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br.writeln("<center><B>Christian Quotation of the Day</B><BR><SMALL>Thursday, May 14, 2026</SMALL></center>");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:0in;text-indent:.2in\">The Christian Mission is what the New Testament calls a &lsquo;mystery&rsquo;. It is what St. Paul calls <I>the</I> mystery&mdash;a secret hidden within God even before the creation of the world, but now made known to men and women of faith, whereby all nations are to be gathered up and presented to God through Jesus Christ. This gathering up takes place in the Church, the mystical Body of Christ. The mystery has been unfolded according to a divine plan; prepared by the vocation of the Jewish people; and substantially realized by the mission of the Incarnate Word, Jesus Christ, who by His Ascension introduced human nature for all eternity into the sphere of the life of the Divine Trinity: and this plan is to be accomplished among the various peoples of the world, during the time between Pentecost and the Second Coming. [Continued tomorrow]");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:.4in;text-indent:-.2in\">... <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndan.htm#Paton\">David M. Paton</A> (1913-1992), <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndta.htm#Christian4\"><I>Christian Missions and the Judgment of God</I></A>, London: SCM Press, 1953, p. 11");
br.writeln("(see the <A target=_blank HREF=\"http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4314031\">book</A>; see also <A target=_blank HREF=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Eph.+3:8-11;+Matt.+13:11;+Rom.+16:25-26;+1+Cor.+2:7-10;+Col.+1:26-29>Eph. 3:8-11; Matt. 13:11; Rom. 16:25-26; 1 Cor. 2:7-10; Col. 1:26-29</A>; more at <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub1.htm#Ascension\">Ascension</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub1.htm#Bible\">Bible</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub1.htm#BodyofChrist\">Body of Christ</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Incarnation\">Incarnation</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Mission\">Mission</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Mystic\">Mystic</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Nation\">Nation</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Trinity\">Trinity</A>)");
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