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Mt 16,21-27

From then onwards Jesus began to make it clear to his disciples that he was destined to go to Jerusalem and suffer grievously at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death and to be raised up on the third day. Then, taking him aside, Peter started to rebuke him. ‘Heaven preserve you, Lord,’ he said, ‘this must not happen to you.’ But he turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my path, because you are thinking not as God thinks but as human beings do.’ Read More

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Jer 1,17-19

As for you, prepare yourself for action. Stand up and tell them all I command you. Have no fear of them and in their presence I will make you fearless. For look, today I have made you into a fortified city, a pillar of iron, a wall of bronze to stand against the whole country: the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests and the people of the country. They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you, Yahweh declares, to rescue you.’ Read More

St. Augustine

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1. Thess 4,1-9

Finally, brothers, we urge you and appeal to you in the Lord Jesus; we instructed you how to live in the way that pleases God, and you are so living; but make more progress still. You are well aware of the instructions we gave you on the authority of the Lord Jesus. God wills you all to be holy. Read More

 Feast day of St. Monica

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Lk 7,11-17

It happened that soon afterwards he went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a great number of people. Now when he was near the gate of the town there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable number of the townspeople was with her. Read More

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Mt 23, 27-32 

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of corruption. In just the same way, from the outside you look upright, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! Read More

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2 Thess 2,1-3,14-16

About the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, brothers, and our being gathered to him: please do not be too easily thrown into confusion or alarmed by any manifestation of the Spirit or any statement or any letter claiming to come from us, suggesting that the Day of the Lord has already arrived. Never let anyone deceive you in any way. Read More

St. Bartholomew, Apostle

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Rev 21,9-14 

One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came to speak to me and said, ‘Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.’ In the spirit, he carried me to the top of a very high mountain, and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God. It had all the glory of God and glittered like some precious jewel of crystal-clear diamond. Read More

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Before we return to the rhythm of the daily interpretations, I would like to add a valuable text that was sent to me in the context of the last meditations. It helps to understand why in the last few days I have chosen very clear words to speak about the irritations in the world and in the Church describing the work of Lucifer. The text comes from St. Pius X, from Pascendi Dominici Gregis. On his day of remembrance I had written my meditations for August 22. Read More

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Let us reflect again on a part of the reading that we had meditated on the last two days:

Ezek 28,12b-15

You used to be a model of perfection, full of wisdom, perfect in beauty; you were in Eden, in the garden of God. All kinds of gem formed your mantle: sard, topaz, diamond, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, garnet, emerald, and your ear-pendants and spangles were made of gold; all was ready on the day you were created. Read More

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Ezek 28,1-19 Continued:

Yesterday, in our daily contemplation, we had looked at the blindness of Lucifer as seen in the text of Ezekiel together with the figure of the King of Tyros. “Your heart has grown proud because of your beauty, your wisdom has been corrupted by your splendour. I have thrown you to the ground” was said in Ezekiel 28,17. Read More