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Daily Mass readings: watch, read, and respond

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Use The Bible in a Year without losing the bigger journey

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Meet Jesus in the Gospel of Luke

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How to read the Bible as a Catholic

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Pray with today’s Mass readings

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Choosing a Catholic Bible

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USCCB Bible

USCCB

2011 NABRE on the USCCB Bible website; private reading and study

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The Holy Bible · Douay–Rheims

John Murphy Company

John Murphy Company, Baltimore, 1914; with Challoner’s notes

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Gaudete et exsultate

Holy See

Apostolic exhortation of 19 March 2018, Holy See English text