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Today's Feast is Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious
The Readings can be found at http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/081222.cfm
Holy Mass is offered by Fr. Ryan Humphries from St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Tallulah, Louisiana
*Note* The screen will look frozen on the title card until the beginning of Mass. This is deliberate.
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in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit the lord be with you
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as we come before our lord to offer these sacred mysteries in honor of saint jane francis to chantal let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare our
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hearts lord jesus you are king of kings lord
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have mercy lord jesus you are lord of lords christ have mercy
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lord jesus your prince of peace lord have mercy and may almighty god have mercy on us
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forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life lord have mercy
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christ have mercy lord have mercy let us pray
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oh god who made saint jane francis chantal radiant with outstanding merits in different walks of life
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grant us through her intercession that walking faithfully in our vocation we may constantly be examples of shining
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light through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever
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and ever
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a reading from the book of the prophet ezekiel the word of the lord came to me
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son of man make known to jerusalem her abominations thus says the lord god to jerusalem
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by origin and birth you are of the land of canaan your father was an amorite and your mother a hittite
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as for your birth the day you were born your naval cord was not cut
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you were neither washed with water nor anointed nor were you rubbed with salt nor
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swathed in swaddling clothes no one looked on you with pity or
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compassion to do any of these things for you rather you were thrown out on the ground
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as something loathsome the day you were born then i passed by and saw you weltering
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in your blood i said to you live in your blood and grow like a plant
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in the field you grew and developed you came to the age of
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puberty your breasts were formed your hair had grown you were still
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stark naked again i passed by you and saw that you were
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now old enough for love so i spread the corner of my cloak over
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you to cover your nakedness i swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you
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you became mine says the lord god then i bathed you with water washed away
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your blood and anointed you with oil i clothed you with an embroidered gown
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put sandals of fine leather on your feet i gave you a fine linen sash and silk
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robes to wear i adorned you with jewelry i put bracelets on your arms a necklace about
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your neck a ring in your nose pendants in your ears and a glorious diadem upon your head
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thus you were adorned with gold and silver your garments were fine linen
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silk and imported cloth fine flour honey and oil
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were your food you were exceedingly beautiful with the dignity of a queen
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you were renowned among the nations for your beauty perfect as it was because of
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my splendor which i had bestowed on you says the lord god
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but you were captivated by your own beauty you used your renown to make yourself a
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harlot and you lavished your harlotry on every passerby whose own
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you became yet i will remember the covenant i made with you when you were a girl
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and i will set up an everlasting covenant with you that you may remember
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and be covered with confusion and that you may be utterly silenced for
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shame when i pardon you for all you have done says the lord god
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the word of the lord
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you have turned from your anger turned from your anger god indeed is my
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savior i am confident and unafraid my strength and my courage is the lord
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and he has been my savior with joy you will draw water at the fountain of
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salvation you have turned from your anger give thanks to the lord acclaim his name
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among the nations make known his deeds proclaim how exalted is his name
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you have turned from your anger sing praise to the lord for his glorious
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achievement let this be known throughout the earth shout with exaltation o city
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of zion for great in your midst is the holy one of israel
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you have turned from your anger
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the lord be with you a reading from the holy gospel according to saint matthew glory to you oh lord
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some pharisees approached jesus and tested him saying is it lawful for a man
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to divorce his wife for any cause whatsoever and he said in reply have you not read that from the beginning the
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creator made them male and female and said for this reason a man shall leave
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his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh
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so they are no longer two but one flesh and therefore what god has joined together man must not separate
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they said to him then why did moses command that a man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss her and he said
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to them because of the hardness of your hearts moses allowed you to divorce your wives but from the beginning it was not
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so i say to you whoever divorces his wife unless the marriage is unlawful and
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marries another commits adultery and his disciples said to him if that is the case of a man with his
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wife is it better not to marry and he answered not all can accept this word but only those to whom that is
