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Holy Mass from St. Edward the Confessor in Tallulah, Louisiana
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in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the Lord be
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with you as we cometh our Lord to celebrate this Sunday but also to keep in mind All Saints Day and to celebrate
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with our tiny Saints here today let us call to mind our sins and so prepare our hearts
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Lord Jesus you are king of kings Lord have mercy Lord Jesus you are Lord of
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lords Christ have mercy Lord Jesus you are Prince of Peace Lord
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have mercy and may almighty God have mercy on us forgive us our sins and
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bring us to everlasting life glory to God in the highest and on Earth
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peace to people of Good Will We Praise You we bless you we adore you we glorify
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you we give you thanks for your great glory Lord God Heavenly King o God
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Almighty father Lord Jesus Christ only be gods and Son Lord God Lamb of God Son
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of the father you take away the sins of the world have mercy on us you take away
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the sins of the world receive our prayer you are seated at the right hand of the
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father have mercy on us for you alone are the Holy One you alone are the Lord
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you alone are the most high Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God
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the Father amen let us pray
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Almighty and merciful god by whose gift your faith will offer you write and praiseworthy service Grant we pray that
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we may hasten without stumbling to receive the things you have promised through our Lord Jesus Christ your son
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who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit one God forever and ever amen and please be seated
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foreign
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from the book of wisdom before the Lord the whole universe is as
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a grain from a balance or a drop of Morning Dew come down upon
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the Earth but you have mercy on all because you
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can do all things and you overlook people's sins that they
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may repent for you love all things that are
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and loathe nothing that you have made for what you hated you would not have
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fashioned and how could a thing remain unless you
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wielded or be preserved had it not been called forth by you
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but you spare all things because they are yours O Lord and lover of Souls
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for your imperishable spirit is in all things
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therefore you rebuke the offenders little by little
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warn them and remind them of the sins they are committing
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that they may abandon their wickedness and Believe In You O Lord
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the word of the Lord
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I will praise your name forever my king and my God I will praise your name
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forever my king and my God I will extol you o my God and King and I
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will bless your name forever and ever day will I bless you and I will praise
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your name forever and ever I will praise your name forever my king
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and my God the Lord is gracious and merciful
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slow to anger and of great kindness the Lord is good to all and
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compassionate toward all his works I will praise your name forever my king
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and my God let all your Works give you thanks O Lord and let your faithful ones bless
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you let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might
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I will praise your name forever my king and my God
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the Lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works
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the Lord lifts up all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down
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I will praise your name forever my king and my God
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a reading from the second letter of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians
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brothers and sisters we always pray for you that our God may
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make you worthy of his calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every
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good purpose and every effort of faith that the name of our Lord Jesus may be
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glorified in you and you in him in accord with the grace of our God and
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Lord Jesus Christ we ask you brothers and sisters with
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regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling with him
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not to be shaken out of your mind suddenly or to be alarmed either by a
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spirit or by an oral argument or by a letter allegedly from us to the
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effect that the day of the Lord is at hand
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the word of the Lord hallelujah hallelujah
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hallelujah [Music]
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hallelujah God so loved the world that he gave his
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only son so that everyone who believes in him
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might have eternal life
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hallelujah hallelujah [Music]
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the Lord be with you a reading from the holy Gospel According to Saint Luke
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at that time Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town now a
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man there named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man was seeking to see who Jesus was but
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he could not see him because of the crowd for he was short in stature so he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in
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order to see Jesus who was about to pass that way when he reached the place Jesus
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looked up and said Zacchaeus come down quickly for today I must stay at your
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house and he came down quickly and received him with joy and when they all saw this they began to Grumble saying he
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has gone to stay at the house of a sinner but Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord behold half of my
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possessions Lord I shall give to the poor and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times
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over and Jesus said to him today salvation has come to this house because
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this man too is a descendant of Abraham for the son of man has come to seek and
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to save what was lost the gospel of the Lord
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speaking of short and stature we have all kinds of wonderful little saints to talk about when we get next door there
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are donuts ahead but remember calm quiet peaceful you can move to the back of Pew if you need to move one back more
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comfortable there you go we're all squeezed in okay super good so we have we will get into
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that we have all kinds of fun Saints to talk about we hope you'll join us for coffee and donuts next door right after Mass for that but let's start with the
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gospel today which ends with the phrase today salvation has come to this house
