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Holy Mass from St. Edward the Confessor in Tallulah, Louisiana
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I trust the University of God
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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 let me come before our Lord today to
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celebrate the Feast of Saint Gertrude as
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well as Saint Margaret let us
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acknowledge our sins now 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 in
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what I have done and in what I have
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failed to 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 Christ have mercy
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Lord have mercy
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and let us pray
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oh God who prepared a delightful
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dwelling for yourself in the heart of
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Saint the Virgin Saint Gertrude
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graciously bring light through her
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intercessions to the darkness of our
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hearts that we may joyfully experience
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you present and at work within us
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through our Lord Jesus Christ your son
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who lives and reigns with you in the
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unity of the Holy Spirit one God forever
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and ever
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a reading from The Book of Revelation
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I John had a vision of an Open Door to
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Heaven and I heard the trumpet-like
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voice that had spoken to me before
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saying come up here and I will show you
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what must happen afterwards
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at once I was caught up in spirit a
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throne was there in heaven and on the
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throne Sat one whose appearance sparkled
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like Jasper and carnelian
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around the throne was a Halo as
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brilliant as an emerald
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surrounding the throne I saw 24 other
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Thrones on which 24 Elders sat dressed
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in white garments and with gold crowns
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on their heads
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from the throne came flashes of
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lightning Rumblings and peels of thunder
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seven flaming torches burned in front of
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the throne which are the seven spirits
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of God
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in front of the throne was something
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that resembled a sea of glass like
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Crystal
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in the center and around the throne
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there were four living creatures covered
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with eyes in front and in back
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the first creature resembled a lion
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the second was like a calf the third had
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a face like that of a man and the fourth
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looked like an eagle in flight
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the four living creatures each of them
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with six wings were covered with eyes
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inside and out
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day and night they do not stop
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exclaiming
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holy holy holy is the Lord God Almighty
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who was and who is and who is to come
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whenever the living creatures give glory
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and honor and thanks to the one who sits
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on the throne who lives forever and ever
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the 24 Elders fall down before the one
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who sits on the throne and worship him
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who lives forever and ever
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they throw down their crowns Before the
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Throne exclaiming worthy are you Lord
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our God
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to receive glory and honor and power for
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you created all things because of your
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will they came to be and were created
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the word of the Lord
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holy holy holy Lord Mighty God holy holy
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holy Lord Mighty God
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praise the Lord in his Sanctuary Praise
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Him in the firmament of his strength
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praise him for his mighty Deeds praise
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him for his Sovereign Majesty
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holy holy holy Lord God
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praise him with the blast of the trumpet
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praise him with liar and hope praise him
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with timbrel and dance praise him with
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strings and pipe holy holy holy Lord
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Mighty God
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praise him with sounding symbols praise
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him with clanging symbols let everything
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that has breath praise the Lord Alleluia
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holy holy holy Lord Mighty God
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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 Luke Glory To You O Lord while
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a people were listening to Jesus speak
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he proceeded to tell a parable because
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he was near Jerusalem and they thought
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that the kingdom of God would appear
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there immediately and so he said a
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nobleman went off to a distant country
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to obtain the kingship for himself and
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then to return
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he called 10 of his servants and gave
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them ten gold coins and told them engage
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in trade with these until I return
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his fellow citizens however despised him
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and sent a delegation after him to
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announce we do not want this man to be
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our King
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but when he returned after obtaining the
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kingship he had the servants called to
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whom he had given the money to learn
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what he had they had gained by Trading
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the first came forward and said sir your
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gold coin has earned 10 additional ones
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and he replied well done good servant
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you have been faithful in these very
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small matters take charge of 10 cities
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then the second came and reported your
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gold coin sir has earned five more and
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to this servant too he said you take
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charge of five cities then the other
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servant came and said sir here is your
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gold coin I kept it stored away in a
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handkerchief for I was afraid of you
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because you are a demanding man you take
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up what you did not lay down and you
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harvest what you did not plant
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and he said to him with your own words I
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shall condemn you you Wicked servant you
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knew I was a demanding man taking up
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what I did not lay down and harvesting
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what I did not plant
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why did you not put my money in a bank
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then on my return I could have collected
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it with interest
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and to those standing by he said take
