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Sir 48:1-4, 9-11
1Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire. His word burned like a torch. 2He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal made them few in number. 3By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens. He brought down fire three times. 4How you were glorified, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! Whose glory is like yours? 9You were taken up in a tempest of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses. 10You were recorded for reproofs in their seasons, to pacify anger, before it broke out into wrath, to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob. 11Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been beautified with love; for we also shall surely live.
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Ps 80:2ac,3b, 15-16, 18-19
2Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us! 3Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. 15the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself. 16It’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke. 18So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name. 19Turn us again, LORD God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
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Matt 17:9a, 10-13
9As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.” 10His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 11Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things; 12but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.” 13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
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