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why has salvation come to this house because this man too is a descendant of
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Abraham now one of the most important and one of the most kind of forward aspects of the teaching of Jesus is that
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salvation comes from the Jews but that it will not be extended only to the Jews
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after all we are not the Jews we are the Gentiles and salvation is extended to us
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in a parallel way salvation comes from the church and from the sacraments in
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particular but Salvation is not limited merely to the members of the church
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Jesus is after all Lord of all no we do not believe and the church has
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never taught that simply anyone can be saved
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as with Zacchaeus our faith both the internalization of our faith and the
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external expression of our faith incorporate us into the church Zacchaeus
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climbed the tree to quote see who Jesus was from there he learned about the Lord
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and after having here Jesus preached he expressed his faith he externalized it
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in an act of Charity and then and only then does Jesus say Zacchaeus is now
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clearly part of the ones who are the body of Believers by his actions he is
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incorporated literally made in the body of the church now that's what baptism
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and the sacraments do for us they literally incorporate us they make us
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part of the body of the church and that incorporation matters
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it does not matter because the Catholic Church says some cool secret golden
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ticket system where you show up enough and you put enough money in the basket and we give you a golden ticket and you
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go to heaven kind of thing that's not the way that salvation itself works
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salvation is ultimately the Lord's gift to us but that gift is not a one and
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done it is an ongoing preparation preparation for eternal life now stop
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and think about it for a second just to be clear heaven Heaven is the perfect
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eternal and total Union with Jesus Christ that's
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what heaven is it's not a diner it's not a weird fantasy movie it's not a library or some other bizarre setting Heaven is
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perfect Eternal Union with Jesus Christ with God in eternity now I don't know about you
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but perfect union is not something that my day-to-day life makes me ready for
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perfect union is not something rushing around to get a few things purchased Before Christmas shopping season gets
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going that doesn't help me get into the idea or the mode of perfect union the
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ordinary living of Our Lives doesn't do that I mean imagine for a second pick
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your favorite person in the whole wide world now imagine being locked in a room with them for a month or a year no TV no
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phone no distraction imagine being in perfect union with them everything you
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think they think everything you feel they feel now imagine that going on for
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a month or a year that's intense even if you really like
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the other person that's intense Heaven is perfect union with Jesus
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Christ and that's not the kind of thing that is easy to get ourselves ready for it's not the kind of thing we are
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naturally attuned to and you could understand how faced with eternity of
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perfect union with Jesus or total and complete isolation on my own which is
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hell a lot of people would choose hell as bizarre as that may seem because the
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idea of being in perfect union with Jesus is something that's been rejected throughout my life that I would say I
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don't want that in eternity all of a sudden just because and so it's the getting ready it's the
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preparation for that perfect union of Heaven that the Church offers us
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all of the beliefs all the rituals all the teachings the personal spiritual
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life the moral rules all of that stuff is about getting ready
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for that Eternal moment of Union with God that's why Purgatory matters because
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Purgatory is a last preparation phase before that perfect union begins
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and so it's not as if Catholics are being elitist when we say the Catholic church is the true Christian Church
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we're saying the Catholic Church by means of the sacraments is the church that is equipped to prepare us for
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eternal life that's what we're saying because heaven requires a profound change in every aspect of our natural
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human way of being and the sacraments by their nature soften our hearts they
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Enlighten our minds they humble our spirit they make us ready for eternal
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life with Jesus as much as we can be made ready in the course of this life we
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can have small tastes of that Union with Jesus in the confessional in the Holy
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reception of Holy Communion But ultimately this life is a preparation and that's what incorporation into the
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church really and truly offers us there are other pieces and there's complicated Theology and we could go down all kinds
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of different rabbit holes about that but that preparation is what the Church offers us it's why we don't have very
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many deathbed conversions it's why it's very very difficult to undo years of not
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preparing ourselves for Union with Jesus and so Heaven understood rightly is
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perfect union with Jesus Christ and we simply can't get there overnight and so
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salvation can be understood as being Incorporated slowly over the course of
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time into the body of Jesus being made ready for what heaven really is for
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Union with God and the more we kind of understand that the more we may look and say gosh this
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aspect of the church doesn't make sense to me that's okay the the big fancy
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forestry investment doesn't make sense to me that's fine doing some random ritual that's fine saying gosh this
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moral teaching that's at odds with the world that's fine all of those things are not designed to help us fit in with
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the world around us they're designed precisely to help us become ready for eternal life and so it's not something
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that we have to say gosh this should all just feel natural in many ways it shouldn't as the world becomes more
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insane parts of our faith should feel less and less natural and that's completely okay and so Heaven properly
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understood is something that we are getting ready for each and every time we
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come to church even every each and every time we say a prayer each and every time we offer Penance each and every time we
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do a work of Charity that's what we're looking for that salvation that incorporates us into the body of the