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granted some are incapable of marriage because they were born so some because they were made so by others
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some because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven whoever can accept this ought to accept
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it the gospel of the lord
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as we heard in our first reading there is always has been a way of thinking about
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the right time for someone to leave the house and go do their thing decide to
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get married become religious whatever the case might be and that's always been the way within christianity there's
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generally been a window from about the time someone is marriageable to about
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the time they're in their 20s or 30s that's when you go and become a nun or a priest or a brother and if you don't
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make your decision in that window we love you great god's going to give you all kinds of good blessings but it's too
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late to sign up for the religious orders and that was a big big deal all through the history of the church they didn't
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have 40 year old novices they didn't have 50 year olds in seminaries nowadays in the last 20 years it's
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become more common because of a sense of desperation religious orders have moved
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back that window to older people priests are now being ordained in their 50s and 60s rather than their 20s but
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generally speaking the rule was very narrow enter saint jane francis de
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chantal living in rural france who said you know what i like these people who haven't
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gotten their act together the people who don't know what they want until they're 50 these are my kinds of people and she
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created a religious order the visitation sisters that exist exclusively to draw in people who believe they're
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called to religious life but significantly later and by significant we were talking france you know 100
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years ago we're talking people who are as old as 55 or 60 you believe so that
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she and she actually did she opened the doors to basically anybody i mean anybody who was was able to care for
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themselves physically she couldn't take in people with massive illnesses or whatever but her order had a lot of
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older people in it and their primary ministry was to care for the sick
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and so it was great you had you had older folks who perhaps professionals who had an experience or a sense of what
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how they could live their life and what they what it took to minister to those folks and so it was great and the
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visitation sisters were a gigantic benefit to the entire nation of france
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and it really was a big deal unfortunately i don't think that they exist broadly anymore but she was kind
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of one of these people who just liked the the uh i don't know of a nice way to say the folks that just didn't fit in or
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you know where just problems happened and and bless her heart she was beloved for it it is somewhat unfortunate that
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even now there are very very few orders that will accept people outside of a very very narrow window i
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mean i had a couple of young women who wanted to be sisters and the the general was if you're not if you don't have a
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rule if you don't have an advanced degree so you need at least a bachelor's degree and you need to be under 30 to even be
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considered and so if you haven't gotten your act together between the age of 22 and 30 you're out and in india and in
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places where the faith is really thriving even now if you haven't entered seminary by the time you're say 24 or 25
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you're too old you're past your prime and so there is kind of room being established for
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these folks who perhaps are second career so to speak uh you know religious people and there's there's room for that
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and so it's kind of a fascinating story that saint james francis de chantal did something that seems like an obvious
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thing to us nowadays but it was a giant big deal and of course the the devotion to her kind of continues as a reminder
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that we're never past the point where the lord wants to put us to good use um you know it's not as if we haven't
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gotten all of our act together at the age of 24 then we're just out of it or we're done and so jane is a wonderful
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saint for us to look to and remind and be reminded that we're always being called again to the service of the lord
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it's not as if you know where we've reached that age that ripe old age of 43 or 44 and that god's done with us now
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it's time to just put it be put out to pasture but that there is a constancy of the call and the vocation
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to holiness and so we could ask saint jane to pray for us in that regard in the name of the father and of the son
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and of the holy spirit amen
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blessed are you lord god of all creation for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you fruit of
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the earth and work of human hands it will become for us the bread of life
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blessed are you lord god of all creation for your goodness we have received the wine we offer you fruit of the vine and
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work of human hands it will become our spiritual dream
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pray my brothers and sisters that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the almighty father
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praise the lord the good of all
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we bring the offerings of our devotion to be consecrated by you o lord in commemoration of blessed jane francis
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de chantal for by the consolation you give us in this life you show that we
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should not lose hope of what is promised for eternity through christ our lord
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amen and the lord be with you lift up your hearts
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and let us give thanks to the lord our god it is truly right and just our duty and
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our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god for you are
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praised in the company of your saints and in crowning their merits you crown your own gifts by their way of life you
