Sacred Heart of Jesus

6For you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you so that you would be his particular people out of all the peoples who are upon the earth. 7It is not because you surpass all the nations in number that the Lord has joined with you and has chosen you, for you are the least numerous of any people. 8But it is because the Lord has loved you, and has kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers. And he has led you away with a strong hand, and he has redeemed you from the house of servitude, from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. 9And you shall know that the Lord your God himself is a strong and faithful God, preserving his covenant and his mercy for those who love him and those who keep his precepts for a thousand generations, 10and promptly repaying those who hate him, so as to utterly ruin them, without further delay, quickly rendering to them what they deserve. 11Therefore, keep the precepts and ceremonies as well as the judgments, which I command to you this day, so that you may do them.

1To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and bless his holy name, all that is within me.

2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his recompenses.

3He forgives all your iniquities. He heals all your infirmities.

4He redeems your life from destruction. He crowns you with mercy and compassion.

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6The Lord accomplishes mercies, and his judgment is for all who patiently endure injuries.

7He has made his ways known to Moses, his will to the sons of Israel.

8The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy.

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10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, and he has not repaid us according to our iniquities.

7Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love, does not know God. For God is love. 9The love of God was made apparent to us in this way: that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10In this is love: not as if we had loved God, but that he first loved us, and so he sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins. 11Most beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13In this way, we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he has given to us from his Spirit. 14And we have seen, and we testify, that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15Whoever has confessed that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love. And he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him.

25At that time, Jesus responded and said: “I acknowledge you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones. 26Yes, Father, for this was pleasing before you. 27All things have been delivered to me by my Father. And no one knows the Son except the Father, nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him. 28Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is sweet and my burden is light.”