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Ah, and in our intimate union and in our embrace I have given you the unction of My Love to become another living crucifix, another slave to be sold to the world

OUTCRY TO THE WORLD, FROM ISRAEL!!! (NL+ENG subtitles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMsn0bj_P6o&t=480s

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Please remind yourselves of My Passion during Lent, by considering the Sacrifice I made willingly for all of you so that you could be saved. Then understand that The Warning, the Illumination of Conscience, is My next Gift of Mercy for mankind. Spread conversion everywhere. Help defeat the deceiver by praying My Divine Mercy to save souls. Trust in Me now and bring Me back into your hearts. Unite together to save mankind through love.

Your Divine Saviour, Jesus Christ
Son of God the Almighty Father
Creator and Maker of all things”

My pain is even greater today than it was during My Crucifixion

April 13, 2011fatherofloveandmercy

My beloved daughter, thank you for devoting more time to this most Sacred Work. The time has come for all of you to open your hearts to Me, for just one day, to enable Me to fill you with special graces. These graces will now be bestowed on those of you who have forgotten that I Exist, as the time draws nearer to Good Friday.

As the time for the powerful Novena of the Divine Mercy draws close, this time will be used to flood your souls with a special Gift from Me. Do now as I say, and pray in your own words, to Me today. The graces I will give you will not only bring you closer to My Sacred Heart, but will fill you with the Holy Spirit.

Pray My Novena from Good Friday and include as many souls as you can and I will save every single oneDivine Mercy Novena

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Special Graces promised for calling on Jesus for just one day

April 14, 2011fatherofloveandmercy

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The Book of Truth:

„Millions of Souls will be saved through these messages

April 7, 2011fatherofloveandmercy

My beloved daughter, the Gift of the Holy Spirit was bestowed on you today, along with special Divine graces. You, My daughter, having surrendered your free will, will now move on to do My Most Holy Will. You will now realize the importance of full obedience to Me, in your thoughts, words, acts, behavior and attitude. You will now follow My guidance and seek it out before you take any action on My behalf.

Finally, you are ready to follow My instruction. You now need to devote at least two hours to Me in prayer every second day. In addition, you must follow directions from the most holy spiritual director sent to you from Heaven. He will speak to you as I instruct him to. Do exactly what he says. You must ensure that you communicate with Me every day because I have much to tell you.

My daughter, hear only My Voice from now on. Only write what you receive from Me. Never take meanings about these Most Holy Messages from others. There is only one mouth with which I communicate to you and that’s Mine.

Trust Me, My daughter. Trust in Me completely. Never question these Messages, because it is Me speaking with you. Always remember that. Now that you trust in Me, you will be much stronger. Let Me assure you that you will now be able to deal more effectively with the attacks from the deceiver.

Feel at peace. The Love for you, My daughter, is surging through My Heart, while your devotion and love for Me fills you and makes you weak. This powerful Love is pure in its entirety and cannot be compared to anything you have ever experienced before in this world.

Heaven rejoices at your final surrender. But now you will have to prepare yourself to help save millions of souls. My daughter, the task I ask of you is enormous in human terms. You, My daughter, will be the messenger to the world of the largest volume of My Holy Word, for the world to prepare for My Second Coming.

They, My precious children whom I love with a deep passion beyond your knowing, must be drawn back to My Most Sacred Heart before it is too late. You, My daughter, will be expected to deliver My Word to mankind. This is no easy task. You will suffer because of it, but you must understand that this now is your duty to Me. You are being called to ensure, that through the Word from My Divine Lips ,that millions of souls will be saved from the fires of Hell.

Communicate with Me properly now. I will guide you all the time. Peace be yours, My daughter. My Most Holy Spirit is now flooding your soul. You are now full of love and joy and ready for the next stage of this Divine Mission.

