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reading of the first book of Samuel in
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those days Saul set out and went down
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into the desert of zeith he was
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accompanied by 3,000 men chosen from
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Israel to look for David in the desert
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of zeith David and abishai went to the
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camp at night and found Saul lying and
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sleeping in the middle of the barricades
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with his spear at his head stuck in the
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Abner and his soldiers slept around him
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abishai said to David God has delivered
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your enemy into your hands today I will
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pin him to the ground with a spear and
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there will be no need to repeat the blow
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but David replied do not kill him for
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who could stretch out his hand against
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the Lord's anointed and go
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unpunished then David took the spear and
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the jar of water that were at Saul's
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bedside and they went away no one saw
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them no one realized anything no one
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woke up because everyone was sleeping in
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a deep sleep that the Lord had sent them
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David crossed to the other side stopped
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at the top of the mountain far away
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leaving a large space between them and
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David said here is the King's spear let
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one of your servants come and get it the
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Lord will repay each one according to
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his righteousness and his faithfulness
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for he delivered you into my power today
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but I did not I wanted to stretch out
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out my hand against the Lord's anointed
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word of the Lord thank
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God reading of the first letter of St
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Paul to the Corinthians Brothers the
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first man Adam was a living being the
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second Adam is a lifegiving spirit not
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the spiritual man came first but the
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natural man then then came the spiritual
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man the first man taken from the earth
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is Earthly the second man comes from
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Heaven as the Earthly man was so are the
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Earthly people and as The Heavenly Man
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is so will the Heavenly people be and as
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we already reflect the image of the
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Earthly man so we will also reflect the
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image of The Heavenly Man word of the
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proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus
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Christ according to St Luke Glory To You
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Lord at that time Jesus said to his
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disciples to you who listen to me I say
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love your enemies and do good to those
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who hate you bless those who curse you
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and pray for those who slander you if
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anyone gives you if someone takes your
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cloak let him take your tunic give it to
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whoever asks you and if someone takes
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yours do not ask for it to be returned
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what you want others to do to you do it
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to them too if you love only those who
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love you what reward will you have good
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only to those who do good to you what
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reward will you have even Sinners do
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this and if you lend only to those from
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whom you expect to receive what reward
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will you have Sinners to receive back
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the same amount instead love your
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enemies do good and lend without
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expecting anything in return then your
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reward will be great and you will be
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Children of the most high because God is
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also kind to you with the ungrateful and
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the evil be merciful just as your father
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is merciful do not judge and you will
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not be judged do not condemn and you
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will not be condemned forgive and you
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will be forgiven give and it will be
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given to you A good measure press down
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Shake together running over will be
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placed in your lap for with the same
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measure with which you measure others
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you will also be measured word of
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Salvation Glory To You
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Lord dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ
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today we are invited to reflect on God's
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profound call to live the radicality of
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love peace and Justice in our lives
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today's readings tell us about the inner
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struggle the transforming power of
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Christ and the way we should act in the
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world so let's dive into what God has to
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say to us and how he calls us to live
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authentically and Faithfully to his love
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in the first reading taken from the book
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of 1 Samuel we see King David in a
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situation of great tension Saul who was
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once God's chosen King now seeks the
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life of David who had already been
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anointed as the future king of Israel d
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David is in a position where he could
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take revenge on Saul who in envy and
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anger persecutes him but what does David
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do he chooses mercy and trust in God
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David with a small number of his men
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invades Saul's Camp while he is sleeping
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soundly surrounded by soldiers David has
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the opportunity to kill him but instead
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he approaches and takes Saul Spear and
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water skin he could have destroyed Saul
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but he chooses not to he says who can
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stretch out his hand against the Lord's
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unpunished David teaches us a lesson of
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great depth here revenge is not God's
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way God's justice is not our Justice and
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mercy is always the right response even
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when the temptation to repay evil for
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evil is great David recognizes that his
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trust is not in his strength but in God
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who is just and will do justice in his
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time this episode reminds us of many
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situations in everyday life doesn't it
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how many times are we tempted to repay
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the harm done to us to return one insult
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for another to seek revenge when we have
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been hurt but the gospel message in the
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story of David remind us that true
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Victory comes when we choose mercy and
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trust in God not revenge in the end God
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always triumphs and that is what we must
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trust Mercy is the key to true peace in
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the second reading St Paul tells us
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about the resurrection and about the new
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Adam who is Christ he tells us that the
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first man Adam became a living being the
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last Adam Christ became a life-giving
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spirit the first Adam in his
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Disobedience brought sin and death into
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the world Christ the new Adam through
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his obedience to the father's will
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brings life salvation and hope Paul
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teaches us that just as all die because
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of Adam all will be made alive in Christ
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here we are called to reflect on the
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great transformation that Christ brings
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about in our lives through him we are
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made new creatures we are called to live
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differently no longer according to the
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Flesh and sin but according to the
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spirit always seeking what belongs to
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God in Christ we have a new identity a
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new life that allows us to not just live
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but to live abundantly what does this
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mean for us it means that we must not
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cling to the old man to sin and failures
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but to put on the new man which is
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Christ and seek to live according to his
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teachings living in communion with the
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Holy Spirit now we come to the Gospel of
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Luke where Jesus gives us one of the
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most challenging passages in all of his
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preaching he tells us love your enemies
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do good to those who hate you bless
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those who curse you and pray for those
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who slander you these words of Jesus are
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a true Scandal for our human heart he
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challenges us to do the oppos opposite
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of what would come naturally to us the
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world teaches us to hate our enemies to
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repay evil for evil to fight for our own
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justice but Jesus teaches us a radically
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different path he calls us to love to
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pray to bless to do good even to those
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who harm us he calls us to a life of
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forgiveness of mercy of generosity which
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is totally contrary to the standards of
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the world Jesus shows us that by doing
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good without expecting anything in
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return we are imitating God himself who
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makes the sun shine on the good and the
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bad and sends rain on the just and
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unjust God's love is impartial it is
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unconditional and that is what he
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expects from us and how can we live this
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in our daily lives how can we love those
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who offend us who reject us who treat us
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badly the secret is to look at the
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example of Christ he loved until the end
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giving his life on the cross for all of
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us and it is through this surrender that
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we are transformed empowered to love in
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a supernatural way forgiveness is the
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key that opens the heart to True Freedom
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the radical Love Of Christ is the only
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path to true peace Jesus continues in
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his message saying give and it will be
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given to you good measure pressed down
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shaken together and running over will be
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placed in your lap he teaches us that
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the generosity we show to others will be
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multiplied if we are generous if we
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forgive if we love without measure the
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Lord will do the same for us he does not
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leave us unrewarded but blesses us
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abundantly my brothers and sisters today
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we are called to reflect deeply on how
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we are living God's love in our lives
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Jesus asks us to love radically to
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forgive Without Limits to be generous
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without expecting anything in return He
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challenges us to be light in the world
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to reflect his unconditional love
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even in a world that is so often marked
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by violence indifference and selfishness
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our world needs this transformative love
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we need to be like David who chose mercy
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and like Christ who loved to the end
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it's not easy but it's possible because
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Christ empowers us he calls us to live
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like the new Adam to live by grace to be
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his imitators in the world may we thus
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be Witnesses of his mercy and his love
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in everything we we do let us then ask
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God for the grace to live this radical
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nature of love in our lives may we be
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light in the world loving our enemies
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forgiving those who offend us and being
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generous to everyone may we in our daily
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lives be a reflection of Christ's love
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doing good praying for others and living
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the peace that only he can give us 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
