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Holy Mass from St. Edward the Confessor in Tallulah, Louisiana
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thank you
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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
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as we come before our Lord to offer
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these sacred Mysteries this morning let
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us acknowledge our sins and so prepare
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our hearts
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I confess to almighty God and to you my
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brothers and sisters that I have greatly
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sinned in my thoughts and in my words
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and what I have done and in what I have
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failed to do through my fault through my
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fault 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 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 Christ have mercy Lord
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have mercy
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let us pray
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oh God
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oh God Giver of heavenly gifts who in
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Saint Aloysius Gonzaga joined penitence
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to a wonderful innocence of Life Grant
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through his merits and intercession that
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though we have failed to follow him in
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innocence we may imitate him in
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penitence through our Lord Jesus Christ
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your son who lives and reigns with you
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in the unity of the Holy Spirit one God
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forever and ever
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a reading from the book of second
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Corinthians
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brothers and sisters consider this
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whoever so sparingly will reap sparingly
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and whoever sows bountifully will reap
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bountifully
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each must do as already determined
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without sadness or compulsion for God
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loves a cheerful Giver
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moreover God is able to make every Grace
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abundant for you so that in all things
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always having all you need you may have
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an abundance for every good work
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as it is written
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he scatters abroad and gives to the poor
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his righteousness endures forever
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the one who supplies seed to the sower
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and bread for food will supply and
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multiply your seed and increase the
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Harvest of your righteousness
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you are being enriched in every way for
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all generosity which through US produces
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Thanksgiving to God
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the word of the Lord
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a responsorial Psalm blessed the man who
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fears the Lord
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the man who fears the Lord blessed the
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man who fears the Lord who greatly
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Delights in his commands his posterity
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will be Mighty upon the Earth the
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upright generation shall be blessed
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blessed the man who fears the Lord
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wealth and riches shall be in his house
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his generosity shall endure forever
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light shines through the darkness for
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the upright he is gracious and merciful
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and just blessed the man who fears the
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Lord lavishly he gives to the poor his
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generosity shall endure forever
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his horn shall be exalted in glory
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blessed the man who fears the Lord
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hallelujah
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[Music]
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hallelujah
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hallelujah
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whoever loves me will keep my word and
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my father will love him and we will come
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to him
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Hallelujah
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[Music]
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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 Matthew refer to you Lord
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Jesus said to his disciples take care
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not to perform righteous deeds in order
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that people may see them otherwise you
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will have no recompense from your
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heavenly father
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when you give alms do not blow a trumpet
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before you as the Hypocrites do in the
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synagogues and in the streets to win the
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praise of others amen I say to you they
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have received their reward
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but when you give alms do not let your
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left hand know what your right is doing
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so that your almsgiving may be secret
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and your father who sees in secret will
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repay you
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When you pray do not be like the
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Hypocrites who love to stand and pray in
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synagogues and on street corners so that
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others may see them amen I say to you
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they have received their reward
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but when you pray go to your inner room
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close the door and pray to your father
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in secret and your father who sees in
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secret will repay you
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when you fast do not look gloomy like
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the hypocrites they neglect their
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appearance so that they may appear to
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others to be fasting amen I say to you
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they have received their reward but when
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you fast anoint your head and wash your
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face so that you may not appear to
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others to be fasting except to your
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father who is hidden and your father who
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sees what is hidden will repay you the
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gospel of the Lord
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Jesus Christ
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one of my very favorite Saints is not
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the saint we celebrate today but rather
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Saint Jean viennae a wonderful French
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priest who became a priest right at the
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very end of the Napoleonic conquest of
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France and he was sent to a delightful
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little Parish he stayed there the
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entirety of his priesthood and he
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complained about the fact that there was
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no not enough suffering for him that was
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the great tragedy and trial that there
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just wasn't enough suffering and of
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course that's what a lot of priests are
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shopping for a parish where there's just
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not enough suffering and it's certainly
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something that that's resonated with me
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because I've been in a lot of wonderful
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wonderful parishes where even if I've
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had troubles and difficulties it's never
