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You are precious in my eyes, and honored,
and I love you. |
Isaiah 43:4 |
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Everyone who breathes,
high and low, educated and ignorant,
young and old, man and woman, has a mission.
We are not sent into this world for nothing,
we are not born at random.
God sees every soul. He deigns to need every one of us.
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John Cardinal Newman, 19th century
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Jesus said to him:
'Judas, would you betray the Son of Man
with a kiss?' |
Luke 22:48 |
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Judas, your ingratitude is notorious,
but Christ's boundless long suffering and great mercy
are proclaimed to all.
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Orthodox Liturgy
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The Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us. |
John 1:14 |
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The most radical and elevating affirmation
of the value of every human being
was made by the Son of God
in his becoming man in the womb of a woman.
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Pope John Paul II, 20th century
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God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. |
John 3:16 |
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May all creatures forever praise you, O God,
for the excess of bounty through which you have caused
your own Son to die for the deliverance of us
your servants.
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St. Alphonse Liguori, 18th century
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This is my beloved and this is my friend. |
Song of Songs, 5:16 |
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Lord, what a true friend you are.
How faithful you are to your friends.
All things fail, but you, Lord of them all, never fail.
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St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century
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Lord,
let your face shine on your servant;
save me in your kindness. |
Psalm 31:17 |
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God is slow to punish and quick to save.
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St. John Chrysostom, 4th century
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The faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. |
Psalm 117:1 |
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God never tires of doing good to us
while we are in this life,
and always has a most tender love of us.
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St. Catherine of Genoa, 15th century
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My days were shaped, before one came to be. |
Psalm 139:16 |
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Before God made us he loved us.
In this love he has made all things to profit us,
and in this love our life is everlasting.
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Bl. Julian of Norwich, 14th century
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