Month: January 2025

Annotated Scripture Passages 

January 2, 2025January 2, 2025

Matthew 5:38-48

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“love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany A

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Annotated Scripture Passages 

January 1, 2025January 1, 2025

1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23

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“like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it”
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany A

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Annotated Scripture Passages 

January 1, 2025January 1, 2025

Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18

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“you shall not reap to the very edges of your field”
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany A

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