Matthew 25: 14-30
1 Cor 1: 26-31 / Ps 33: 12-13, 18-21
‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with small things; I will put you in charge of greater things. Come and share your master’s joy!’
(Matthew 25:23)
For the talents You’re entrusting
May we gainfully parlay,
So that we may be deserving
Of Your joy on Judgment [...]
Mark 6: 17-29
1 Cor 1: 17-25 / Ps 33: 1-2, 4-5, 10-11
Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist.
(Matthew 11:11)
St. John the Baptist is our model,
For truth his life he sacrificed;
Let his courage be our example,
To be a herald for Jesus Christ.
On the prodding [...]
Matthew 24: 42-51
1 Cor 1: 1-9 / Ps 145: 2-7
If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
(Matthew 24:43)
Let not our will by sin be swayed,
Be resolute and firm in Christ;
His judgment [...]
Matthew 23: 27-32
2 Thes 3: 6-10, 16-18 / Ps 128: 1-2, 4-5
Woe to you, scribes and pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth.
(Matthew 23:27)
Don’t be deceived by what may seem
So innocent, no trace of guilt [...]
Matthew 23: 23-26
2 Thes 2: 1-3a. 14-17 / Ps 96: 10-13
You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, but have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity.
(Matthew 23:23)
What lies within is what is real,
And no amount of scheme or stealth
Can hide that time will not reveal,
Lord, give our souls [...]
Matthew 23: 13-22
2 Thes 1: 1-5. 11-12 / Ps 96: 1-5
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
(Matthew 23:13)
No oaths can bind lies and deceits,
When made by ‘scribes and Pharisees’;
When remedied by hypocrites
The cure is worse than the disease;
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You lock the kingdom of heaven before men; you [...]
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