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Today is the Wednesday of the 18th week of Ordinary Time
The Readings can be found at http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/080322.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
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and of the holy spirit the lord be with
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you and as we come before our lord to
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offer these sacred mysteries this
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morning let us acknowledge our sins and
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so prepare our hearts
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i confess to almighty god and to you my
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brothers and sisters
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that i have greatly sinned
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in my thoughts and in my words in what i
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have done and in what i have failed to
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do
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through my fault through my fault
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through my most grievous fault and
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therefore i ask the blessed mary ever
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virgin all the angels and saints and you
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my brothers and sisters to pray for me
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to the lord our god and may almighty god
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have mercy on us forgive us our sins and
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bring us to everlasting life
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lord have mercy
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christ have mercy
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lord have mercy
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let us pray
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almighty ever living god whom taught by
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the holy spirit we dare to call our
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father bring we pray to perfection in
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our hearts the spirit of adoption as
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your sons and daughters that we may
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merit to enter into the inheritance
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which you have promised through our lord
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jesus christ your son who lives and
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reigns with you in the unity of the holy
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spirit one god forever and ever
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a reading from the book of the prophet
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jeremiah
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at that time says the lord i will be the
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god of all the tribes of israel
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and they shall be my people
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thus says the lord the people that
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escaped the sword have found favor in
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the desert
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as israel comes forward to be given his
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rest
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the lord appears to him from afar
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with old age love i have loved you
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so i have kept my mercy toward you
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again i will restore you and you shall
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be built o virgin israel
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carrying your festive tambourines you
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shall go forth dancing with the
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merrymakers
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again you shall plant vineyards on the
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mountains of samaria
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those who plant them shall enjoy the
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fruits
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yes a day will come when the watchmen
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will call out on mount ephraim
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rise up let us go to zion to the lord
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our god
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thus says the lord shout with joy for
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jacob exult at the head of the nations
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proclaim your praise and say
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the lord has delivered his people the
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remnant of israel
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the word of the lord thank you to god
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the lord will guard us as a shepherd
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guards his flock
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the lord will guard us as a shepherd
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guards his flock
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hear the word of the lord o nations
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proclaim it on distant isles and say
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he who gather he who scattered israel
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now gathers them together he guards them
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as a shepherd his flock
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the lord will guard us as a shepherd
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guards his flock
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the lord shall ransom jacob he shall
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redeem him from the hand of his
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conqueror
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shouting they shall mount the heights of
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zion they shall come streaming to the
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lord's blessings
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the lord will guard us as a shepherd
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towards his flock
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then the virgins shall make merry and
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dance and young men and old as well
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i will turn their mourning into joy i
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will console and gladden them after
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their sorrows
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the lord will guard us as a shepherd
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guards his flock
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the lord be with you
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a reading from the holy gospel according
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to saint
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matthew at that time jesus withdrew to
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the region of tyre and sidon and behold
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a canaanite woman of that district came
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and called out have pity on me lord son
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of david
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my daughter is tormented by a demon
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but he did not say a word in answer to
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her and his disciples came and asked him
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send her away for she keeps calling out
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after us
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and he said in reply i was sent only to
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the lost sheep of the house of israel
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but the woman came and did him homage
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saying lord help me
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and he said in reply it is not right to
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take the food of the children and throw
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it to the dogs
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and she said please lord for even the
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dogs eat the scraps that fall from the
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table of their masters
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then jesus said to her in reply o woman
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great is your faith let it be done for
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you as you wish
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and her daughter was healed from that
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hour
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the gospel of the lord
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one of the great questions in history is
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do we have free will or is the world
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around us and somehow faded is it all
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just a matter of something that's
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pre-written out and we have a really
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difficult part of that question when it
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comes to those aspects of our faith
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where it seems like the lord says there
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are just certain things
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that have to play out the way that they
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play out in order for something to to
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occur and we have kind of one of those
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moments in our gospel today where it's
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the the superficial reading is jesus is
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in a bad mood maybe he didn't have a
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twinkie this morning he's just feeling a
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bit jerkish and so he treats the woman
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like a jerk for a bit and then he goes
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oh well she got through that bless her
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little heart fine if you're going to put
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up with me being a jerk this morning
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because i didn't have my coffee then
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your daughter is healed that's the
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superficial reading but even if we go
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back to the old testament there are a
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number of circumstances and in fact
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we'll talk about some of them at the
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beginning of the book of hosea that
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we'll talk about after mass today
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where there are some bizarre things that
