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A friend said, At my...

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Proper 28 | Ordinary Time 33 - B
1 Samuel 1:4-20
A friend said, "At my age, I have to tell the truth. I couldn't remember a lie." Our memory can be a pretty unreliable faculty, even downright embarrassing. However, we don't expect God to have such a difficulty. We cannot be shocked when the Bible states, "the Lord remembered her."

In the Old Testament, "to remember" can mean the same as English speakers do: "drawing to mind something from the past into the present." But it also has a deeper usage in the idiom of the Hebrew people. "To remember" can mean "to take notice of
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The Measure of the Universe
by Frank Ramirez
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Collect of the Day
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Psalm 14
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