August 18 - Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Jgs.2:11-19; Ps.106:4,34-37,39-40,43-44; Mt.19:16-22) "They were quick to stray from the way their fathers had taken, and did not follow their example of obedience to the commandments of the Lord." It is not long before the Israelites break their vows to the Lord, mingling with other nations and worshiping their idols. As soon as the generation which has known Joshua dies out, their children begin to stray. And though the Lord "raised up judges to deliver them from the power of their despoilers," to save them from their enemies when He heard their cry of affliction, repeatedly "when the…
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