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  • I regret that I gave him my daughter, for he has sought to kill me." (1 Maccabees 11, 10)

  • All the nations round about sought to destroy them. They said, "Now that they have no leader to help them, let us make war on them and wipe out their memory from among men." (1 Maccabees 12, 53)

  • The land was at rest all the days of Simon, who sought the good of his nation. His people were delighted with his power and his magnificence throughout his reign. (1 Maccabees 14, 4)

  • When the enemies of the Jews sought to invade and devastate their country and to lay hands on their temple, (1 Maccabees 14, 31)

  • When the Jewish people saw Simon's loyalty and the glory he planned to bring to his nation, they made him their leader and high priest because of all he had accomplished and the loyalty and justice he had shown his nation. In every way he sought to exalt his people. (1 Maccabees 14, 35)

  • But he became ambitious and sought to get control of the country. So he made treacherous plans to do away with Simon and his sons. (1 Maccabees 16, 13)

  • I turned my thoughts toward knowledge; I sought and pursued wisdom and reason, and I recognized that wickedness is foolish and folly is madness. (Ecclesiastes 7, 25)

  • Qoheleth sought to find pleasing sayings, and to write down true sayings with precision. (Ecclesiastes 12, 10)

  • On my bed at night I sought him whom my heart loves - I sought him but I did not find him. (Song of Solomon 3, 1)

  • I will rise then and go about the city; in the streets and crossings I will seek Him whom my heart loves. I sought him but I did not find him. (Song of Solomon 3, 2)

  • I opened to my lover - but my lover had departed, gone. I sought him but I did not find him; I called to him but he did not answer me. (Song of Solomon 5, 6)

  • Her I loved and sought after from my youth; I sought to take her for my bride and was enamored of her beauty. (Wisdom of Solomon 8, 2)


“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