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the gold coin from him and give it to
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the servant who has ten
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but they said to him sir he has 10 gold
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coins and he replied I tell you to
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everyone who has more will be given but
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from the one who has not even what he
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has will be taken away
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now as for those enemies of mine who did
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not want me as their King bring them
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here and slay them before me and after
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he had said this he proceeded on his
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journey up to Jerusalem
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the gospel of the Lord
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Saint Margaret is on my list of people
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or Saints rather with truly awful
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patronages she is the patroness of The
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Unwanted which is one of those tragic
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stories which is very very common
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honestly among Royals and especially
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when it comes to princes and princes as
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throughout medieval and and modern
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Europe where they they have this lovely
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young woman who comes in from some other
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country she's the second or third
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daughter of a king and so she's married
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off to this Prince or whoever he gets
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into a battle with his next door
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neighbor he's killed and then there's
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this princess who has no purpose anymore
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she's technically a queen but she cannot
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rule by because of the the way that the
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laws are set up and so she either kind
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of gets thrown out made Marion Style
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just to figure it out or she is killed
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or she's married off to whoever else
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it's never a good situation and it
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happened hundreds and hundreds of times
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in history and so it was with Margaret
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who found herself as the queen of
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Scotland having absolutely no money no
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Authority no way to do anything and left
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going well what do I do now and so she
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basically decided to Simply say well if
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this is my lot this is my lot she began
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to work with the poor and with the those
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in need and became you know kind of a
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princess die sort of figure among the
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people in and around Edinburgh where you
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know she just did what she could do for
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people and it's a remarkable example of
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how uh the the circumstances of life
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don't in any way shape or form determine
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who we are or what our character is or
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what it is we hope to accomplish and how
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we hope to do it and so St Margaret is a
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wonderful figure even as she is the one
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of the most depressing uh patrons you
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could possibly imagine the patroness of
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The Unwanted we also of course today
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have Saint Gertrude who is an ideal
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Saint to think about in the month of
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November a month when we're thinking
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about the holy souls in purgatory
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because she famously in the midst of a
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series of miraculous and mystical
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Visions was told by the Lord that if a
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certain prayer was said with a great
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devotion in the heart that the Lord
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would release from purgatory a thousand
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souls for each time the prayer was said
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this does cause a little bit of
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confusion because we have the problem of
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well is the Lord keeping folks in
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purgatory just to keep them there is
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there some kind of you know trick or
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something is it like one of those things
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where you have to put a quarter in this
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you know at the store where the kids
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want the bouncy ball or the gumball
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outside the the grocery store I mean
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what's the deal how does this all work
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together and of course there is and
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there always has been a certain degree
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of confusion where Purgatory is
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understood in one way as merely the
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process of being made ready for heaven
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and so the minute you're ready you're
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ready at the same time Purgatory is
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understood as a group of people or
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individuals who need our prayers that we
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have an obligation to pray for them and
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there is a necessity of us praying for
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them in order for them to experience
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that process of purification that they
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need and those two do seem to come into
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conflict a bit and honestly there is a
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lack of clarity because this is a type
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of thing we just don't know that much
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about and so we know that our Lord told
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Saint Gertrude that praying for the holy
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souls in purgatory is necessary for us
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and it's necessary for them it's
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necessary for our growth and Holiness
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and it's necessary for them for some
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reason although we don't know what that
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reason is and the Prayer of Saint
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Gertrude to release Souls from purgatory
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is the prayer par Excellence to do that
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now I don't understand the theology
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deeply enough just to be completely
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Frank because it's extremely confusing
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it's very complicated and we're really
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working off of a dozen different
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mystical Visions from a dozen different
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Saints across about 400 years and so all
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I'll say is that what the church teaches
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and understands is that Purgatory is a
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necessary process of purification that
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everyone basically with with very very
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few exceptions who dies in this life if
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they're going to heaven they're going to
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go through some purgative process there
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is a need for us to pray for them there
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does not seem to be a genuine limitation
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where if there's not somebody here to
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pray for you you can't ever make it
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along to Heaven that's not the case you
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will make it along to Heaven still there
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is a great deal of spiritual value for