Your Saviour

Jesus Christ

https://fatherofloveandmercy.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/millions-of-souls-will-be-saved-through-these-messages/

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True Life in God:

My Prophets

November 30, 1998

„… and as for unifying the dates of Easter, My Vassula, I am still at their doors waiting,

as a beggar waiting for alms, I am still waiting for them to unify those dates … they keep talking about unity and brotherhood; only conversion of the heart will bring them with humility into the path of unity; …”

https://ww3.tlig.org/en/messages/1040/

Unite The Dates Of Easter

One Section Of My Church Has Been Blinded

https://ww3.tlig.org/en/messages/847

http://www.calendarpedia.com/when-is/orthodox-easter.html

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Roman Catholic:

„April 7, 2021

Wednesday in the Octave of Easter

Lectionary: 263

Reading I

Acts 3:1-10

Peter and John were going up to the temple area
for the three o’clock hour of prayer.
And a man crippled from birth was carried
and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day
to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple.
When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple,
he asked for alms.
But Peter looked intently at him, as did John,
and said, “Look at us.”
He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.
Peter said, “I have neither silver nor gold,
but what I do have I give you:
in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk.”
Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up,
and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong.
He leaped up, stood, and walked around,
and went into the temple with them,
walking and jumping and praising God.
When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
they recognized him as the one
who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple,
and they were filled with amazement and astonishment
at what had happened to him.

Responsorial Psalm

105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9

R.    (3b) Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord. 
or:
R.    Alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name;
make known among the nations his deeds.
Sing to him, sing his praise,
proclaim all his wondrous deeds.
R.    Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.
or:
R.    Alleluia.
Glory in his holy name;
rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!
Look to the LORD in his strength;
seek to serve him constantly.
R.    Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord. 
or:
R.    Alleluia.
You descendants of Abraham, his servants,
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
He, the LORD, is our God;
throughout the earth his judgments prevail.
R.    Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.
or:
R.    Alleluia.
He remembers forever his covenant
which he made binding for a thousand generations-
Which he entered into with Abraham
and by his oath to Isaac.
R.    Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord. 
or:
R.    Alleluia.

Alleluia

Ps 118:24

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
This is the day the LORD has made;
let us be glad and rejoice in it.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

Lk 24:13-35

That very day, the first day of the week,
two of Jesus’ disciples were going
to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
And it happened that while they were conversing and debating,
Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.
He asked them,
“What are you discussing as you walk along?”
They stopped, looking downcast.
One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply,
“Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem
who does not know of the things
that have taken place there in these days?”
And he replied to them, “What sort of things?”
They said to him,
“The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene,
who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people,
how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over
to a sentence of death and crucified him.
But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel;
and besides all this,
it is now the third day since this took place.
Some women from our group, however, have astounded us:
they were at the tomb early in the morning
and did not find his Body;
they came back and reported
that they had indeed seen a vision of angels
who announced that he was alive.
Then some of those with us went to the tomb
and found things just as the women had described,
but him they did not see.”
And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are!
How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things
and enter into his glory?”
Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
he interpreted to them what referred to him
in all the Scriptures.
As they approached the village to which they were going,
he gave the impression that he was going on farther.
But they urged him, Stay with us,
for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.”
So he went in to stay with them.
And it happened that, while he was with them at table,
he took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him,
but he vanished from their sight.
Then they said to each other,
“Were not our hearts burning within us
while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?”

So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem
where they found gathered together
the Eleven and those with them who were saying,
“The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”
Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way
and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.”

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040721.cfm

 

„Millions of Souls will be saved through these messages

April 7, 2011fatherofloveandmercy

My beloved daughter, the Gift of the Holy Spirit was bestowed on you today, along with special Divine graces. You, My daughter, having surrendered your free will, will now move on to do My Most Holy Will. You will now realize the importance of full obedience to Me, in your thoughts, words, acts, behavior and attitude. You will now follow My guidance and seek it out before you take any action on My behalf.

My daughter, hear only My Voice from now on. Only write what you receive from Me. Never take meanings about these Most Holy Messages from others. There is only one mouth with which I communicate to you and that’s Mine.

