The Common Good

Verse And Voice

Verse of the Day: Reconciliation

by Administrator 03-21-2007

So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.

- Matthew 5:23-24

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Verse of the Day: Justice and Redemption

by Administrator 03-20-2007

You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow's garment in pledge. Remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.

- Deuteronomy 24:17-18

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Verse of the Day: In God We Trust

by Administrator 03-19-2007

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

- Psalms 20:7-8

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Verse of the Day: "Give liberally"

by Administrator 03-16-2007

Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.

- Deuteronomy 15:10-10

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Verse of the Day: "Good News"

by Administrator 03-15-2007

When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them. And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me."

- Matthew 11:1-6

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Verse of the Day: Solidarity in Suffering

by Administrator 03-14-2007

For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored?

- Jeremiah 8:21-22

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Verse of the Day: Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

by Administrator 03-13-2007

You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

- James 2:8-9

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Verse of the Day: 'Share abundantly'

by Administrator 03-12-2007

Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. As it is written, "He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."

- 2 Corinthians 9:7-9

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Verse of the Day: Love Your Neighbor

by Administrator 03-09-2007

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

- Leviticus 19:18-18
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Verse of the Day: "Thanks to the Lord"

by Administrator 03-08-2007

With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord; I will praise him in the midst of the throng. For [the Lord] stands at the right hand of the needy, to save them from those who would condemn them to death.

- Psalms 140:12-13

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