew to dally with us! This one came to lie with me; but I screamed loud. And when he heard me screaming at the top of my voice, he left his garment with me and got away and fled outside." She kept his garment beside her, until his master came home. Then she told him the same story, saying, "The Hebrew slave whom you brought into our house came to me to dally with me; but when I screamed at the top of my voice, he left his garment with me and fled outside."

When his master heard the story that his wife told him, namely, "Thus and so your slave did to me," he was furious. So Joseph's master had him put in prison, where the king's prisoners were confined. But even while he was there in prison, the LORD was with Joseph: He extended kindness to him and disposed the chief jailer favorably toward him. The chief jailer put in Joseph's charge all the prisoners who were in that prison, and he was the one to carry out everything that was done there. The chief jailer did not supervise anything that was in Joseph's charge, because the LORD was with him, and whatever he did the LORD made successful.

From Parshat VaYeshev. From THE TANAKH: The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society. Used by permission.

TAGS: Torah, Torah Reading, Judaism, Genesis

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So much has failed humanity that the world has turned to a higher spiritual belief, a gentler belief. And what could be more gentle than an angel?

-Sylvia Brown

From "Angels All Around Us: 2005 Daily Calendar". Compiled by Karen Maguire/ Reprinted by arrangement with Andrews McMeel Publishing.

TAGS: Angel Quote, Angels, Humanity, Spiritual Belief, Belief, Gentler Belief, World, Sylvia Brown

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The king said: 'Venerable Nagasena, where does wisdom dwell?' 'Nowhere, O king.' 'Then, Sir, there is no such thing as wisdom.' 'Where does the wind dwell, O king?' 'Not anywhere, Sir.' 'So there is no such thing as wind.' 'Well answered, Nagasena!'

-Milindapanha 77

From "365 Buddha: Daily Meditations," edited by Jeff Schmidt. Reprinted by arrangement with Tarcher/Putnam, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc.

TAGS: Buddhism, Buddhist Quote, King, Wisdom Dwell, Wind, Dwell

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I'm urging all religions to at least tolerate talking with each other, even though it's hard to speak without getting angry because they feel that some beliefs are so bad, others' beliefs.

-Pete Seeger

TAGS: Im, Entertainment Quote, Celebrities, Music, Religion, Beliefs, Spiritual, Celebrity Spirituality, Entertainment, Motivational Quote, Motivation, Religions

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If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

-John 15:18-19 (Revised Standard Version)

TAGS: Bible, Christian Quote, Christianity

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Call your electricity company and find out if green electricity is an option in your area. If it isn't, ask to be notified when it is, and switch!

TAGS: Eco Tips

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Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.

-Michael Landon

TAGS: Inspiration Quote, Life, Live Life, Appreciation, Opportunity, Michael Landon

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According to Scripture the essence of man consists in this, that he is the image of God. As such he is distinguished from all other creatures and stands supreme as the head and crown of the entire creation.

-Louis Berkof

TAGS: Evangelical, Evangelical Quote, Christianity

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Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault.

-Dr. David M. Burns

TAGS: Emotional Health Quote, Health Quote

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When you live without discrimination, Desire arises. When desire persists, Feelings of preference arise, Of liking and disliking. They are the root and branches of the world.

Ashtavakra Gita 16:7

From "The Heart of Awareness: A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita," by Thomas Byrom, 1990. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc., Boston. www.shambhala.com.

TAGS: Ashtavakra Gita, Hindu Quote, Hinduism

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We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.

-Martin Luther

TAGS: Glow, Holistic Living Quote, Spirituality, Holistic Living

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Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you greater than any obstacle.

-Christian D. Larson

TAGS: Believe, Obstacles, Quotes, Inspiration Quote

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God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.

-Maimonides, "Eight Chapters"

Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.

TAGS: Judaism, Jewish Quote

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If you have no eyes, do not walk blindly; take a staff in your hand. If you have no staff of insight, do not walk without a guide.

-Rumi

Rumi, "Mathnawi"

From "The Bounty of Allah," translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed. Copyright 1999. All rights reserved. Used with permission of The Crossroad Publishing Company, New York.

TAGS: Rumi, Islam Quote, Islam, Spirituality

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Love of God is the root, love of our neighbor the fruit of the Tree of Life. Neither can exist without the other, but the one is cause and the other effect.

-William Temple

TAGS: Relationships, Relationships Quotes, Value