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us and for the holy souls in us praying
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for them and we'll just leave those few
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things kind of floating there in a
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certain degree of of un or imperfect
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Clarity because it's just not something
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that's that's easier to understand as
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with a lot of things like relics or holy
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water or exorcisms in the Latin language
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there's just certain components we don't
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understand of the way that the Universe
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works and we just kind of say well if
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this is what the Lord wants we'll just
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kind of roll with that
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uh also today after Mass we'll pick up
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with our Sunday our last rather of the
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Wednesday evening catechisms and we'll
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be talking today about Pope Saint John
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Paul II a little about his history and a
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little about why he's so very very
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important uh in world history even
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though he's been gone for for 20 some
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are almost 20 years now he remains a
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genuinely important figure in our
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Catholic faith and so I'll be talking
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about that I say the last Wednesday
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evening catechism because we'll continue
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doing the Wednesday morning catechisms
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that uh that are labeled the CU
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catechast and so if you're watching
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online those will continue we'll
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continue with our scripture studies next
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week but the evening Pro portion of it
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tonight will be the last of those
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certainly for 2022 and possibly uh here
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in our Parish just based upon the the
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way that the attendance has turned out
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but we will have the live presentation
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this evening if you're watching you can
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you can skip the uh the live stream
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presentation and come for a live
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presentation this evening in the hall at
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6pm yeah otherwise please stick around
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after Mass for Pope Saint John Paul II
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his story and his importance in the name
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of the father and the son and the holy
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spirit amen
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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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thank you
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thank you
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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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foreign
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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
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for our good and the good of all his
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holy church
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as we Proclaim your wonders O Lord in
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the virgin virgin blessed Gertrude we
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humbly implore your majesty that as her
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merits are pleasing to you so too our
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dutiful service may find favor in your
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sight through Christ Our Lord
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the Lord be with you lift up your hearts
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let us give thanks to the Lord our 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 and by communion
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with him you give us companionship and
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by their intercession sure support so
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that 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 with great multitude of
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the Saints we sing the hymn of your
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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
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take this all of you and eat of it for
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this is my body which will be given up
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for 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 we Proclaim your
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death O Lord and profess your
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Resurrection until you come 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 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 his holy spirit may become one body
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one Spirit In Christ
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may he make of us an eternal offering to
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you so that we may obtain an inheritance
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with your elect especially with the Most
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Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of God with
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bless Joseph her spouse and with your
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blessed Apostles and glorious Martyrs
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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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and may this sacrifice of our
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reconciliation we pray O Lord Advance
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the peace and 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 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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and to 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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admittance to your kingdom there we hope
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to enjoy forever the fullness of your
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glory through Christ Our Lord through
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whom you bestow on the world all that is
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good
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through him and with him and in him o
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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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thank you
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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 thy kingdom come and thy will
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be done on Earth as it is in heaven give
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us this day our daily bread and forgive
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us our trespasses as we forgive those
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who trespass against us and lead us not
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into 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 and Lord
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Jesus Christ who said to your Apostles
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peace I leave you my peace I give you
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look not on our sins but on the faith of
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your church and graciously Grant her
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peace and unity in accordance with your
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will who live and Reign forever and ever
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the Peace of Our Lord be with you always
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and what is offered to another a sign of
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that peace
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foreign
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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 Lord I
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am not worthy you should enter under my
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roof but only say the word and my soul
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shall be healed
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already
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foreign
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foreign
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let us pray
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mm-hmm
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renewed by partaking of this Divine gift
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we pray O Lord Our God by the that by
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the example of blessed
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Margaret of Scotland and of Gertrude the
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great burying in our body the death of
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Jesus we may strive to hold fast to you
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alone through Christ Our Lord amen the
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Lord be with you and may almighty God
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bless you the Father the Son and the
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Holy Spirit go in peace
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I'm gonna desperate