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Verse And Voice

Verse of the Day: Serving the Least Among Us

by Administrator 07-31-2007

I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.

- Matthew 25:36

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Voice of the Day: Frederick Buechner

by Administrator 07-30-2007

When Jesus commanded us to love our neighbors as ourselves, it was not just for our neighbors' sakes that he commanded it, but for our own sakes as well. Not to help find some way to feed the children who are starving to death is to have some precious part of who we are starve to death with them. Not to give ourselves to the human beings we know who may be starving not for food but for what we have in our hearts to nourish them with this to be, ourselves, diminished and crippled as human [...]

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Verse of the Day: Pursue Peace

by Administrator 07-30-2007

Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
- Hebrews 12:14

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Verse of the Day: Justice and Christ

by Administrator 07-26-2007

I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

- Galatians 2:21

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Verse of the Day: "Put Away Violence"

by Administrator 07-25-2007

Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Cease your evictions of my people, says the Lord God.

- Ezekiel 45:9

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Verse of the Day: "Put Away Violence"

by Administrator 07-25-2007

Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Cease your evictions of my people, says the Lord God.

- Ezekiel 45:9

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Verse of the Day: Strength in Weakness

by Administrator 07-24-2007

Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

- 2 Corinthians 12:10

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Voice of the Day: John Trithemius

by Administrator 07-24-2007

We should pray without ceasing because we cannot complete anything without God's help.

--John Trithemius
Quoted in Essential Monastic Wisdom, by Hugh Feiss

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Verse of the Day: Seeking the Lost

by Administrator 07-23-2007

I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.
- Ezekiel 34:16
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Voice of the Day: Dom Helder Camara

by Administrator 07-23-2007

I understood that in view of my decision to give myself unreservedly to God and my neighbor, it would be absolutely necessary for me to devote space and time to prayer.

- Dom Helder Camara

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