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It is more serious to lose hope than to sin. –John of Karpathos

Before, this mind went wandering however it pleased, wherever it wanted, by whatever way that it liked. Today I will hold it aptly in check– as one wielding a goad, an elephant in rut. -Dhammapada, 23, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

You shall make the enclosure of the Tabernacle: On the south side, a hundred cubits of hangings of fine twisted linen for the length of the enclosure on that side–with its twenty posts and their twenty sockets of copper, the hooks and bands of the posts to be of silver. Again a hundred cubits of…

Trouble is a part of your life, and if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough. –Dinah Shore

Q: Why was Adam a famous runner? A: Because he was first in the human race.

John 17:20-26 20 “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe…

[20] Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; [21] That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. [22]…

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<a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="javascript:avPlayer('http://websrvr40nj.audiovideoweb.com/avwebdsnjwebsrvr4453/lentlectionary/2_09_08.mp3','Beliefnet presents today\'s lectionary reading from theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops’,’/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg’,’320′,’240′);”>Hear Today’s Lectionary Reading Reading I: Isaiah 58:9b-14 Responsorial Psalm: 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Gospel Reading: Luke 5:27-32 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio of the Lectionary readings are used with permission by the United States…

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. –St. Francis of Assisi

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