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I Numbers 1–1065

The profession of faith

What the Church believes

II Numbers 1066–1690

The celebration of the Christian mystery

The liturgy and the sacraments

III Numbers 1691–2557

Life in Christ

The vocation and the commandments

IV Numbers 2558–2865

Christian prayer

The life of prayer and the Our Father

Today's reading

Number 765

The Lord Jesus endowed his community with a structure that will remain until the Kingdom is fully achieved. Before all else there is the choice of the Twelve with Peter as their head. 168 Representing the twelve tribes of Israel, they are the foundation stones of the new Jerusalem. 169 The Twelve …