On this day, was the assumption of the body of our pure Lady St. Mary, the Mother of God. While she was keeping vigil, praying in the Holy Sepulchre, and waiting for the happy minute of her liberation from the bonds of the flesh.

The New Testament describes the familiar account of the "woman at the well" (John 4:5-42), who was a Samaritan

In the parable of the sower, Jesus said in Luke 8:7,
“And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it.”

The 10 Cycles of Persecution

In Luke 10:41-42, Jesus tells Martha,