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  • And immediately he sent to the maritime cities, calling them to the auction of the Jewish slaves, promising them a parcel of ninety slaves for one talent, not reflecting on the vengeance which would befall him subsequently from the Almighty. (2 Maccabees 8, 11)

  • But Maccabeus, calling together seven thousand who were with him, asked them not to be reconciled to the enemies, and not to fear the multitude of the enemies who came against them unjustly, but to struggle with fortitude, (2 Maccabees 8, 16)

  • And he, being filled with arrogance beyond human means, seemed to himself to command even the waves of the sea and to weigh even the heights of the mountains in a balance. But now, humbled to the ground, he was carried on a stretcher, calling himself as a witness to the manifest virtue of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 8)

  • And Timothy, who had been overcome by the Jews before, calling together a multitude of foreign troops and gathering horsemen from Asia, arrived as if he would capture Judea with arms. (2 Maccabees 10, 24)

  • But Maccabeus rushed fiercely to the walls, calling upon the great Leader of the world, who, without battering rams or machines of war, had thrown down the walls of Jericho in the time of Joshua. (2 Maccabees 12, 15)

  • And, calling an assembly, he sent twelve thousand drachmas of silver to Jerusalem, to be offered for a sacrifice for the sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously about the resurrection, (2 Maccabees 12, 43)

  • And standing upon a certain steep rock, and being now almost without blood, grasping his intestines with both hands, he threw himself over the crowd, calling upon the Ruler of life as well as spirit, to restore these to him again. And so he passed away from this life. (2 Maccabees 14, 46)

  • Then, calling out in this way, he said: “You, O Lord, who sent your Angel under Hezekiah, king of Judah, and who killed one hundred and eighty-five thousand from the camp of Sennacherib, (2 Maccabees 15, 22)

  • In truth, Judas, and those who were with him, calling upon God through prayers, came together against them. (2 Maccabees 15, 26)

  • For just as you wounded our adversaries, so also did you greatly esteem calling us forth. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 8)

  • Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.” (Isaiah 41, 4)

  • Then Herod, quietly calling the Magi, diligently learned from them the time when the star appeared to them. (Matthew 2, 7)


“Não queremos aceitar o fato de que o sofrimento é necessário para nossa alma e de que a cruz deve ser o nosso pão cotidiano. Assim como o corpo precisa ser nutrido, também a alma precisa da cruz, dia a dia, para purificá-la e desapegá-la das coisas terrenas. Não queremos entender que Deus não quer e não pode salvar-nos nem santificar-nos sem a cruz. Quanto mais Ele chama uma alma a Si, mais a santifica por meio da cruz.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina