Saint Clare, Virgin

2:8But as for you, son of man, listen to all that I say to you. And do not choose to be provoking, as that house is a provoker. Open your mouth, and eat whatever I give to you.” 9And I looked, and behold: a hand was put forth toward me; there was a scroll rolled up in it. And he spread it out before me, and there was writing on the inside and on the outside. And there were written in it lamentations, and verses, and woes.

3:1And he said to me: “Son of man, eat whatever you will find; eat this scroll, and, going forth, speak to the sons of Israel.” 2And I opened my mouth, and he fed me that scroll. 3And he said to me: “Son of man, your stomach shall eat, and your interior shall be filled with this scroll, which I am giving to you.” And I ate it, and in my mouth it became as sweet as honey. 4And he said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and you shall speak my words to them.

14I have been delighted in the way of your testimonies, as if in all riches.

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24For your testimonies are also my meditation, and your justifications are my counsel.

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72The law of your mouth is good for me, beyond thousands of gold and silver pieces.

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103How sweet is your eloquence to my palate, more so than honey to my mouth!

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111I have acquired your testimonies as an inheritance unto eternity, because they are the exultation of my heart.

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131I opened my mouth and drew breath, for I desired your commandments.

1In that hour, the disciples drew near to Jesus, saying, “Whom do you consider to be greater in the kingdom of heaven?” 2And Jesus, calling to himself a little child, placed him in their midst. 3And he said: “Amen I say to you, unless you change and become like little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4Therefore, whoever will have humbled himself like this little child, such a one is greater in the kingdom of heaven. 5And whoever shall accept one such little child in my name, accepts me.

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10See to it that you do not despise even one of these little ones. For I say to you, that their Angels in heaven continually look upon the face of my Father, who is in heaven.

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12How does it seem to you? If someone has one hundred sheep, and if one of them has gone astray, should he not leave behind the ninety-nine in the mountains, and go out to seek what has gone astray? 13And if he should happen to find it: Amen I say to you, that he has more joy over that one, than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray. 14Even so, it is not the will before your Father, who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should be lost.