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really been genuine suffering the first
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kind of moment where there has been a
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genuine trial a what do I do a I've got
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to get off my keister and do something
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but I honestly don't know what to do was
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covet was the lockdown and of course we
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did some you know basic live streaming
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kind of stuff and said mass and then
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just did what we could do but it was a
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very very kind of sense of what can I
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really do it's a small community sort of
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thing of course there were a lot of
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people who really didn't see it as an
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opportunity at all a lot of priests a
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lot of Bishops who didn't really stand
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up and seem to do much of anything but
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of course no one knew exactly what to do
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the same sort of situation arose for
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Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Who besides
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having a great name was a Jesuit priest
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in France a regular Jesuit seminarian in
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France who basically looked around and
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said oh look a pandemic is Broken Out In
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Rome which happened on a relatively
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frequent basis and so he basically
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engaged it is it with his entirety with
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all of his self and he went for it and
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he ministered and he did the very very
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best he could and it really does call to
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mind people like father lavuzolay that I
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mentioned this past weekend the Martyr
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of Charity who went to Shreveport to die
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in the yellow fever epidemic it calls to
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mind someone like maximly and Kobe or
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Edith Stein both of whom went to uh to
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German death camps in time of the Nazis
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and who laid down their lives for others
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the notion of of our modern American
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notion is I want everything to go right
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right that's the modern notion is if if
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God loves me everything is going to be
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smooth sailing from this point forward
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and yet for most of the saints that we
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really care about it was not about Lord
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make everything go well it was Lord just
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make me know what I should do when the
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time comes and when it comes to someone
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like Aloysius Gonzaga who walks into the
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street and says how do I help these
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people or when we think about someone
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like John Paul II or we think about
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someone like Saint maximi and Kobe what
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we're seeing is a saint who is looking
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to the Lord and saying Lord here is this
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bizarre thing I don't know what to do
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let's move forward how can I be of
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ministry to you in the midst of it and
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while thanks be to God for most of us
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our lives hopefully are going to be kind
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of John Vianney boring at least we hope
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they are we want some things to happen
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we want some excitement to happen we
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wish I wish you would have won the
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baseball game but for the most part
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we're okay with things being relatively
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straightforward if and when we do have
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that opportunity and covet was one of
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those things but we may have others but
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if and when that moment arises what we
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want to be is the kind of people who
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look to the Lord and say Lord I don't
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just want to run away I don't just want
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to bicker about this but what can you or
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what do you want me to do to put myself
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you know into the midst of this
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opportunity how do I take advantage of
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the opportunity that's set before me and
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I will wish this Gonzaga really does
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kind of stand up and is frequently
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referred to as as that Saint you know
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who is the patron of opportunities what
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do I do how do I take advantage of this
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bizarre opportunity I don't want to see
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the world through the lens of I want
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things to go this way I want to see the
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world through the lens of the Lord has
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given me an opportunity now what do I do
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to take advantage of it and so he
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becomes for us the kind of of excellent
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Patron in our own uncertain times not to
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say Saint Aloysius pray that everything
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would be smooth but rather Saint
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Aloysius helped me to have that that
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courage and that moment of realization
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that when a bizarre thing happens help
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me to ask the Lord what I should do
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about it because the one one thing we're
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certain of is that the moment of
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judgment is not going to be just a
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function of hey how did you you know how
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did your life go smoothly it's going to
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be what did you do with the
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opportunities and the moments given to
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you and so it becomes a wonderful moment
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for us to have Saint Aloysius to help us
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to develop the attitude of Readiness for
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the Lord whenever those opportunities
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may arise in the name of the father and
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of the son and of the holy spirit amen
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and just a gentle reminder I am not
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going to be giving the talk on on the
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letter to the Hebrews today uh it is too
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long and too complicated for me to have
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written uh and I'm about most of the way
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through it but I just not ready yet uh
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also uh we have just in in the vein of
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that about six more talks on the oh the
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New Testament uh and then uh at the
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suggestion of one of our parishioners
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here in the church we're going to be
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moving to a series on the various
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schools of spirituality uh that'll be
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about 10 different talks on that and so
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that'll get us well into the Autumn and
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then we will be getting a long series on
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church history that should take us
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through most of the next year and so if
