Pope Benedict and Saints Simon and Jude
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter’s Square
Wednesday, 11 October 2006
Simon and Jude
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
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From the Desert
Nevertheless,
God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the
wilderness (1 Cor. 10:5).
These sobering words from our epistle...
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He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. Genesis 5, v 2.
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