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In the
Beginning |
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In
the Beginning, Kim Jae Im |
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when God
created the heavens and the earth, the earth was
a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the
abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the
waters. Then God said, "Let there be light," and
there was light.
God saw how good the light was. God then
separated the light from the darkness. God
called the light "day," and the darkness he
called "night." Thus evening came, and morning
followed--the first day.
Then God
said, "Let there be a dome in the middle of the
waters, to separate one body of water from the
other." And so it happened: God made the dome,
and it separated the water above the dome from
the water below it. God called the dome "the
sky." Evening came, and morning followed--the
second day.
Then God
said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered
into a single basin, so that the dry land may
appear." And so it happened: the water under the
sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry
land appeared. God called the dry land "the
earth," and the basin of the water he called
"the sea." God saw how good it was.
Then God
said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation:
every kind of plant that bears seed and every
kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit
with its seed in it." And so it happened: the
earth brought forth every kind of plant that
bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth
that bears fruit with its seed in it. God saw
how good it was. Evening came, and morning
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Then God said: "Let there be lights in the dome
of the sky, to separate day from night. Let them
mark the fixed times, the days and the years,
and serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky,
to shed light upon the earth." And so it
happened: God made the two great lights, the
greater one to govern the day, and the lesser
one to govern the night; and he made the stars.
God set them in the dome of the sky, to shed
light upon the earth, to govern the
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day and the night, and to separate the light
from the darkness. God saw how good it
was. Evening
came, and morning followed--the fourth day.
Then God said,
"Let the water teem with an abundance of living
creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath
the dome of the sky." And so it happened: God
created the great sea monsters and all kinds of
swimming creatures with which the water teems, and
all kinds of winged birds. God saw how good it was,
and God blessed them, saying, "Be fertile, multiply,
and fill the water of the seas; and let the birds
multiply on the earth." Evening came, and morning
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Man |
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Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth all kinds
of living creatures: cattle, creeping things, and
wild animals of all kinds." And so it happened: God
made all kinds of wild animals, all kinds of cattle,
and all kinds of creeping things of the earth. God
saw how good it was. Then God said: "Let us make man
in our image, after our likeness. Let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the
air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals
and all the creatures that crawl on the ground."
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God created man in his image; in the divine
image he created him; male and female he created
them. God blessed them, saying: "Be fertile and
multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have
dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of
the air, and all the living things that move on
the earth."
God also said: "See, I give you every
seed-bearing plant all over the earth and every
tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be
your food; and to all the animals of the land,
all the birds of the air, and all the living
creatures that crawl on the ground, I give all
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plants for food." And so it happened. God looked
at everything he had made, and he found it very
good. Evening came, and morning followed--the
sixth day. |
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The
Garden of Eden |
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Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in
the east, and he placed there the man whom he
had formed. Out of the ground the LORD God
made various trees grow that were delightful
to look at and good for food, with the tree of
life in the middle of the garden and the tree
of the knowledge of good and bad. |
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A
river rises in Eden to water the garden;
beyond there it divides and becomes four
branches. The name of the first is the
Pishon; it is the one that winds through
the whole land of Havilah, where there is
gold. The gold of that land is excellent;
bdellium and lapis lazuli are also there.
The name of the second river is the Gihon;
it is the one that winds all through the
land of Cush. The name of the third river
is the Tigris; it is the one that flows
east of Asshur. The fourth river is the
Euphrates. The LORD God then took the man
and settled him in the garden of Eden, to
cultivate and care for it.
The LORD God gave man this order: "You are
free to eat from any of the trees of the
garden except the tree of knowledge of good
and bad. From that tree you shall not eat; the
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Woman |
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The LORD God said: "It is not good for the man to be
alone. I will make a suitable partner for him."
So the LORD God formed out of the ground
various wild animals and various birds of the
air, and he brought them to the man to see
what he would call them; whatever the man
called each of them would be its name. The man
gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of
the air, and all the wild animals; but none
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to
be the suitable partner for the man. So
the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and
while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs
and closed up its place with flesh. The LORD God
then built up into a woman the rib that he had
taken from the man. When he brought her to the
man, the man said: "This one, at last, is bone
of my bones and flesh of my flesh; This one
shall be called 'woman,' for out of 'her man'
this one has been taken."
That is why a man leaves his father and mother
and clings to his wife, and the two of them
become one body.
The man and his wife were both naked, yet they
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The Serpent
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the
animals that the LORD God had made. The serpent
asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not to
eat from any of the trees in the garden?"
The woman answered the serpent: "We may eat of
the fruit of the trees in the garden; it is only
about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the
garden that God said, 'You shall not eat it or
even touch it, lest you die.'"
But the serpent said to the woman: "You
certainly will not die! No, God knows well that
the moment you eat of it your eyes will be
opened and you will be like gods who know what
is good and what is bad."
The woman saw that the tree was good for food,
pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for
gaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit
and ate it; and she also gave some to her
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husband, who was with her, and he ate it. |
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First Awareness
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they
realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig
leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.
When they heard the sound of the LORD God moving
about in the garden at the breezy time of the day,
the man and his wife hid themselves from the LORD
God among the trees of the garden.
The LORD God then called to the man and asked him,
"Where are you?"
He answered, "I heard you in the garden; but I was
afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself."
Then he asked, "Who told you that you were naked?
You have eaten, then, from the tree of which I had
forbidden you to eat!"
The man replied, "The woman whom you put here with
me--she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it."
