tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238084962925298082024-03-18T23:31:51.998-04:00A Shepherd's PostA Catholic priest living the joy of priesthood in the midst of the flock.Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.comBlogger599125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-66813786922983587852023-09-28T11:31:00.002-04:002023-09-28T11:31:45.840-04:00The Most Important Way to Prepare for Priesthood<p> This week, my good friend and brother, Fr. Cristiano Barbosa and I returned to St. John's Seminary to say "goodbye" as we conclude our full time work there. Fr. Cristiano offered the Mass and I preached. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnE5NmVa3EJD4xjfzcJ3h5rqvv9U27yXUul-NvKWutujgmWisLm5l_dBKAX7Qj8ge5OzXKcUwg2PoUTASuHckUkmIGbHovWjmssZQYB8C0e0PUW551ELp3CgL4jDEWYtqZym599-mgX7q4jvxB6vK-MiWBCWk8ar3hxyOILQPc2fLeKVBnACHBYVzzxZyP/s1615/St._John's_Seminary_-_Altar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1615" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnE5NmVa3EJD4xjfzcJ3h5rqvv9U27yXUul-NvKWutujgmWisLm5l_dBKAX7Qj8ge5OzXKcUwg2PoUTASuHckUkmIGbHovWjmssZQYB8C0e0PUW551ELp3CgL4jDEWYtqZym599-mgX7q4jvxB6vK-MiWBCWk8ar3hxyOILQPc2fLeKVBnACHBYVzzxZyP/w249-h320/St._John's_Seminary_-_Altar.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Homily on the Memorial of St. Vincent DePaul</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">St. John Seminary</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">September 27, 2023</span></p><p><b id="docs-internal-guid-cae97f70-7fff-6c8d-099e-2c75205ffbb7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.”</span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Enter. Stay. Leave.” So much of priesthood is lived in these three movements. </span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enter: </span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The priest enters into the lives of people. It really is astonishing the places the Lord allows us to enter. The people to whom we are sent welcome us to enter into their families and into their homes. They welcome us to enter into their life of prayer, into their temptations and into their sins, and into their joys and into their sorrows. People want priests who will draw close to them and enter into their lives.</span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stay:</span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The priest stays with people. He stays with those who are searching, struggling, suffering, or stumbling. He stays with them and walks with them. He stands at their side. He stays and lifts them up when they have fallen. He even, at times, stays with them in order to carry them. He stays with them to feed them with the Eucharist and to console them with the truth. He stays with them when their life is falling apart. People want priests who will stay with them.</span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leave:</span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although he enters and stays, the priest also leaves. He leaves because–although he does indeed prolong the presence of the Good Shepherd in the midst of the flock–he is nonetheless, not THE Good Shepherd. He leaves because one sows and another reaps. He leaves because nothing belongs to him. He is entrusted for a time with a particular corner of the Lord’s vineyard. Then, like the apostles before him, he moves onto other villages to enter, to stay, and to leave. People want priests who will leave them in the secure knowledge that they have been loved.</span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Three years ago, Fr. Cristiano and I entered this house. I know I speak also for him when I say how grateful we are to the Lord that we were allowed by him to enter into your lives. We are grateful that you welcomed us, that you opened your hearts to us, and that you shared your life with us.</span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We were privileged to stay with you, to live closely to you, to be near you in your joys and in your struggles. To stay in prayer with you and–even now– to stay in friendship with you.</span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And, of course, now we leave. But even this is a privilege. Because we leave only to wait for you to join us in the vineyard. The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few. The seminary itself is a place to enter, to stay, and to leave. </span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All of you, like the apostles, were summoned here by the Lord. As you enter into another year of formation, to stay with each other, and to prepare to one day leave for priestly ministry, I’d like to offer one piece of advice. The most important thing you can do in the seminary is to grow in love. A priest who loves is a priest who will do amazing work. A priest who loves will be joyful and will attract people to Christ. People are starving to encounter real, true, authentic, and pure love. Do everything you can to become men of extraordinary charity. Avoid petty dramas, rivalries, contention, ambition, and bitterness. These things make the heart small and they destroy love and joy. Shake such silly dust from your feet. Instead, put charity above everything else. Love one another here and now. That is the best preparation for priesthood.</span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Doctrinal purity, yes. Liturgical exactness, yes. Homiletic excellence, yes. But, the most important thing you can do now to prepare for your future priestly ministry is to burn with love for God and for one another. St. Vincent de Paul knew this. He said that the priest was called to inflame the hearts of men, to do what the Son of God did; to set the world alight with the love of God. </span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If everyday–here and now–you grow in your love for God and for one another, you will one day enter the lives of your parishioners, you will stay close to them, and you will leave them all the better because in and through your priestly ministry, they will have encountered the Incarnate Love of God Himself, Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd.