November 20, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
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Gospel: Luke 18:35-43
35 As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.
36 Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
37 They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
38 He cried out, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!"
39 Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!"
40 Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,
41 "What do you want me to do?"
He said, "Lord, that I may see again."
42 Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you."
43 Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.
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1 Maccabees 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63
10 And there came forth out of them a sinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who had been a hostage at Rome, and he reigned in † the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
11 In those days came there forth out of Israel transgressors of the law, and persuaded many, saying, let us go and make a covenant with the ‡ Gentiles that are round about us; for since we were parted from them many evils have befallen us.
12 And the saying was good in their eyes.
13 And certain of the people were forward herein and went to the king, and he gave them licence to do after the ordinances of the § Gentiles.
14 And ** they built a place of exercise in Jerusalem according to the laws of the †† Gentiles;
15 and they made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the ‡‡ Gentiles, and sold themselves to do evil.
41 And king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom, that all should be one people,
42 and that each should forsake his own laws. And all the nations agreed according to the word of the king;
43 and many of Israel consented to his worship, and sacrificed to the idols, and profaned the Sabbath.
54 And on the fifteenth day of Chislev, in § the hundred and forty and fifth year, they builded an abomination of desolation upon the ** altar, and in the cities of Judah on every side they builded idol †† altars.
55 And at the doors of the houses and in the streets they burnt incense.
56 And they tore in pieces the books of the law which they found, and set them on fire.
57 And wherever was found with any a book of the covenant, and if any consented to the law, the king's sentence delivered him to death.
62 And many in Israel were fully resolved and confirmed in themselves not to eat unclean things.
63 And *** they chose to die, that they might not be defiled with the meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: and they died.
†1:10: circa B.C. 176.
‡1:11: Or, nations: and so throughout this book.
§1:13: Or, nations: and so throughout this book.
**1:14: See 2 Macc. iv. 9, 12.
††1:14: Or, nations: and so throughout this book.
‡‡1:15: Or, nations: and so throughout this book.
§1:54: circa B.C. 168. See 2 Macc. v. 11.
**1:54: The two words rendered altar are different in the Greek: and so in ver. 59.
††1:54: The two words rendered altar are different in the Greek: and so in ver. 59.
***1:63: See 2 Macc. vi. 19 and vii. 1, &c.
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* The World English Bible
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◇ Liturgical Calendar
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◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
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