"Who are you to put God to the test today and to set yourselves up in the place of God in human affairs? You are putti…"

"Do not try to bind the purposes of the Lord our God, for God is not like a human being, to be threatened, or like a m…"

"In spite of everything, let us give thanks to the Lord our God, who is putting us to the test as he did our ancestors…"

"“O Lord God of my ancestor Simeon, to whom you gave a sword to take revenge on those strangers who had torn off a vir…"

"Begin a song to my God with tambourines; / sing to my Lord with cymbals. / Raise to him a new psalm; / exalt him and …"

"Judith remained as a widow for three years and four months at home, where she set up a tent for herself on the roof o…"

"For you, Mary, Queen of all women, the blessed Judith kept watch and clothed herself in the innocence of learning to …"

"Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three day…"

"And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgi…"

"So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now…"