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the lord allows to happen and we say why
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would the lord allow this to happen
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obviously at the very beginning we have
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joseph and his technicolor dreamcoat who
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is sold into slavery by his brothers and
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it turns out that that action is
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ultimately what saves the jewish people
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from the great drought and we say well
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lord wasn't there a better way to do
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that wasn't there a more rational wasn't
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there a more charitable or merciful way
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to do that but we kind of have the idea
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of there are certain things that simply
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have to be done even if we jump to the
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new testament we have jesus being
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baptized by john and we have john who
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looks at jesus and says i should be
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baptized by you but jesus very famously
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looks and says it's necessary for us to
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fulfill righteousness to go through
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these steps this is what's necessary to
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have it happen and we see the same sort
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of thing the wedding feasted cana where
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jesus kind of gets dragged into helping
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by his mom and of course here today
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where we have this moment where this
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person who is clearly
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one of the outsiders she's either an
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alien or she's a samaritan we don't know
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which exactly but we have an idea that
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she is a canaanite woman and so she's
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you know there's a certain sense where
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the lord wants to make clear
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you guys are not the recipients of the
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promise yet that doesn't come until
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saint paul is sent to be the recipient
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for the to be the apostle for the
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gentiles
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and yet we have this whole thing where
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we joe through this rigmarole and then
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jesus says but your faith has done this
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this is now going to function as an
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example for people for generations and
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so now you can receive the healing sort
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of the same way that in a similar
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circumstance we're gonna have the uh the
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centurion whose daughter is the
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centurion gyrus whose daughter dies and
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then the lord says tell sir little girl
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i tell you get up and eat where we're
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going to go through the why did she have
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to die in the first place why couldn't
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you just snap your fingers or crinkle
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your nose and of course it goes on and
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on we've got
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mary and martha and lazarus and on and
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on and on and on and of course we have
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even the idea of the cross why did jesus
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need to die on the cross in order to
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accomplish all these things but it is
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good i think for us to remember because
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sometimes we look and say well if if god
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is so good and smart why doesn't he do
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things this way why doesn't he do things
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the way that i think makes sense and yet
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we can't begin to understand and
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comprehend the mysterious ways in which
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god does it
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i've preached on this topic before and
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i've used the example of the football
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coach that i had at my school who made
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kids jump onto boxes and jump off of
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boxes and none of the parents could
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understand why he would do such a stupid
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exercise and many of them were experts
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in football said this doesn't make any
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sense but of course once we were there
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at the superdome all of that went away
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and it's worth keeping that in the back
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of our minds we we don't understand why
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it is that the lord wants us to jump
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through these hoops and yet we will
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comprehend it in time we will comprehend
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it and we remember that god is good
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and that he is working with certain in a
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certain sense you know imperfect uh
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beings to kind of bring about his glory
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and so as we think about the struggles
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in our own lives and the difficulties
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and the trials we face it's worth
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keeping in mind that god does allow us
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to go through some things that may seem
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to be completely opposite to his
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opposite rather to his his good will but
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he does that for a reason a very
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specific reason that may or may not be
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beyond our comprehension or our capacity
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to comprehend in the name of the father
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and the son of the holy spirit amen as i
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say the the book this morning is the
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book of hosea we'll do that right after
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mass it is relatively short because the
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book of hosea is relatively short it is
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just the next book after daniel as we
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begin the minor prophets and so more
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about that after in the usual way when
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mass ends we'll bring the feed down
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bring it back up and pick up the the
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book of hosea on our relative channels
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we hope you'll join us for that after
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mass
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blessed are you lord god of all creation
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for through your goodness we have
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received the bread we offer you fruit of
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the earth and work of human hands it
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will become for us the bread of life
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blessed are you lord god of all creation
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for through your goodness we have
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received the wine we offer you fruit of
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the vine and work of human hands it will
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become our spiritual dream
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pray my brothers and sisters that my
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sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to
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god the almighty father may the lord
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accept the sacrifice of my hand for the
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praise and the glory of his name for our
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good and the good of all his holy church
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be pleased o lord to accept the
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offerings of your church for in your
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mercy you have given them to
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to be offered and by your power you
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transform them into the mystery of our
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salvation through christ our lord amen
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the lord be with you
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lift up your hearts
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and let us give thanks to the lord our
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god
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it is truly right and just our duty and
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our salvation
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always and everywhere to give you thanks
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father most holy through your beloved
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son jesus christ your word through whom
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you made all things whom you sent as our
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savior and redeemer incarnate by the
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holy spirit and born of the virgin
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fulfilling your will and gaining for you
