12.13.2018

 Today's Bible story *

December 13, 2018

I hope you have a nice day today too.

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Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr

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Gospel : Matthew 11:11-15

11 Most certainly I tell you, amongst those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptiser; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

12 From the days of John the Baptiser until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.*

13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

14 If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come. 15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.


*11:12: or, plunder it.

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Isaiah 41:13-20

13 For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand,
saying to you, 'Don't be afraid.
I will help you.'

14 Don't be afraid, you worm Jacob,
and you men of Israel.
I will help you," says the LORD,
"and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

15 Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth.
You will thresh the mountains,
and beat them small,
and will make the hills like chaff.

16 You will winnow them,
and the wind will carry them away,
and the whirlwind will scatter them.
You will rejoice in the LORD.
You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none.
Their tongue fails for thirst.
I, the LORD, will answer them.
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

18 I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and springs in the middle of the valleys.
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.

19 I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness.
I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;

20 that they may see, know, consider, and understand together,
that the LORD's hand has done this,
and the Holy One of Israel has created it.

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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/

◇ December 13, 2018 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/18_12_13.mp3

◇ Daily Readings December 13, 2018
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/121318.cfm

◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2018-12-13

◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.11

◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=11&verse=

◇ The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/index.cfm

◇ Douay-Rheims Bible
http://www.drbo.org/

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