Trust Me, My daughter. Trust in Me completely. Never question these Messages, because it is Me speaking with you. Always remember that. Now that you trust in Me, you will be much stronger. Let Me assure you that you will now be able to deal more effectively with the attacks from the deceiver. …

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Orthodox:

21 For the Lord comes out from his place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
the earth will disclose the blood shed on it,
and will no longer cover its slain.

Israel’s Redemption

27.1 On that day the Lord with his cruel and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

2 On that day:
A pleasant vineyard, sing about it!
3     I, the Lord, am its keeper;
every moment I water it.
I guard it night and day
so that no one can harm it;
4     I have no wrath.
If it gives me thorns and briers,
I will march to battle against it.
I will
burn it up.
5 Or else let it cling to me for protection,
let it make peace with me,
let it make peace with me.

6 In days to come[a] Jacob shall take root,
Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots,
and fill the whole world with fruit.

7 Has he struck them down as he struck down those who struck them?
Or have they been killed as their killers were killed?
8 By expulsion,[b] by exile you struggled against them;
with his fierce blast he removed them in the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated,
and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:
when he makes all the stones of the altars
like chalkstones crushed to pieces,
no sacred poles[c] or incense altars will remain standing.”

„… daughter, stop babbling; I am right now standing affectionately in front of you, reminding you that it is impossible to be in My company without Me sharing with you My Passion and without your traits becoming Mine; ah, and in our intimate union and in our embrace I have given you the unction of My Love to become another living crucifix, another slave to be sold to the world; if I immersed you in what you called rightly the Lake of Agony in My Heart, look what this baptism has brought you, what fragrance, what imperial vestments; I have treated you as I treat My chosen ones;

1 behold, I have been clothing you with My Son, Jesus Christ;

and I, 2 I who am the Gateway through which the virtuous enter heaven, tell you solemnly: remain as a lily, having been distilled by pure myrrh in that Lake of Agony which in reality represents the Tears of Christ, so that We would say to Our beloved: “how fragrant your perfume, more fragrant than all the other spices, adorned with Our ineffable Light, keep spreading your sweet fragrance so that you find the promised joy at the end of the path We prepared for Our bride, there you will find your loveliest rest in Eternity;”

My Vassula, this agony I have in My Heart is as I have told you3 before, by force, this generation drags Me into new Gethsemanes; what could I have done more that I have not done? although My state was Divine, I emptied Myself to assume the condition of a slave; I served; and to this day they4 are not satisfied;

My House is in ruin and I, anxious to save My people from ruin, have raised, with My Royal Sceptre, prophets, to assume the condition of a slave and voluntarily serve My House and fortify It, this House I have bought with My Own Blood; …”

https://ww3.tlig.org/en/messages/1040/

„Noah and His Sons

18 The sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 These three were the sons of Noah; and from these the whole earth was peopled.

20 Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard. 21 He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he lay uncovered in his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. 23 Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness. 24 When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said,

Cursed be Canaan;
lowest of
slaves shall he be to his brothers.”

26 He also said,

Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem;
and let Canaan be his
slave.
27 May God make space for[a] Japheth,
and let him live in the tents of Shem;
and let Canaan be his
slave.”

28 After the flood Noah lived three hundred fifty years. 29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years; and he died.

Nations Descended from Noah

10 These are the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; children were born to them after the flood.”

 

 

 

„23 One who is clever conceals knowledge,
but the mind of a fool[a] broadcasts folly.
24 The hand of the diligent will rule,
while the lazy will be put to forced labor.
25 Anxiety weighs down the human heart,
but a good word cheers it up.
26 The righteous gives good advice to friends,[b]
but the way of the wicked leads astray.
27 The lazy do not roast[c] their game,
but the diligent obtain precious wealth.[d]
28 In the path of righteousness there is life,
in walking its path there is no death.
13.1 A wise child loves discipline,[e]
but a scoffer does not listen
to rebuke.
2 From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things,
but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.

