June 23, 2013
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
We hope that today is a good day.
Today's Bible story based on the calendar of the Catholic Church.
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Most of these contents are things of The World English Bible.
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★Zondervan King James Audio Bible
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+ Saints:
St. Etheldreda
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Blessed Basil Hopko
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Gospel: Luke 9:18-24
18 As he was praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"
19 They answered, "'John the Baptiser,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."
20 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
21 But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,
22 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up."
23 He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,†TR, NU add "daily" and follow me.
24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
†9:23: TR, NU add "daily"
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Zechariah 12:10-11, 13:1
10 I will pour on David's house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me*After "me", the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker. whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
11 In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
13:1 "In that day there will be a spring opened to David's house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
*12:10: After "me", the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.
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Galatians 3:26-29
26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as were baptised into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring**or, seed and heirs according to promise.
**3:29: or, seed
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* Judges 13:1-25
1 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD's sight; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.
3 the LORD's angel appeared to the woman, and said to her, "See now, you are barren and childless; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.
4 Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:
5 for, behold, you shall conceive, and give birth to a son. No razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. He shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines."
6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, "A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome. I didn't ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name;
7 but he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink. Don't eat any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.'"
8 Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, "Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us, and teach us what we should do to the child who shall be born."
9 God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field, but Manoah, her husband, wasn't with her.
10 The woman hurried and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, "Behold, the man who came to me that day has appeared to me,"
11 Manoah arose, and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to my wife?"
He said, "I am."
12 Manoah said, "Now let your words happen. What shall the child's way of life and mission be?"
13 the LORD's angel said to Manoah, "Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.
14 She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. Let her observe all that I commanded her."
15 Manoah said to the LORD's angel, "Please stay with us, that we may make a young goat ready for you."
16 the LORD's angel said to Manoah, "Though you detain me, I won't eat your bread. If you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to the LORD." For Manoah didn't know that he was the LORD's angel.
17 Manoah said to the LORD's angel, "What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honour you?"
18 the LORD's angel said to him, "Why do you ask about my name, since it is incomprehensible*or, wonderful?"
19 So Manoah took the young goat with the meal offering, and offered it on the rock to the LORD. Then the angel did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.
20 For when the flame went up towards the sky from off the altar, the LORD's angel ascended in the flame of the altar. Manoah and his wife watched; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
21 But the LORD's angel didn't appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was the LORD's angel.
22 Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God."
23 But his wife said to him, "If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he wouldn't have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, and he wouldn't he have shown us all these things, nor would he have told us such things as these at this time."
24 The woman bore a son, and named him Samson. The child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
25 the LORD's Spirit began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
*13:18: or, wonderful
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