Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. I went up in response to a revelation. Then I laid before them (though only in a private meeting with the acknowledged leaders) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure that I…
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But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with any human being, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were already…
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For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. From Galatians 1: 6-12, NRSV Today’s first reading…
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The Lord answered Habakkuk and said:Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so that a runner may read it.For there is still a vision for the appointed time; it speaks of the end, and does not lie.If it seems to tarry, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay. From Habakkuk 1:…
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Job answered the Lord:‘I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.“Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?”Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but…
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Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness,that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! From Job 38: 1, 12-21, 40: 3-5,…
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As I watched,thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne;…A thousand thousand served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him.… As I watched in the night visions,I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven.And he came to the Ancient One and was presented before him.’ From Daniel…
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‘God will not turn back his anger; the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath him.How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him?Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to…
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After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. Job said:‘Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, “A man-child is conceived.”‘Why did I not die at birth, come forth from the womb and expire? From Job 3:1-3,11-17,20-23, NRSV When we consider what had befallen Job,…
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The Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil.’ Then Satan answered the Lord, ‘Does Job fear God for nothing? Have you not put a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on…
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