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The Assyrians did not leave the Jews in peace for long. The Assyrian king threatens the Judeans and their king with destruction. Judean King Hezekiah goes into the temple and prays for deliverance from the enemy.
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MT 10:37-42
Jesus said to his apostles: “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.
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by Father Greg Friedman, OFM
When we judge others we are preparing a harsh judgment for ourselves. And if all men and women are our brothers and sisters, we should be unwilling to subject them to the perils of judgment.
When we say that Mary loves us we are speaking about her determination to do what is good for us, to lead us where Jesus wants us to go.
God loves us and will be faithful to his love for us forever. We don’t deserve God’s love. We can’t earn it. We can only respond to it and accept it.
Everything you could ever rightly pray for is included in the Lord’s Prayer. If what you are praying for doesn’t somehow fit into the Lord’s Prayer, it shouldn’t be prayed for.
The witness of Jeremiah and the teachings of Jesus should be a challenge for us to keep moving ahead in living our lives of faith.
Almsgiving, prayer, and fasting can be useless if they are practiced for the wrong reason. God doesn’t hear prayer that is addressed to making us look good.
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MT 10:26-33
Jesus said to the Twelve: “Fear no one. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Most of our failures in loving our neighbor involve petty spats, little acts of selfishness, deliberately remembered slights. God calls us to rise above that and love as he does, because he is generous.
