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34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed 35 so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul too.” Luke 2:34-35, NRSV Catholic Edition. Copyright © 1989, 1993 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ.
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