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  Fifth Sunday in Lent The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.  2  He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry.  3  He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.”  4  Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.  5  Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.  6  I will lay sinews on you and will cause flesh to come upon you and cover you with skin and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.” 7  So I prophesied as I had been commanded, and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone....

  Third Sunday in Lent Sanctified Art  series "Tell Me Something Good" 32  They departed in a boat by themselves for a deserted place. 33  Many people saw them leaving and recognized them, so they ran ahead from all the cities and arrived before them.  34  When Jesus arrived and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Then he began to teach them many things. 35  Late in the day, his disciples came to him and said, “This is an isolated place, and it’s already late in the day.  36  Send them away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something to eat for themselves.” 37  He replied, “You give them something to eat.” But they said to him, “Should we go off and buy bread worth almost eight months’ pay and give it to them to eat?” 38  He said to them, “How much bread do you have? Take a look.” After checking, they said, “Fiv...

  First Sunday of Christmas In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it. There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of ...