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you have a strong sense of a talk that
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you want to squeeze in there between
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those series please let me know right
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away and I will find a way to squeeze
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that talk in between because we have a
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good long series coming up and then an
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even longer one after that uh so that we
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we won't uh kind of find our so I won't
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find myself going what in the world
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should I talk about next next week and
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so if you have thoughts or suggestions
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please let me know right away but no
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talk today we will pick back up with it
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next week on the CU catechcast
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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 drink
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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 at 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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grant us O Lord that by the example of
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Saint Aloysius we may take our place at
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the heavenly banquet clothed always in
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our wedding garment so that by
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participation in this mystery we may
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possess the riches of your grace through
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Christ Our Lord amen and the Lord be
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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 always and everywhere to
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give you thanks Lord Holy Father
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Almighty and eternal God for you are
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praised in the company of your Saints
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and in crowning their merits you Crown
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your own gifts by their way of life you
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offer us an example by communion with
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them you give us companionship and by
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their intercession sure support so that
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encouraged by so great a cloud of
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witnesses we may run as Victors in the
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race before us and win with them the
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imperishable Crown of Glory through
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Christ Our Lord and so with the Angels
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and Archangels and with the great
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multitude of the Saints we sing the hymn
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of your praise as Without End we acclaim
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holy holy holy Lord God of hosts Heaven
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and Earth are full of your glory hosanna
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in the highest blessed is he who comes
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in the name of the Lord hosanna in the
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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 the sun to its
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setting a pure sacrifice may be offered
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to your name and therefore O Lord we
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humbly implore you by The Same Spirit
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graciously make holy these gifts we have
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brought to you for consecration that
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they may become the body and blood of
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your son our Lord Jesus Christ at whose
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command we 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 take
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this all of you and eat of it 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 Blood
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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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and therefore O Lord as we celebrate the
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memorial of the saving passion of your
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son is 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 his holy spirit may become one body
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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 bless Joseph her spouse with
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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 be pleased to
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confirm in faith and charity your
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Pilgrim Church on Earth with your
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servant Francis our Pope and Robert our
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Bishop the order of Bishops all the
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clergy and the entire people you have
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gained for your own
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and listen graciously to the prayers of
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this family whom you have summoned
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before you in your compassion o merciful
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father gather to yourself all your
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children scattered throughout the world
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into our departed brothers and sisters
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and to all who were pleasing to you with
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their passing from this life give kind
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at admittance to your kingdom there we
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hope to enjoy forever the fullness of
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your glory through Christ Our Lord
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through whom he bestow on the world all
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that is good
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through him and with him and in him oh
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God Almighty father in the unity of the
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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
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Divine teaching we dare to say Our
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Father who art in heaven Hallowed be thy
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name thy kingdom come and thy will be
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done on Earth as it is in heaven give us
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this day our daily bread and forgive us
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our trespasses as we forgive those who
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trespass against us and lead us not into
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temptation but Deliver Us from Evil
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Deliver Us Lord we pray from every evil
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and graciously Grant peace in our days
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and by the help of your mercy we may be
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always free from sin and safe from all
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distress as we await the Blessed hope
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and the coming of Our Savior Jesus
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Christ for the kingdom the power and the
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glory are yours now 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
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and graciously Grant her peace and unity
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in accordance with your will who live
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and Reign forever and ever
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the Peace of Our Lord be with you always
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let us offer to one another a sign of
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that peace
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Lamb of God you take away the sins of
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the world have mercy on us Lamb of God
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you take away the sins of the world have
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mercy on us Lamb of God You Take Away
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The Sins Of The World grant us peace
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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 blessed are those who are
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called to the 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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thank you
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thank you
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let us pray
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bring us who have been fed with the food
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of angels O Lord to serve you in purity
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of life and follow the example of Saint
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Aloysius whom we honor today may we
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Preserve in maybe persevere in constant
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Thanksgiving through Christ Our Lord
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the Lord be with you R May almighty God
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bless you the Father the Son of the Holy
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Spirit go in
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