3 Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
those who open wide their lips come to ruin.
4 The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing,
while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.
5 The righteous hate falsehood,
but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.
6 Righteousness guards one whose way is upright,
but sin overthrows the wicked.
7 Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing;
others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
8 Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
but the poor get no threats.
9 The light of the righteous rejoices,
but the lamp of the wicked goes out.”

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=+++++Isaiah+26%3A21-27%3A9%3B++++Genesis+9%3A18-10%3A1%3B+++Proverbs+12%3A23-13%3A9&version=NRSVCE;NR2006;SCH2000;ERV-HU;BDS

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https://www.oca.org/readings/daily/2021/04/07

Please remind yourselves of My Passion during Lent, by considering the Sacrifice I made willingly for all of you so that you could be saved. Then understand that The Warning, the Illumination of Conscience, is My next Gift of Mercy for mankind. Spread conversion everywhere. Help defeat the deceiver by praying My Divine Mercy to save souls. Trust in Me now and bring Me back into your hearts. Unite together to save mankind through love.

Your Divine Saviour, Jesus Christ
Son of God the Almighty Father
Creator and Maker of all things”

My pain is even greater today than it was during My Crucifixion

April 13, 2011fatherofloveandmercy

All religions will be given the Truth, soon, and many will accept this Holy Mystery

 
 

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Crusade Prayers:
https://crusadeprayergroup.org/crusade.html

Crusade Prayer (58) Crusade of Conversion Prayer

Crusade Prayer (65) For those in mortal sin

Crusade Prayer (88) For Souls after The Warning

Crusade Prayer (107) Save me from the fires of Hell

Special Crusade Prayer (133) A Call to return to God”

https://crusadeprayergroup.org/crusade.html

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True Life in God:

Unite The Dates Of Easter
One Section Of My Church Has Been Blinded
https://ww3.tlig.org/en/messages/847

http://www.calendarpedia.com/when-is/orthodox-easter.html

https://ww3.tlig.org/en/messages/1071/

 
 
 

“…
There is only One True God. That is the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, three distinct persons all in One Divine Essence. All religions will be given the Truth, soon, and many will accept this Holy Mystery.

Follow Me towards the path of salvation, for you My followers have a glorious future ahead, but, you must remain strong.

This is the chosen generation, for My New Paradise on Earth.

….”

False prophet will be treated like a living saint. Those who oppose him will be considered heretics


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Roman Catholic:

Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Lectionary: 468

Reading 1

Brothers and sisters:
For freedom Christ set us free;
so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.

It is I, Paul, who am telling you
that if you have yourselves circumcised,
Christ will be of no benefit to you.
Once again I declare to every man who has himself circumcised
that he is bound to observe the entire law.
You are
separated from Christ,
you who are trying to be justified by law;
you have fallen from grace.
For through the Spirit, by faith, we await the hope of righteousness.
For in Christ Jesus,
neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything,

but only faith working through love.

R. (41a) Let your mercy come to me, O Lord.
Let your mercy come to me, O LORD,
your salvation according to your promise.
R. Let your mercy come to me, O Lord.
Take not the word of truth from my mouth,
for in your ordinances is my hope.
R. Let your mercy come to me, O Lord.
And I will keep your law continually,
forever and ever.
R. Let your mercy come to me, O Lord.
And I will walk at liberty,
because I seek your precepts.
R. Let your mercy come to me, O Lord.
And I will delight in your commands,
which I love.
R. Let your mercy come to me, O Lord.
And I will lift up my hands to your commands
and meditate on your statutes.
R. Let your mercy come to me, O Lord. 

 

Alleluia

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The word of God is living and effective,
able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

After Jesus had spoken,
a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home.
He entered and reclined at table to eat.
The Pharisee was amazed to see
that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal.
The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees!
Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish,
inside you are filled with plunder and evil.
You fools!
Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside?
But as to what is within, give alms,
and behold, everything will be clean for you.””  

