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Mass Readings: March 19

First:	2 Samuel 7:4-5,12-14,16
Resp:	Psalm 89:2-5,27,29
Gospel:	Romans 4:13,16-18,22

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This practice of the Christian assembly dates from the beginnings of the apostolic age. The Letter to the Hebrews reminds the faithful "not to neglect to meet together, as is the habit of some, but to encourage one another."

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