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reading the letter to the Hebrews
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Brothers the law only has the outline of
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future goods and not the real model of
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things also with her sacrifices always
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the same and without giving up repeated
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every year She is totally incapable of
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bringing to Perfection those who
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approached to offer them if it weren't
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so wouldn't they have stopped offering
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them if those who worship once purified
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no longer had any conscience of sins but
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on the contrary it is through these
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sacrifices that the memory of sins is
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renewed annually as it is impossible to
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eliminate sins with the blood of bulls
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and goats therefore upon entering the
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world Christ States you did not want
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sacrifice or offering but you formed a
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body for me burnt offerings and
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sacrifices for sin were not to your
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liking therefore I said behold I come in
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the book it is written about me I came
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oh God to do your will after saying you
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did not desire nor were you pleased with
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victims offerings burnt offerings
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sacrifices for sin things offered
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according to the law he adds I have come
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to do your will with this he suppresses
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the first sacrifice to establish the
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second it is thanks to this will that we
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are Sanctified by the offering of the
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body of Jesus Christ made one once and
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for all word of the Lord thank
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God proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus
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Christ according to St Mark Glory To You
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Lord at that time Jesus mother and his
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brothers arrived they stood outside and
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sent for him there was a crowd sitting
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around him then they said to him your
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mother and brothers are outside looking
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for you he replied who is my mother and
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who are my brothers and looking at those
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who were sitting around him he said here
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are my mother and my brothers whoever
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does the will of God is my brother my
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sister and my mother word of Salvation
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Lord dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ
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it is with great joy that we gather
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today to reflect on the sacred words of
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Our Lord which lead us toward true
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freedom and salvation today's readings
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from both the letter to the Hebrews and
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the gospel of Mark offer us a unique
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opportunity to reflect on Christ's
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sacrifice and the true spiritual family
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he calls us to form let's start with a
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little imagination exercise think for a
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moment about the ancient practice of
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sacrifices in the temple of Jerusalem
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the people of God gathered bringing
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such as Lambs doves and others to ask
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forgiveness for their sins these
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sacrifices repeated year after year
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never seemed to reach Perfection they
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were a shadow of what was to come a
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preparation for the ultimate sacrifice
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but imagine yourself back then bringing
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an animal to The Altar and feeling the
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weight of guilt being transferred to
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that offering can you imagine the
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momentary relief but also the
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realization that next year you would
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have to do it all over again this is the
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reality that the letter to the Hebrews
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describes for us in today's first
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reading the author tells us about the
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sacrifices of the law which despite
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being made with good intentions never
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managed to truly purify the hearts of
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men sacrifices were not able to take
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away sin once and for all it is
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impossible for the blood of bulls and
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goats to take away sins says the passage
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but when Christ came he brought us
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something completely new he did not come
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to offer repeated sacrifices but to
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offer the ultimate sacrifice his own
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life for the Redemption of us all this
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is where the depth of the message
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reveals itself instead of a temporary
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sacrifice Christ did what no one else
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could do he gave himself completely to
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God offering his own body is the true
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and only offering for the Salvation of
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all Humanity as it is written behold I
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come oh God to do your will expressing
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Christ's total surrender to the mission
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that the father entrusted to him Christ
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did not come to fulfill a simple
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ritualistic rule he came to establish a
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New Covenant based not on repetitive
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rituals but on a deep and personal
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relationship with God Christ's sacrifice
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was perfect unique and definitive
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therefore there is no longer any need to
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offer animal sacrifices or to try to
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purify ourselves with our own strength
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salvation has been accomplished and
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Christ with his sacrifice on the cross
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has opened a direct path for us to the
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father now as we turn to Mark's gospel
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we see that Christ's message of
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Salvation is not limited to an isolated
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sacrifice but calls us to a new way of
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life to a new way of relating to God and
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others in Mark 3 we see a significant
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scene while Jesus was teaching and
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healing his mother and brothers arrived
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and tried to get his attention when
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someone told him that his mother and his
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brothers were outside he surprisingly
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responded who is my mother and who are
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my brothers and pointing to those around
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him he said here are my mother and my
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brothers whoever does the will of God
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that is my brother my sister and my
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mother these words of Jesus may be
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shocking to us for he is not rejecting
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his mother or his relatives but inviting
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us to understand something deeper about
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what it means to be part of his true
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family Jesus teaches us that the true
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family of God is Not defined by Blood
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Ties but by the willingness to do the
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father's will he redefines the concept
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of family calling all who follow his
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teachings to join his spiritual
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family it doesn't matter where we come
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from or who we are what matters is our
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willingness to follow God's will this
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message has immense depth especially for
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us who live in a society where Blood
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Ties are often placed Above All Else
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Jesus invites us to an even deeper
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intimacy not just being me members of
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his family by birth but by a conscious
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decision to follow his teachings and
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live according to God's will the true
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Family of Christ is made up of those who
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from their hearts seek to do God's will
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day after day this is a great lesson for
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all of us as we often prioritize other
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things in our lives work relationships
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material possessions and forget that our
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true identity comes from our
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relationship with God the family of
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Christ is made up of those who like him
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seek to do the father's will we are
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called not only to recognize Christ as
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our savior but to live as he lived to do
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God's will with courage faith and
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perseverance in this context the letter
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to the Hebrews challenges us to live the
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New Covenant with Christ fully if before
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sacrifices were a means to achieve
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purification now true purification
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happens through Union with Christ and
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acceptance of his sacrifice Christ did
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not come to abolish the law but to to
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fulfill it in a way so perfect that it
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allows us through faith to participate
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in the family of God without the
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limitations of the Old Testament he
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offers us a new way of living and
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relating to the father based on his
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perfect sacrifice therefore brothers and
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sisters what Christ asks of us today is
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that we become his true family he calls
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us to be his brothers sisters and
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mothers not by the flesh but by faith by
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the willingness to do God's will in our
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lives are we ready to accept this call
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are we willing to be part of this family
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of Christ Living the New Covenant that
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he established with his sacrifice now
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let us ask God for the grace to live as
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members of this new family to be
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faithful to his will in all areas of Our
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Lives May Christ's sacrifice made once
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and for all transform our hearts and
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make us more and more like him and that
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by living according to his will we can
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also be light and salt to the world
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showing every everyone that we truly are
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the family of Christ prayer Lord we
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praise you and thank you for the
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sacrifice of Christ which brought us
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salvation and made us part of your true
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family give us the grace to live
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according to your desire to follow your
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will and to be faithful to the New
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Covenant may as members of your family
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we reflect your love and your mercy in
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everything we do in the name of Jesus
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St Michael the arc angel 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
