Bible and Life

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• Bible and Life
• Gods
• calls
• Prepared by
• Pastoral Bible Foundation
• www.bible.claret.org
• and J. L. Caravias sj

Dont be afraid, I will be with you
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MOSES
I have seen the humiliation of my people
Ex 37
Go now! I am sending you to bring my poeple
out of slavery
I will be with you Ex 310.12
Go, I will be on your lips and will inspire what
you say Ex 412
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GIDEON
Yahweh be with you,
valiant warrior Jdg 612
Go, and with you courage, save Israel from the
Midianites. It is I who send you Jdg
614
I will be with you, and you shall defeat the
people of Midian with one single stroke Jdg 616
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Do not say Im still young
JEREMIAH
To whomever I send you, you shall go whatever I
command you, you shall speak. Jer 17
Have no fear before them because I am with you to
deliver you.
I place my words in your mouth
To root up and to turn down To destroy and to
demolish To build and to plant. Jer 18-10
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Son of man, I am sending you, to a rebelious
nation, hard of face and obstinate of heart.
EZEKIEL
And whether they heed or resist, they shall know
that a prophet has been among them.
Fear neither them nor their words, when you seat
on scorpions. Speak my words to them, whether
they listen or not.
Listen then to what I say... Open your mouth and
eat what I shall give you. Ez 23-8
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Rejoice, full of grace... the Lord is with you!
MARY
You shall bear a son, and you shall call him
Jesus.
He will be great, and shall rightly be
called Son of the Most High... his reign shall
have no end. Lk 128-33
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Follow me, I shall make you fish for people
Mt 419
THE APOSTLES
Go, then, and make disciples from all nations.
Mt 2819
He called those he wanted, and they came to him.
He sent them our to preach. Mk 3,13
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Follow me...
MATTHEW
Healthy people do not need a doctor, sick people
do.
I did not come to call the righteous but
sinners. Mt 99.12-13
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Did God not choose the poor to inherit the
Kingdom promised to those who love him? James
25
Did God not choose the poor to receive the riches
of faith?
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PAUL
God called me out of his great love, he who
had chosen me from my mothers womb he was
pleased to reveal in me his Son, that I make make
him known among the pagan nations. Gal 115-16