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offer us an example by communion with them you give us companionship and by their intercession sure support
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so that encouraged by so great a cloud of witnesses we may run as victors in the race before us and win with them the
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imperishable crown of glory through christ our lord and so with the angels and archangels with the great multitude
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of the saints we sing the hymn of your praise as without end we acclaim
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holy holy holy lord god of hosts heaven and earth are full of your glory
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hosanna in the highest blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord hosanna in
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the highest and you are indeed holy oh lord and all
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you have created rightly gives you praise through your son our lord jesus christ by the power and working of the holy
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spirit you give life to all things and make them holy and you never cease to
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gather a people to yourself so that from the rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice may be offered to your
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name and therefore o lord we humbly implore you by the same spirit graciously make
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holy these gifts we have brought to you for consecration that they may become the body and blood of your son our lord
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jesus christ at whose command we celebrate these mysteries from the night he was betrayed he
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himself took bread and giving you thanks he said the blessing broke the bread and gave it to his
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disciples saying take this all of you and eat of it
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for this is my body which will be given up for you
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in a similar way when supper was ended he took the chalice and giving you thanks he said the blessing and gave the
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chalice to his disciples saying take this all of you and drink from for
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this is the chalice of my blood the blood of the new and eternal covenant which will be poured out for you and for
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many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me
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the mystery of faith we proclaim your death oh lord and
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profess your resurrection until you come again therefore lord as we celebrate the
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memorial of the saving passion of your son his wondrous resurrection and ascension
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into heaven and as we look forward to his second coming we offer you in thanksgiving this holy and living
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sacrifice look we pray upon the oblation of your church and recognizing the sacrificial
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victim by whose death you will to reconcile us to yourself grant that we who are nourished by the
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body and blood of your son and filled with this holy spirit may become one body one spirit in christ
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may he make of us an eternal offering to you so that we may obtain an inheritance with your elect especially with the most
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blessed virgin mary mother of god with blessed joseph her spouse with your blessed apostles and glorious martyrs
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and with all the saints on whose constant intercession in your presence we rely for unfailing help
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and may this sacrifice of our reconciliation we pray o lord advance the peace and salvation of all the world
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be pleased to confirm in faith and charity your pilgrim church on earth with your servant francis our pope and
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robert our bishop the order of bishops all the clergy and the entire people you have gained for your own
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listen graciously to the prayers of this family whom you have summoned before you in your compassion o merciful father
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gather to yourself all your children scattered throughout the world and to our departed brothers and sisters
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and to all who were pleasing to you at their passing from this life give kind admittance to your kingdom
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there we hope to enjoy forever the fullness of your glory through christ our lord through whom you bestow on the
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world all that is good through and with him and in him oh god
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almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours
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forever and ever amen
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at the savior's command and formed by divine teaching we dare to say
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our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come and thy will be done on
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earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our
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trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but
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deliver us from evil deliver us lord we pray from every evil graciously grant
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peace in our days that by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress as we
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await the blessed hope and the coming of our savior jesus christ for the kingdom
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the power and the glory are yours now and forever lord jesus christ who said to your
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apostles peace i leave you my peace i give you look not on our sins but on the faith of your church and graciously
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grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will who live and reign forever and ever
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the peace of our lord be with you always and let us offer to one another a sign of that peace
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is
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behold the lamb of god behold him who takes away the sins of the world blessed are those who are
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called to the supper of the lamb lord i am not worthy you should enter under my roof but only say the word and
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my soul shall be
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so
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hmm
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let us pray
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renewed o lord at the wellsprings of salvation we humbly entreat you that through the intercession of blessed jane
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francis to chantal holding more closely day by day to christ we may merit to be
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coheirs in his kingdom of grace who lives and reigns forever and ever amen
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the lord be with you may almighty god bless you the father the son and the holy spirit
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go in peace
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you