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Tuesday – 07 January 2014
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Verses:
1 John 4:7-10
Psalm 72:1-4, 7-8
Mark 6:34-44
1 John 4:7-10
God’s Love and Ours
7 Dear friends, let us love one another,
for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 Whoever does not love does not know God,
because God is love. 9 This is how God
showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we
might live through him. 10 This is
love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an
atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Psalm 72:1-4, 7-8
1 Endow the king
with your justice, O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
2 May he judge your people in righteousness,
your afflicted ones with justice.
the royal son with your righteousness.
2 May he judge your people in righteousness,
your afflicted ones with justice.
3 May the
mountains bring prosperity to the people,
the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 May he defend the afflicted among the people
and save the children of the needy;
may he crush the oppressor.
7 In his days may the righteous flourish
and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.
the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 May he defend the afflicted among the people
and save the children of the needy;
may he crush the oppressor.
7 In his days may the righteous flourish
and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.
8 May he rule
from sea to sea
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Mark 6:34-44
34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd,
he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So
he began teaching them many things.
35 By this time it was late in the day, so
his disciples came to him. “This is a remote place,” they said, “and it’s
already very late. 36 Send the people
away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy
themselves something to eat.”
37 But he answered, “You
give them something to eat.”
They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s
wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”
38 “How many loaves do you have?” he asked. “Go and see.”
When they found out, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
39 Then Jesus directed them to have all the
people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So
they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41 Taking
the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and
broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the
people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42 They
all ate and were satisfied, 43 and the
disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
44 The number of the men who had eaten was
five thousand.
Hold firmly that our faith is identical with the ancients. Deny this,
and you dissolve the unity of the Church.
-- St. Thomas Aquinas
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Source:
New
International Version (NIV)
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