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Reading for Monday of the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time Year II. Memorial: Saint Fabian, Pope and Martyr; Saint Sebastian, Martyr. Liturgical Colours: green/red/red

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1 Samuel 15:16–23

Samuel said to Saul:
“Stop! Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” Saul replied, “Speak!” Samuel then said: “Though little

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Isaiah 49:3, 5—6

The LORD said to me: You are my servant, Israel, through whom I show my glory. Now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his

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1 Samuel 4:1–11

The Philistines gathered for an attack on Israel. Israel went out to engage them in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the

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1 Samuel 3:1–10, 19–20

During the time young Samuel was minister to the LORD under Eli, a revelation of the LORD was uncommon and vision

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1 Samuel 1:9–20

Hannah rose after a meal at Shiloh, and presented herself before the LORD; at the time, Eli the priest was sitting on a chair near the

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1 Samuel 1:1–8

There was a certain man from Ramathaim, Elkanah by name, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu

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Isaiah 42:1—4, 6—7

Thus says the LORD:
Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, upon whom I have put my spir

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John 5:14–21

Beloved:
We have this confidence in him that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in

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John 4:19B5:4

Beloved, we love God because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever

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John 4:11–18

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God