Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr

14Therefore, behold I will allure her, and will lead her into the wilderness: and I will speak to her heart. 15And I will give her vinedressers out of the same place, and the valley of Achor for an opening of hope: and she shall sing there according to the days of her youth, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt. 16And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord, That she shall call me: My husband, and she shall call me no more Baali.

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19And I will espouse thee to me for ever: and I will espouse thee to me in justice, and judgment, and in mercy, and in commiserations. 20And I will espouse thee to me in faith: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

2Every day I will bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.

4Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power.

5They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works.

6And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and shall declare thy greatness.

7They shall publish the memory of the abundance of thy sweetness: and shall rejoice in thy justice.

8The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy.

9The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

18And he was speaking these things unto them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. 19And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples. 20And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment. 21For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed. 22But Jesus turning and seeing her, said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. 23And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout, 24He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 25And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose. 26And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.