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church and ultimately into the body of Christ and that is what we are asking the Lord to build us up toward a little
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bore and a little more and a little more every time we engage with the Lord in
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any spiritual exercise whether it be in our public masses or in our private prayer lives in the name of the father
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and the son and the holy spirit amen um
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I believe in one God the Father the Almighty maker of heaven and Earth of
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all things visible and invisible I believe in one more of Jesus Christ the
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only begotten Son of God born of the father before all ages God from God
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light from light true God from true God begotten not a consubstantial with the
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following through him all things were made and for us men and for our Salvation he came down from him and by
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the Holy Spirit was incarnated for Urgent Mary and became for our sake he was crucified under
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Pontius Pilate he suffered death and was buried and rose again on the third day
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in accordance with the scriptures he ascended into heaven and is seated at
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the right hand of the father he will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his mission will have
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no end and I believe in the Holy Spirit the Lord The Giver of Life who proceeds
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from the father and the son who with the father and the son is adored and glorified who has spoken through the
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prophets and I believe in one Holy Catholic church I confess one baptism
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for the Forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come
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and now let's bring our prayers and our needs before the Lord
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for our faith family living and deceased for whom this mass is offered let us
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pray to the Lord r Lord hear our prayer for the church that Christ find us eager
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and ready for him on the day of his coming let us pray to the Lord r Lord hear our prayer for those seeking
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salvation in wealth and material things that they find it rather in Jesus Christ
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let us pray to the Lord r Lord hear our prayer for families that they find
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comfort in their home and Power in the prayer they share let us pray to the
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Lord r Lord hear our prayer for all who seek elected office in our democracy
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that they serve with humility and integrity let us pray to the Lord r
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for all who gather at this table and for all who cannot take part that they find
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refreshment and fulfillment in Christ let us pray to the Lord r Lord hear our
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prayer that our Lord would especially bless all who celebrate their birthday or wedding anniversary this week let us
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pray to the Lord r and for all our personal intentions needs and concerns let us pray to the
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Lord r Lord Jesus you are good in Mercy full of love to all who call on me hear our
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prayers and answer them according to your will for your lord forever and ever amen today's second collection is for
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The Bishop's emergency appeal to assist victims of hurricane Ian
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of [Music]
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also [Music]
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all the creatures [Music]
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oh Praise Him holy Praise Him
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with some awesome songs
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[Music]
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sweet but we are right here
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we are my soul is required
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foreign [Music]
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okay
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hi brothers and sisters that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the almighty father may the Lord
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accept the sacrifice of my hand for the praise and the glory of his name for our
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good and the good of all his holy church May these sacrificial offerings O Lord
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become for you a pure oblation and for us a holy outpouring of your mercy
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through Christ Our Lord the Lord be with you lift up your hearts
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let us give thanks to the Lord our God it is truly right and just our duty and
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our Salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks Lord Holy Father Almighty and eternal God for with your
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only begotten Son and the Holy Spirit you are one God one Lord not in the
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unity of a single person but in a trinity of one substance for what you have revealed to us of your glory We
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Believe equally of your son and of the holy spirit so that in the confessing of the true and eternal godhead you might
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be adored in what is proper to each person their unity and substance and their equality in Majesty for this is
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praised By Angels and Archangels chair of him too and seraphim who never cease
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to cry out each day is with one voice they acclaim
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after the station [Music]
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and Earth are full of your glory
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Glory Hosanna
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hosanna in the heart [Music]
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and blessed is he who comes In The Name
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Of The Lord [Music]
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thank you to you therefore most merciful father we
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make humble prayer and petition through Jesus Christ your son our Lord that you accept and bless these gifts these
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offerings these holy and unblemished sacrifices which we offer you firstly for your Holy Catholic Church be pleased
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to Grant her peace to guard unite and govern her throughout the whole world together with your servant Francis our
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Pope and Robert our Bishop and all those who hold into the truth hand on the Catholic and Apostolic Faith remember
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Lord your servant and all gathered here whose faith and
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devotion are known to you for them we offer you this sacrifice of praise so they offer it for themselves and all who
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are dear to them for the Redemption of their souls in Hope of health and well-being and paying their homage to
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you the Eternal God living and true in communion with those whose memory we venerate especially the Glorious ever
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Virgin Mary Mother of Our God and Lord Jesus Christ and bless Joseph her spouse
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your blessed Apostles and martyrs Peter and Paul Andrew James John Thomas James
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Phillip Bartholomew Matthew Simon and Jude Linus Cletus Clement sixtus
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Cornelius cypri and Lawrence chrysogenous John and Paul Cosmos and Damien and all your Saints and we ask
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that through their merits and prayers in all things we may be defended by your protecting health and therefore Lord we
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pray graciously accept this oblation of our servants that of your whole family order our days in your peace and command
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that we be delivered from Eternal damnation and counted among the flock of those you have chosen
