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Colossians 3:13

Verse: “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” – Colossians 3:13 Prayer For Forgiveness Dear Lord, please forgive me for harboring anger. Equip me with a supernatural ability to forgive those who have hurt me. Guard my heart when …

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Saint Matthew

Matthew was born in Capernaum, and was working as a tax-collector when Jesus called him. He is thought by some scholars to have written and early version of his Gospel in Aramaic, a precursor to the Greek version we now have. He is also said to have preached in the East. Tradition differs as to …

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Saint Januarius

Little is known about the life of Januarius. He is believed to have been martyred in the Emperor Diocletian’s persecution of 305. Legend has it that Januarius and his companions were thrown to the bears in the amphitheater of Pozzuoli, but the animals failed to attack them. They were then beheaded, and Januarius’ blood ultimately …

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Psalm 139:23-24

Verse: “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” – Psalm 139:23-24 Prayer To Surrender Our Anxieties to God Help me Lord to cast my anxious thoughts on You before I start to …

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Exaltation of the Holy Cross

What are these Christians about, exalting an instrument of torture?First, we rejoice that something so terrible should have been transformed into a means of redemption for the whole human race. Second, we remind ourselves of the fact that Christianity is not an abstract and spiritual religion. It springs from God’s direct intervention in the affairs …

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