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Nº 399 Give yourself to prayer, to reading and meditation on divine truths: strive to penetrate to the bottom of them and never be content with a superficial knowledge. - David Brainerd Mark records two interesting conversations as Jesus made His way toward Jerusalem and the events of Passion Week. The first began with James and John making a childish and self-serving request. We want you to do for us whatever we ask.(Mark 10:35) Jesus replied, What do you want me to do for

Nº 398 Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. - St. Patrick Today is St Patrick’s Day. So, a few reflections on his extraordinary life seem in order. Remarkably, Patrick was a very unassuming man. No one knows when he was born, although many surmise it was about AD 386. No one knows his given name, but some think it may have been Maewyn Succat (I’d go by Patrick too). No one knows when he died, however many

Nº 397 Let us labor to memorize the Word of God-for worship and for warfare. If we do not carry it in our heads, we cannot savor it in our hearts or wield it in the Spirit. - John Piper Jonah’s adventure is one of the best-known stories in the Bible. God commanded Jonah to preach in Nineveh. Instead, he headed in the opposite direction and set sail across the Mediterranean Ocean. There, a severe storm nearly swamped his ship. The sailors discovered that Jonah’s disobedience