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Day 249: Prayer of Judith (2022)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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Jeremiah the Prophet, the Lord of Hosts, the God of Hosts

King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the Lord. He swore secretly to Jeremiah, As the Lord lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of these men who seek your life. Judith had lived at home as a widow for three years and four months. She set up a tent for herself on the roof of her house and built a sackcloth about her loins; she fasted all the days of her widowhood except the day before Sabbath. The Book of Judith, Chapter 8: "She was discerning in judgment and quite virtuous"

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