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101320.cfm

My dearly beloved daughter, this Message is for the world.  It is for Christians of every denomination, the Jews and all those religions who proclaim My Almighty Father, God the Most High.

This Message is also for those who do not believe in God the Father, or Me, His only begotten Son. It is also for those who could not care less what life lies ahead and whose indifference means that they cannot accept the Existence of God.

Through these Messages you are being warned of the danger to your future life and your wellbeing, so that I can bring all of you into the New Paradise, which was created for you when Heaven and Earth will merge as one. This Kingdom is complete and the Gates will be open to each of you. This beautiful Gift, where you will live in perfect body, mind and soul comes from God the Almighty One, Who created the world.

The time for your exile on earth is almost over. No longer will you have to endure the pain of sin, which creates havoc in every part of the world. Hatred, which is kept alive through the infestation of Satan in the world, will no longer exist. When hatred has been banished, evil will no longer sully the perfect Creation of God. His Planet, His Gifts of Nature, His Protection and His Love will be renewed to give you a life of eternity where no death is possible.

 ….”
 

You must keep your eyes open to anything, which insults My Divinity


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Orthodox:
 For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight 10 to help you to determine what is best, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, 11 having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.

Paul’s Present Circumstances

12 I want you to know, beloved,[a] that what has happened to me has actually helped to spread the gospel, 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard[b] and to everyone else that my imprisonment is for Christ; 14 and most of the brothers and sisters,[c] having been made confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, dare to speak the word[d] with greater boldness and without fear.

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Some Women Accompany Jesus

Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them[a] out of their resources.”

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1058. When God permits the persecution of the Christians and the Jews, it is for good reason

The Book of Truth:
Friday, February 21st, 2014, 18:00

My dearly beloved daughter, man is a vulnerable and weak creature, but he is a child of God. Because of a deep ingrained sense of preservation, man will do everything that he needs to do in order to survive. In times of great physical suffering the shards of strength within him will become more pronounced. Great strength will usually be seen in the weak, the hungry, the physically afflicted, the persecuted and those who suffer at the hands of bigots. It is the weakest amongst you, who will become the strongest and those who think they are the strongest will become the weakest.I Am dividing the weak, the meek, the humble and the righteous, from those who exalt themselves and who pay lip service to My Teachings, but who curse others in their hearts. I Am now separating the wheat from the chaff and because of this, every man’s faith will be tested, until he or she is taken to the brink. I include all of those who do not believe in God, those who reject the True God and those who have given their hearts over to My enemy – the evil one. Every soul will be given equal status before Me and every Grace will be given to those who do not embrace Me at this time.

The world will be tested by the state of the love each person has for others, which is a true reflection and measurement of their love for God. Your time is limited and to enable you to endure this journey of penance, you must accept that God’s prophets simply declare His Will, only so that you will become His in flesh and in spirit. Do not resist the Hand of God. Rejoice, because the trials, which are being permitted by My Father, will bring about a great unification of His Two Witnesses on Earth – the Christians and the Jews – and from these two will yield a great conversion. When God permits the persecution of the Christians and the Jews, it is for good reason. Because of what they will have to endure, much conversion will result and billions of people will see the Glory of God, with one clear mind, where no confusion will mar their joy, when they finally recognise the Truth.

The time for the Truth to be seen for what it is, including the good and the bad, is close. And then nothing will hurt you again. There will be no more separation from God. Love will finally conquer all. Love is God and His Reign is for eternity. There will be no more hatred, for it will be dead.

Your Jesus”
 
 
 

Tuesday, February 11th, 2014, 23:41

My dearly beloved daughter, how this Mission has grown and how it will evolve very quickly now, as I prepare for My Time to come.

I have begun the next plan to bring awareness to all of God’s children of the great new world, which awaits you and this preparation will be in stages. The first stage is purification. This will mean disruptions, climate changes, upheavals and a terrible apostasy, which will sweep the Earth. These will all take place at the same time. Then, My Church will fall and only the Remnant will hold on to the Truth and bear witness to My Holy Word.

