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reading of ezekiel's Prophecy in those
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days the man made me go back to the
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entrance of the temple and behold water
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was coming out of the underground part
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towards the east because the temple was
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facing the East the water ran on the
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right side of the temple south of the
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altar he made me go out through the door
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that faces North and made me walk around
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outside to the door that faces East
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where I saw the water gushing out on the
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right side then he said to me these
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waters flow to the Eastern region go
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down to the Jordan Valley flow into the
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salt Waters of the sea and they will
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become healthy wherever the river
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reaches all the animals that move there
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will be able to live there will be fish
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in abundance for the waters that bring
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Health flow there and there will be life
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wherever the river reaches on the banks
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of the river on both sides besides all
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kinds of fruit trees will grow they will
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never run out each month they will bear
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new fruit because the waters that bathe
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the trees come out of the sanctuary
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their fruits will serve as food and
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their leaves will be medicine word of
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God reading of the first letter of St
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Paul to the Corinthians Brothers you you
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are God's construction according to the
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grace that God gave me I laid as an
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experienced master builder the
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foundation on which others began to
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build but everyone should take a good
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look at how they are building in fact no
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one can lay any other Foundation than
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what is already there Jesus Christ do
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you not know that you are God's Temple
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and that the spirit of God lives in you
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if anyone destroys the sanctuary of God
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God God will destroy him for the
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sanctuary of God is Holy and you are
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that Sanctuary word of the Lord thank
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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 Passover of the Jews was
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approaching and Jesus went up to
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Jerusalem in the temple he found the
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sellers of oen sheep and doves and the
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money changers who were sitting there he
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then made a whip of ropes and expelled
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everyone from the temple along with the
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sheep and oxen he scattered the coins
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and overturned the money changers tables
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and he said to those who were selling
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doves take this away from here do not
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make my father's house a trading house
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his disciples later remembered that the
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scripture says Zeal for your house will
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consume me then the Jews asked Jes Jesus
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what sign do you show us to act like
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this he replied destroy this Temple and
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in 3 days I will raise it up the Jews
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said it took 46 years to build the
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sanctuary and you will raise it in 3
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days but Jesus was talking about the
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Temple of his body when Jesus was
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resurrected the disciples remembered
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what he had said and believed the
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scripture and his word word of salvation
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Lord dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ
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water that gushes temples that purify
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themselves foundations that are
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established our readings today present
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us with powerful images that speak
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directly to our hearts about God's
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transforming presence in our lives in
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the first reading the prophet Ezekiel
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offers us an extraordinary vision
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he sees water gushing from the temple
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flowing first is a small Trickle and
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growing until it becomes a raging River
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this is no ordinary water wherever this
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water passes says the Lord all things
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will come to life imagine this scene for
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a moment water flows from the sanctuary
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from the most sacred place and as it
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flows it transforms everything in its
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path fruit trees grow on its banks
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their fruits serve as food and their
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leaves as medicine it is an image of
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abundance healing and life that Springs
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from the presence of God but this vision
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of Ezekiel is not just about a physical
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Temple it is a prophecy that points to
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something greater something that St Paul
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helps us understand in the second
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reading do you not know that you are the
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temple of God and that the spirit of God
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dwells in you what an extraordinary
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revelation we are the temple of God
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not a building of stone and wood but a
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living breathing Temple pulsing with the
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presence of the Holy Spirit Paul reminds
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us that this Temple is Holy and this
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Temple are you but Paul also warns us
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about the importance of the
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foundation no one can lay any other
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Foundation than the one that has already
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been laid Jesus Christ here is a crucial
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truth our identity as God's Temple only
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makes sense when it is firmly
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established INR Christ and then we come
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to the gospel where we find Jesus in an
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astonishing moment of holy wrath he
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enters the temple in Jerusalem and finds
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a scene that infuriates him merchants
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selling animals money changers
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exchanging money the holy Place
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transformed into a market Jesus reaction
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is dramatic he makes a whip of ropes and
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drives everyone out of the temple
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overturns the money changers tables and
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scatters their coins get this out of
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here he commands do not make my father's
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house a house of Commerce this is a
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pivotal moment Jesus is not just
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cleaning a building he is declaring a
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new era in the relationship between God
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and Humanity when the Jews ask for a
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sign of his authority his response is
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cryptic destroy this Temple and in 3
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days I will raise it up John explains to
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us that Jesus spoke of the Temple of his
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body his death and Resurrection would
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establish a new type of Temple a new way
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of encountering God no longer limited to
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a building in Jerusalem but present in
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every heart that welcomes him these
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three readings intertwine beautifully
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revealing profound truths about our
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identity and calling as Christians first
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we are called to be living temples of
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God this is not a pretty metaphor but a
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transformative reality the same God who
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who lived in the temple of Jerusalem now
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lives in us through the Holy Spirit what
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responsibility what an extraordinary
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privilege but like all privileges this
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responsibilities just as Jesus cleansed
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the physical Temple we are called to
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allow him to cleanse the Temple of our
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hearts what are the money changers
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tables in our lives that need to be
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overturned what worldly dealings are we
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allowing into the Sacred Space of our
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hearts Perhaps it is greed that leads us
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to put profit above love maybe it's
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Pride that makes us build Alters to our
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own ego or maybe it's simply the
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distraction and noise of the world that
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keeps us from hearing God's still Small
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Voice second like the water that Ezekiel
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Saw flowing from the temple we are
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called to be channels of God's
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life-giving grace the presence of God in
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us must not remain stagnant it must flow
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outward bringing life and healing to a
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thirsty World think of the trees on the
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riverbank in Ezekiel bearing fruit for
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food and leaves for healing our life in
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Christ must bear fruit that feeds the
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hungry not just with bread but with love
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hope and purpose our words and actions
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should bring healing to the hurting and
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broken third all of this is only
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possible when we are firmly grounded in
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Christ we cannot be living temples of
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God we cannot be channels of his grace
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if we are not built on the rock that is
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Jesus Christ this Foundation is
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established and strengthened through
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regular prayer the study of the word of
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God participation in the sacraments and
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community life these are not optional
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activities for the Christian they are
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essential to keeping the temple holy and
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strong my dear brothers and sisters
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today we are invited to a profound
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renewal we are called to allow Jesus to
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enter the Temple of our hearts with his
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whip of cords purifying everything that
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does not belong there we are challenged
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to become Pur channels of God's
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life-giving grace imagine what it would
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be like if each of us fully lived this
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reality of being a temple of God how our
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families would be transformed how our
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communities would be renewed how
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different the world would be if every
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Christian truly became a river of Living
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Water bringing life and healing wherever
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they go May the Holy Spirit help us live
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up to our calling as living temples of
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God May Christ continue to purify our
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hearts and may rivers of living water
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flow from us bringing life and hope to a
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world thirsty for God's love and May the
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grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the love
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of God the father and the communion of
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the Holy Spirit be with you all today
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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 prow
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throughout the world seeking the ruin of
