Poglejmo, kam vodijo Božje sledi današnjega datuma:
Ps 30,9Ps 30,9
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9 “What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit?
Shall the dust praise you?
Shall it declare your truth?
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K tebi, GOSPOD, kličem,
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30 A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David. 1 I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, And have not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2 Yahweh my God, I cried to you, And you have healed me. 3 Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4 Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name. 5 For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, But joy comes in the morning. 6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.” 7 You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain to stand strong. But when you hid your face, I was troubled. 8 I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication: 9 “What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth? 10 Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper.” 11 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness, 12 To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
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Ana je o svojem možu F.M. Dostojevskem, znanem ruskem pisatelju, povedala, kako je cenil evangelij:
“Ne, jaz dobro vem, da bom umrl še danes. Ana, prižgi svečo in mi daj evangelij.” 
Ta evangelij je Fjodor dobil v Toboljsku, ko je bil na poti v ječo.
Poklonile so mu ga žene dekabristov. Evangelij je bil edina knjiga, ki je bila dovoljena v zaporu. Vsa štiri leta ječe mu je bila dana ta knjiga kot najdražji zaklad. Pozneje je imela vedno častno mesto na njegovi pisalni mizi. Kadar je bil otožen ali v dvomih, je vedno odprl evangelij in bral, kar je bilo zapisano na tisti strani, ki se mu je odprla.”
“Kolikokrat sem zavračala Sveto pismo, ker ga nisem razumela,” je dejala Zmaga. “Marsikdaj se mi je zdelo nelogično ali pa že kar “trapasto”. Zdaj je drugače. Pa ne da bi mi kdo drugačen način razlagal, ne samo skušam živeti in delati s srcem – ljubiti. Samo to in nič drugega… Odkar skušam Sveto pismo brati s srcem, čutim, da je to knjiga življenja 
in da te besede niso prazne.”
Sveto pismo je treba brati in poslušati s srcem, ne samo z razumom. Srce pa mora biti sprejemljivo za vse dobro in pripravljeno tudi na odpoved.
Najboljši vzor za poslušanje in uresničevanje Božje besede nam je poleg Jezusa Devica Marija. Mnoge slike in kipi jo predstavljajo, kako je v sveti zbranosti pripravljena
za sprejem Božje besede.
Jezus je zelo naglašal potrebnost poslušanja Božje besede in življenje po njej. Ko je neka žena iz množice blagrovala Jezusovo mater, je Jezus odgovori: “Še bolj pa blagor tistim, ki Božjo besedo poslušajo in se po njej ravnajo.”
Lk 11,28Lk 11,28
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28 But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
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Ob drugi priliki so Jezusu naznanili, da so zunaj Njegova mati in sorodniki. Odvrnil je: “Moja mati in moji bratje so tisti, ki Božjo besedo poslušajo in uresničujejo.
Lk 8,21Lk 8,21
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21 But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.”
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Ob Jezusovem rojstvu so k jaslicam prihiteli pastirji in pripovedovali o angelovem oznanilu in petju angelov. Evangelist je zapisal: “Marija pa je vse te besede shranila in jih premišljevala v svojem srcu.”
Lk 2,19Lk 2,19
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19 But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
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Ko Marija dvanajstletnega Jezusa v templju ni razumela, je evangelist o njej zapisal: “Njegova mati je vse, kar se je zgodilo, shranila v svojem srcu.”
Lk 2,49-51Lk 2,49-51
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49 He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
50 They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.
51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
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Iz navedenih besedil vidimo, kako je Jezus dajal prednost tistim, ki Božjo besedo poslušajo in se po njej ravnajo. 
Marija je to uresničevala v najvišji meri, zato je bila najboljša Jezusova učenka.
Sveto pismo razodeva, da ima vedno pobudo Bog. 
On je poklical Abrahama, Mojzesa in vse preroke. On je izpeljal Božje ljudstvo iz Egipta in sklenil zavezo z njim. On je po prerokih napovedoval Odrešenika in ga poslal na svet.
Če hočemo Boga slišati, je treba zanj imeti čas, kakor ga ima On za nas. Bog ima pravico do našega časa. Danes pogosto slišimo:”Imam preveč dela, zato nimam časa za branje Svetega pisma in za molitev.”
Kdor ne najde časa za Boga, s tem dokazuje, da Boga nima rad. Res smo v času naglice in nenehnega hlastanja za nečim novim. Toda prav zato je treba še bolj paziti, da nas vse to duhovno ne uniči. Sveto pismo je rešitev za nas samo takrat, kadar se z njim srečujemo, ga beremo in poslušamo ter po njem živimo.
Po veri se opiramo na Boga, ki je nekaj o sebi povedal. On se ne more motiti in nas ne more varati. Nanj se lahko popolnoma zanesemo. 
Zato tudi te resnice, ki našemu razumu niso razvidne, z razumom sprejemamo, ker se pri njih zanesemo na Božji razum, Dobroto in Ljubezen. Vera razuma ne uničuje, ampak ga dopolnjuje.
p.Anton Nadrah, iz knjižice Posvečevanje življenja
Evangelij po Luku
Lk 9,57-62Lk 9,57-62
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57 As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, “I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.”
58 Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
59 He said to another, “Follow me!”
But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
60 But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God.”
61 Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those who are at my house.”
62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.”
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« 61 Spet drug mu je rekel: »Hodil bom za teboj, Gospod, a dovôli mi, da se prej poslovim od svojih domačih.« 62 Jezus pa mu je dejal: »Nihče, kdor položi roko na plug in se ozira nazaj, ni primeren za Božje kraljestvo.«2. pismo Timoteju
2 Tim 3,14-172 Tim 3,14-17
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14 But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
15 From infancy, you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
16 Every writing inspired by God literally, God-breathed is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction which is in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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| 14 Toda ti ostani pri tem, česar si se naučil in v veri sprejel, ker veš, od koga si se naučil. 15 Že od otroštva poznaš Sveto pismo in to ti more po veri v Jezusa Kristusa dati modrost, ki pelje v rešitev. 16 Vse Pismo je navdihnjeno od Boga in koristno za poučevanje, svarjenje, za poboljševanje in vzgojo v pravičnosti, 17 da bi bil Božji človek popoln in pripravljen za vsako dobro delo. |
Psalmi 137,1-6Psalmi 137,1-6
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1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down.
Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2 On the willows in the midst of it,
We hung up our harps.
3 For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.
Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget its skill.
6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you;
If I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
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