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reading of the first letter of St John
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dear friends since you know that he is
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just know also that everyone who
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practices Justice was born of him see
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what a great gift of love the father
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gave us to be called children of God and
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we are the world does not know us it is
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because it has not known the father dear
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friends we are already children of God
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but it has not even been revealed what
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we will be we know that when Jesus
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appears we will be like him because we
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will see him as he is everyone who hopes
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in him purifies himself just as he is
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pure everyone who commits sin also
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commits iniquity because sin is Iniquity
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you know that he was manifested to take
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away sins and that in him there is no
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sin everyone who sins shows that they
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neither saw him nor knew him word of the
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God proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus
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Christ according to St John Glory To You
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Lord the next day John saw Jesus
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approaching him and said Behold the Lamb
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of God who takes away the sin of the
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world of him I said after me comes a man
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man who has gone before me because he
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was before I also did not know him but
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if I came to baptize with water it was
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so that he might be revealed to Israel
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and John testified saying I saw the
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Spirit descending like a dove from
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heaven and it remained upon him I also
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did not know him but he who sent me to
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baptize with water said to me he on whom
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you see the Spirit come down and remain
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this is he who baptizes with the Holy
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Spirit I have seen and bear witness this
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is the Son of God word of Salvation
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Lord dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ
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Behold the Lamb of God who takes away
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the sin of the world this powerful
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statement from John the Baptist
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resonates through the centuries to us
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today it is a moment of divine recog
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an instant of Revelation that would
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forever change the history of humanity
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our first reading from John's first
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letter presents us with a fundamental
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truth everyone who practices
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righteousness is born of God what an
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extraordinary statement John is telling
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us that our connection with God is not
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just a matter of intellectual belief but
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manifests itself in concrete actions of
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justice and righteousness but joah goes
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further he reminds us of God's
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incomprehensible love see what great
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love the father has given us so that we
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should be called children of God and we
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are stop for a moment and let this truth
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sink into your hearts we are not just
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creatures of God we are not just
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servants we are beloved children this
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Divine sunship is not a pretty metaphor
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or an empty honorific it is a
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transformative reality that must shape
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our entire existence as children of God
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we are called to a life of Holiness to a
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continuous process of transformation
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whoever remains in him does not continue
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to sin John tells us and this is where
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our gospel connects beautifully with
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this message John the Baptist sees Jesus
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approaching and recognizes him not just
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as another Prophet or teacher but as the
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Lamb of God this identification is
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deeply significant in the Jewish context
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the lamb was the animal of the Passover
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sacrifice a symbol of Liberation and
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Redemption John testifies I saw the
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Spirit descending from heaven like a
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dove and it remained upon him this is
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the same spirit that allows us to live
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as children of God that empowers us for
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the life of righteousness and Holiness
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that John describes in his letter but
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what does it mean for us today to be
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children of God in a world that often
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seems so far from him how do we live
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this reality amid the the challenges and
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temptations of our time first we must
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recognize our identity just as Jesus was
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publicly identified as the beloved Son
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of God we too must embrace our identity
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as children of God this means living
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with the dignity and responsibility that
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this membership implies second we are
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called to a life of continuous
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transformation John tells us that when
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he appears we will be like him because
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we will see him as he is this is our
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hope and our goal to become more and
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more like Christ third we must live a
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life of practical righteousness our
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divine sunship must manifest itself in
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concrete actions of love compassion and
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Justice we cannot be content to call god
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father if we do not live as his children
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let us imagine for moment what our
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community would be like if each of us
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fully lived our identity as children of
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God how different our families our
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workplaces our schools would be how
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transformative our presence in the world
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would be John the Baptist fulfilled his
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mission by pointing out Jesus as the
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Lamb of God our mission today is similar
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through our lives we must point to
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Christ the only one who can truly take
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away the sin of the world may we as
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beloved children of God live in a manner
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worthy of Our Calling May the holy
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Spirit who descended Upon Jesus like a
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dove continue to guide and transform us
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and may Our Lives be a living testimony
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of God's transforming love in a world
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that so needs hope and Redemption May
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the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the
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love of God the father and the communion
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of the Holy Spirit be with you all amen
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St Michael the Archangel defend Us in
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battle be our protection against the
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wickedness and snares of the devil may
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God rebuke him we humbly pray and do
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thou o Prince of the Heavenly Host by
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the power of God cast into hell Satan
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and all the evil spirits who prowl
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throughout the world seeking the ruin of
