OXYGEN

16 Feb
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James 1:12-18
Happy the man who stands firm when trials come. He has proved himself, and will win the prize of life, the crown that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
Never, when you have been tempted, say, ‘God sent the temptation’; God cannot be tempted to do anything wrong, and he does [...]

15 Feb
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James 1:1-11
From James, servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings to the twelve tribes of the Dispersion.
My brothers, you will always have your trials but, when they come, try to treat them as a happy privilege; you understand that your faith is only put to the test to make you patient, [...]

14 Feb – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Chinese New Year
Our Trust In The Lord
Nothing in this world can rob us of our peace of mind and interior joy, because our trust is not in man, but in the crucified and risen Christ.
- The Sunday Missal
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Jeremiah 17:5-8
The Lord says this:
‘A curse on the man who [...]

13 Feb
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1 Kings 12:26-32;13:33-34
Jeroboam thought to himself, ‘As things are, the kingdom will revert to the House of David. If this people continues to go up to the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem to offer sacrifices, the people’s heart will turn back again to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will put [...]

12 Feb
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1 Kings 11:29-32;12:19
One day when Jeroboam had gone out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah of Shiloh accosted him on the road. Ahijah was wearing a new cloak; the two of them were in the open country by themselves. Ahijah took the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve strips, saying to [...]

11 Feb – World Day of Prayer for the Sick; Memorial for Our Lady of Lourdes
Today is an optional memorial for Our Lady of Lourdes. The apparitions concerned began on Feb 11, 1858, when St. Bernadette Soubirous, then a 14-year-old peasant girl from Lourdes admitted, when questioned by her mother, that she had seen a [...]

10 Feb – Memorial of St Scholastica, Virgin
Scholastica (480-543) was the twin sister of St. Benedict of Nursia. Born to Italian nobility, her mother died in childbirth. She became a nun and led a community of women at Plombariloa near Montecassino.
- Patron Saint Index
From her earliest years, she had been consecrated to God. She was [...]

09 Feb
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1 Kings 8:22-23.27-30
In the presence of the whole assembly of Israel, Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord and, stretching out his hand towards heaven, said, ‘Lord God of Israel, not in heaven above nor on earth beneath is there such a God as you, true to your covenant and your kindness towards [...]

08 Feb – Memorial for St Jerome Emilani; Memorial for St Josephine Bakhita, Virgin
Jerome (1481–1537) was born wealthy, the son of Angelo and Eleanor Mauroceni Emiliani. His father died when Jerome was a teenager, and he ran away from home at age 15. After a dissolute youth, he became a soldier in Venice in 1506. [...]

07 Feb – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Christ Makes Us His Apostles
We are utterly unworthy to be the apostles of Christ and yet he sends us out to be fishers of men. He cleanses us from our sins and gives us the strength to say: “Here I am, Lord, send me.”
- The Sunday Missal
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Isaiah 6:1-8
In [...]