I will gather people from every corner of the world – every Christian faith, first. Then I will draw others to Me. Finally, the Jews will be shown the proof of My Father’s Covenant and they will be brought into the Kingdom of God, as foretold.


My Time to make My Presence felt, by the Power of the Holy Spirit, is very near. I desire that you reconcile your souls before Me and be ready to receive Me, for you will not know the time or the hour. One thing I will tell you is that it will be sudden.

Your beloved Jesus”

Finally, the Jews will be shown the proof of My Father’s Covenant


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Roman Catholic:

Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 338

Reading 1 Gn 9:1-13

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them:
“Be fertile and multiply and fill the earth.
Dread fear of you shall come upon all the animals of the earth
and all the birds of the air,
upon all the creatures that move about on the ground
and all the fishes of the sea;
into your power they are delivered.
Every creature that is alive shall be yours to eat;
I give them all to you as I did the green plants.
Only flesh with its lifeblood still in it you shall not eat.
For your own lifeblood, too, I will demand an accounting:
from every animal I will demand it,
and from one man in regard to his fellow man
I will demand an accounting for human life.
If anyone sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed;
For in the image of God
has man been made.Be fertile, then, and multiply;
abound on earth and subdue it.”God said to Noah and to his sons with him:
“See, I am now establishing my covenant with you
and your descendants after you
and with every living creature that was with you:
all the birds, and the various tame and wild animals
that were with you and came out of the ark.
I will establish my
covenant with you,
that never again shall all bodily creatures be destroyed
by the waters of a flood;

there shall not be another flood to devastate the earth.”
God added:
“This is the sign that I am giving for all ages to come,
of the
covenant between me and you
and every living creature with you:
I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign
of the
covenant between me and the earth.”

Responsorial Psalm Ps 102:16-18, 19-21, 29 and 22-23

R. (20b)  From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.
The nations shall revere your name, O LORD,
and all the kings of the earth your glory,
When the LORD has rebuilt Zion
and appeared in his glory;
When he has regarded the prayer of the destitute,
and not despised their prayer.
R. From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.
Let this be written for the generation to come,
and let his future creatures praise the LORD:
“The LORD looked down from his holy height,
from heaven he beheld the earth,
To hear the groaning of the prisoners,
to release those doomed to die.”
R. From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.
The children of your servants shall abide,
and their posterity shall continue in your presence,
That the name of the LORD may be declared in Zion,
and his praise, in Jerusalem,
When the peoples gather together,
and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
R. From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.
Alleluia See Jn 6:63c, 68c
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life;
you have the words of everlasting life.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Mk 8:27-33

Jesus and his disciples set out
for the villages of Caesarea Philippi.
Along the way he asked his disciples,
“Who do people say that I am?”
They said in reply,
“John the Baptist, others Elijah,
still others one of the prophets.”
And he asked them,
“But who do you say that I am?”
Peter said to him in reply,
“You are the Christ.”
Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.

He began to teach them
that the Son of Man must
suffer greatly
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed, and rise after three days.
He spoke this openly.

Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples,
rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan.
You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” “

http://usccb.org/bible/readings/022119.cfm

 
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Orthodox (Greek Catholic):
9 If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Christ Our Advocate

2.1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

Now by this we may be sure that we know him, if we obey his commandments. Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him: whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk just as he walked.”

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+1-2&version=NRSVCE;NR2006;SCH2000;ERV-HU;BDS

31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

The Necessity for Watchfulness

32 “But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Beware, keep alert;[f] for you do not know when the time will come. 34 It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. 35 Therefore, keep awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, 36 or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. 37 And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus

14 It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus[g] by stealth and kill him; for they said, “Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.””

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+13-14&version=NRSVCE;NR2006;SCH2000;ERV-HU;BDS

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https://oca.org/readings/daily/2019/02/21