The LORD God then asked the woman, "Why did you do
such a thing?" The woman answered, "The serpent
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Then the LORD God said to the serpent:
"Because you have done this, you shall be
banned from all the animals and from all the
wild creatures; On your belly shall you
crawl, and dirt shall you eat all the days
of your life. I will put enmity between you
and the woman, and between your offspring
and hers; He will strike at your head, while
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To the woman he said: "I will intensify the
pangs of your childbearing; in pain shall
you bring forth children. Yet your urge
shall be for your husband, and he shall be
your master."
o the man he said: "Because you listened to
your wife and ate from the tree of which I
had forbidden you to eat, "Cursed be the
ground because of you! In toil shall you eat
its yield all the days of your life. Thorns
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shall it bring forth to you, as you eat of the
plants of the field. By the sweat of your face
shall you get bread to eat, Until you return to
the ground, from which you were taken; For you are
dirt, and to dirt you shall return." |
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The man called his wife Eve, because she became
the mother of all the living. For the man and
his wife the LORD God made leather garments,
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Then the LORD God said: "See! The man has become
like one of us, knowing what is good and what is
bad! Therefore, he must not be allowed to put
out his hand to take fruit from the tree of life
also, and thus eat of it and live forever."
The LORD God therefore banished him from the
garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he
had been taken.
When he expelled the man, he settled him east of
the garden of Eden; and he stationed the
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revolving sword, to guard the way to the tree of
life. |
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The Sunday Readings |
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April
8,
2007:
The Resurrection of the Lord |
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First Reading From the Acts of the
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Acts
10:34a, 37-43 |
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Peter proceeded to speak and
said:
"You know what has happened all over Judea,
beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John
preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with
the Holy Spirit and power.
He went about doing good and healing all those
oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
We
are witnesses of all that he did both in the
country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.
They put him to death by hanging him on a tree.
This man God raised on the third day and granted
that he be visible, not to all the people, but to
us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who
ate and drank with him after he rose from the
dead.
He commissioned us to preach to the people and
testify that he is the one appointed by God as
judge of the living and the dead.
To him all the prophets bear witness, that
everyone who believes in him will receive
forgiveness of sins through his name." |
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Responsorial From the Book of Psalms:
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R. This is the day the Lord has made; let
us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
Let the house of Israel say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let
us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R. Alleluia.
“The right hand of the LORD has struck with
power;
the right hand of the LORD is exalted.
I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the LORD.”
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let
us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let
us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R. Alleluia.
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Second
Reading From the Letter to the Colossians:
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Col 3:1-4 |
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Brothers and sisters:
If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is
above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of
God.
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with
Christ in God.
When Christ your life appears, then you too will
appear with him in glory. |
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Second Reading From
the Letter to the Corinthians |
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I Cor
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Brothers and sisters:
Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all
the dough?
Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a
fresh batch of dough, inasmuch as you are
unleavened.
For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.
Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with
the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness,
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth. |
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Reading From
the Gospel of John:
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On
the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to
the tomb early in the morning, while it was still
dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So
she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other
disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we
don’t know where they put him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came
to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster
than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent
down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not
go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into
the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the
cloth that had covered his head, not with the
burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
Then the other disciple also went in, the one who
had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and
believed.
For they did not yet understand the Scripture that
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References |
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Read more about the Liturgical Year |
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The Origins of the Liturgical Year (Pueblo
Books)
by
Thomas J. Talley (Author) The Rev. Dr.
Thomas J. Talley, Professor of Liturgics
at the General Theological Seminary in New
York, is one of the leading liturgists in
the country. He gives us a fresh
examination of the complex history of the
Liturgical Year. |
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The Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday, Cycle C. (Bestseller! the Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday) by
John J. Pilch (Author)
Reader
Review: The book by Pilch provides
those who not only fill the pulpits across
this country but also all interested in
the cultural world in which Jesus lived
with a lot of pertinent information that
sheds light on a lot of areas that have
been "muddled" in the past. Yes, I highly
recommend this book. - James Mauldin |
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Learn
more and read the Old Testament. |
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Preaching from the Old Testament
by Elizabeth Achtemeier (Author) Reader
Review: The author of these
thirty-two short chapters begins and ends
with the assumption that problems we
experience with the Old Testament are our
problem, not the Bible's. This
subordinating of the Bible reader to the
well-weathered book he holds in his hand
opens doors, not to forced harmonisations
of problematic passages, but to fresh
reappraisal of difficult texts on their
own terms. -
David A. Baer |
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The Navarre Bible: Pentateuch (The Navarre Bible: Old Testament)
This volume helps you make the first five
books of the Old Testament a vital part of
your spiritual reading and practical
growth in the Christian life. It contains
the full English and Latin texts of these
books, along with extensive and faithfully
Catholic commentaries. Like other volumes
in the world-renowned Navarre Bible
series, these commentaries draw on Church |
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documents, the exegesis of Fathers and Doctors
of the Church, and the works of contemporary
spiritual writers — particularly St. Josemaría
Escrivá, who initiated the Navarre Bible
project. |
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A
Note from Edwina Ngiraikelau, Palau: |
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I just want to share with you
that our country was very fortunate to receive the
traveling Cross and Icon of Mary on March 14th
2007.
Our country observed March 15 as holiday for [the]
Youth. And this Cross and Icon of Mary came at the
right time for the celebration. I believe it was a
blessing from our Almighty Father and His son, Our
Lord Jesus.
The Traveling Cross was a gift of our late Pope
John Paul II to the youth of the world. It is
still traveling and will be in Australia next year
in June for the World Youth Day in Sidney.
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