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and be pleased oh God we pray to bless acknowledge and to prove this offering in every respect make it spiritual and
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acceptable so that it may become for us the body and blood of your most beloved Son our Lord Jesus Christ
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on the day before he was to suffer he took bread in his holy and venerable hands and with eyes raised to Heaven he
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o God is Almighty father giving you thanks he said the blessing broke the bread and gave it to his disciples
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saying take this all of you and eat of it for this is my body which will be
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given up for you
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in a similar way when supper was ended he took this precious chalice and His holy and venerable hands and once more
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giving you thanks he said the blessing and gave the Chalice to his disciples saying
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take this all of you and drink from it for this is the Chalice of My Blood the
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blood of the new and eternal Covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the Forgiveness of sins
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do this in memory of me
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the mystery of faith foreign
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therefore O Lord as we celebrate the memorial of a blessed passion the resurrection from the dead and the
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Glorious Ascension into heaven of Christ your son our Lord we your servants and
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your holy people offer to your glorious Majesty from the gifts that you have given us this pure victim this holy
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victim this spotless victim the holy bread of eternal life and the Chalice of everlasting salvation
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be pleased to look upon these offerings with a Serene and kindly countenance and to accept them as once you are pleased
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to accept the gifts of your servant Abel the just the sacrifice of Abraham our father in faith and the offering of your
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high priest Melchizedek a holy sacrifice a spotless victim in Humble prayer we
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ask you almighty God commanded these gifts be born by the hands of your Holy Angel to your altar on high in the sight
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of your Divine Majesty so that all of us who through this participation at the altar receive the most holy body and
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blood of your son may be filled with every Grace and Heavenly blessing and remember also Lord your servants who
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have gone before us with the sign of faith and rest in the sleep of peace
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grant them O Lord we pray and all who sleep in Christ a place of refreshment light and peace and to us also your
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servants who those Sinners hope in your abundant mercies graciously Grant some share and fellowship with your Holy
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Apostles and martyrs with John the Baptist Stephen Matthias Barnabas Ignatius Alexander marcelainis Peter
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Felicity perpetua Agatha Lucy Agnes Cecilia Anastasia and all your Saints
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admit as we beseech you into their company not weighing our merits but granting us your pardon through Christ
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Our Lord for whom you continue to make all these good things O Lord you sanctify them fill them with life bless
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them and bestow them upon us through him and with him and in him in
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the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever and ever
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I'm going to stand together at the savior's command and formed by
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Divine teaching we dare to say Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed be
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thy name thy kingdom come and thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven give
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us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those
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who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but Deliver Us from Evil
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Deliver Us Lord we pray from every evil and graciously Grant peace in our days that by the help of your mercy we may be
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always free from sin and safe from all distress as we await the Blessed hope and the coming of Our Savior Jesus
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Christ for the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever Lord Jesus
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Christ who said to your Apostles peace I leave my peace I give you look not on our sins but on the faith of your church
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and graciously Grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will who live and Reign forever and ever
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the Peace of Our Lord be with you always let us offered to another a sign of that peace
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one more time [Music]
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Have Mercy In Your House
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[Music] wow of God
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to take away the sins of the world
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Behold the Lamb of God Behold Him who takes away the sins of the world blessed
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are those who are called to the supper of the Lamb Lord I am not worthy you
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should enter under my root but only say the word and my soul shall be
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foreign [Music]
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[Music] How Great Thou Art [Music]
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twice [Music]
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foreign [Music]
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because
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this is my soul my savior loves you
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let us pray May the working of your power O Lord
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increase in us we pray so that renewed by these Heavenly sacraments we may be prepared by your gift for receiving what
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they promised through Christ Our Lord amen I do want to extend a warm welcome to guests and visitors who are here with
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us please need to have a spiritual home here at whenever you're here we're very happy to have you next door we will be
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taking uh each of our Saints will have a moment to tell us their name and perhaps a detail about their lives if you don't
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know how that will go it'll be a hoot either way so please do drop by for the parade of Saints next door also this
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week we do have a holiday of obligation you'll notice we haven't had one of these in just shy of a year so you know
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no excuses uh and so uh that will be Monday evening we'll have mass at 5 30 here Tuesday on All Saints Day itself
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will have mass at nine in the morning here six o'clock in Delhi so those are are our opportunities here there are
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course opportunities to go in Vicksburg as well as in Saint Joe and Lake Providence if those times don't work for
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you but but do remember if I don't see you at Mass I hope we will see you in the confessional this week and um on All
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Souls day which is Wednesday we will have the blessing of the graves at 10 A.M I'll go to the old Cemetery say the
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prayer uh sprinkle and then I'll go to the new Cemetery right after that uh and we'll do that so that'll be from about
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10 to 10 45 or so we'll have the blessing of graves on Wednesday and otherwise we hope that you have a
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wonderful week and we'll see you again very soon the Lord be with you and may almighty God bless you the
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Father the Son and the Holy Spirit go in peace
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I'm gonna say