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a holy people he stretched out his hands
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as he endured his passion so as to break
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the bonds of death and manifest the
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resurrection and so with the angels and
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all the saints we declare your glory as
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with one voice we acclaim
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holy holy holy lord god of hosts
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heaven and earth are full of your glory
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hosanna in the highest
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blessed is he who comes in the name of
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the lord hosanna in the highest
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and you are indeed holy o lord and all
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you have created rightly gives you
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praise for through your son our lord
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jesus christ by the power and working of
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the holy spirit you give life to all
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things and make them holy and you never
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cease to gather a people to yourself so
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that from the rising of this unto its
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setting a pure sacrifice may be offered
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to your name
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and therefore o lord we humbly implore
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you by the same spirit graciously make
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holy these gifts we have brought to you
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for consecration that they may become
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the body and blood of your son our lord
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jesus christ at whose command we
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celebrate these mysteries
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for on the night he was betrayed he
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himself took bread and giving you thanks
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he said the blessing broke the bread and
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gave it to his disciples saying
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take this all of you and eat of it
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for this
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is my body which will be given up for
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you
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in a similar way when supper was ended
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he took the chalice and giving you
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thanks he said the blessing and gave the
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chalice to his disciples saying
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take this all of you and drink from it
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for this is the chalice of my
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the blood of the new and eternal
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covenant which will be poured out for
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you and for many for the forgiveness of
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sins
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do this in memory of me
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the mystery of faith
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we proclaim your death o lord and
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profess your resurrection until you come
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again
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therefore o lord as we celebrate the
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memorial of the saving passion of your
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son his wondrous resurrection and
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ascension into heaven and as we look
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forward to his second coming we offer
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you in thanksgiving this holy and living
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sacrifice
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look we pray upon the oblation of your
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church and recognizing the sacrificial
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victim by whose death you willed to
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reconcile us to yourself
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grant that we who are nourished by the
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body and blood of your son and filled
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with this holy spirit may become one
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body one spirit in christ
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and may he make of us an eternal
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offering to you so that we may obtain an
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inheritance with your elect especially
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with the most blessed virgin mary mother
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of god with blessed joseph her spouse
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with your blessed apostles and glorious
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martyrs and with all the saints on whose
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constant intercession in your presence
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we rely for unfailing help
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may this sacrifice of our reconciliation
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we pray o lord advance the peace and
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salvation of all the world
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be pleased to confirm in faith and
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charity your pilgrim church on earth
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with your servant francis our pope and
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robert our bishop the order of bishops
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all the clergy and the entire people you
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have gained for your
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own graciously to the prayers of this
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family whom you have summoned before you
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in your compassion o merciful father
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gather to yourself all your children
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scattered throughout the world and to
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our departed brothers and sisters and to
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all who are pleasing to you with their
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passing from this life give kind
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admittance to your kingdom
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there we hope to enjoy forever the
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fullness of your glory through christ
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our lord through whom we bestow in the
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world all that is good
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through and with him and in him oh god
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almighty father in the unity of the holy
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spirit all glory and honor is yours
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forever and ever
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at the savior's command and formed by
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divine teaching we dare to say
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our father who art in heaven hallowed be
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thy name
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thy kingdom come and thy will be done
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on earth as it is in heaven
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give us this day our daily bread
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and forgive us our trespasses
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as we forgive those who trespass against
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us and lead us not into temptation but
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deliver us from evil deliver us lord we
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pray from every evil and graciously
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grant peace in our days that by the help
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of your mercy we may be always free from
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sin and safe from all distress as we
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await the blessed hope and the coming of
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our savior jesus christ for the kingdom
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the power and the glory are yours now
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and forever
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lord jesus christ who said to your
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apostles peace i leave you my peace i
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give you look not on our sins but on the
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faith of your church and graciously
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grant her peace and unity in accordance
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with your will who live and reign for
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ever and ever
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the peace of our lord be with you always
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and let us offer to one another a sign
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of that peace
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lamb of god take away sins of the world
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behold the lamb of god
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behold him who takes away the sins of
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the world
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blessed are those who are called to the
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supper of the lamb
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lord i am not worthy you should enter
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under my roof but only say the word and
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my soul shall be
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joy in your presence
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thank you
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let us pray
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may the communion in your sacrament we
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have consumed save us o lord and confirm
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us in the light of your truth through
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christ our lord amen and the lord be
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with you
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may almighty god bless you the father
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the son and the holy spirit
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go in peace
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you