</span></p><p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></p>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-65997129534968792042023-02-13T09:06:00.001-05:002023-02-13T09:06:22.239-05:00The Sermon on the Mount: Radical Inclusion for Radical Conversion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2DK48Z_qgx8uXrgmu2zrs8cULXSXo2gDNi8wHwMJGEy_qkW7-4Bms3kbfHF7sB5y_RQTt4n4sF3TiGToffvGl7NN6lXVp5N0zXZizAMi8kIMDqEJ4mZFOMyVUgogvN-n7WNKy84hEtcqt_SbL4dU4pAz5qlkkqb-jrus3fgNTe6ICTdXnRG8gy0Iww/s1200/Sermon%20on%20the%20Mount.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1200" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2DK48Z_qgx8uXrgmu2zrs8cULXSXo2gDNi8wHwMJGEy_qkW7-4Bms3kbfHF7sB5y_RQTt4n4sF3TiGToffvGl7NN6lXVp5N0zXZizAMi8kIMDqEJ4mZFOMyVUgogvN-n7WNKy84hEtcqt_SbL4dU4pAz5qlkkqb-jrus3fgNTe6ICTdXnRG8gy0Iww/w400-h260/Sermon%20on%20the%20Mount.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> This is my homily at St. John's Seminary on Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time February 13, 2023<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jesus delivered </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">his</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">magnificent</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> Sermon on the Mount</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, St. Matthew tells us that Jesus</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> first </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">saw</span><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the crowds</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. Then </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">he climbed the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to him and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">then </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">he began to teach them.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">As</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> we read through </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">this sermon—which takes up three entire chapters of St. Matthew’s Gospel—we should always keep</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> in mind how it began. Jesus saw the crowd. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">He saw them truly. He saw the complications of their lives, their </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">sins, their struggles. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">He saw their fears. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">He saw their hearts. He saw all of this, and so </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">He climbed the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to him and he began to teach them.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{98e72d61-6f6f-4627-a021-319af2775829}{221}" paraid="720882284" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">y came to him. They all came to him</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">This is what you might call t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">he radical inclusivity</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">J</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">esus</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. He</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> invites </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">everyone</span><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> to live a new life. He invites </span><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">everyone</span><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> to ascend the mountain </span><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">and</span><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">experience</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> radical conversion. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">He is radically inclusive because no one is excluded from the possibility of radical conversion. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The radical inclusivity of Jesus is always ordered to the Universal Call to Holiness.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{5f1bc88d-9f4d-4926-affc-3f5980401322}{14}" paraid="775846036" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jesus invites everyone up into a world previously unimaginable. He invites us into a life of beati</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">tude. The radical </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">inclusion</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> of Jesus</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> is that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">the life of grace can reach and can transform every situation, every </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">vice, every sin, no matter how deeply rooted or impossible the situation might seem. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">When Jesus saw the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">crowd,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> he saw everyone.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> Jesus excludes no one from the opportunity to have a radical conversion</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> because he wills all men to be saved.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{5f1bc88d-9f4d-4926-affc-3f5980401322}{42}" paraid="1586761043" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">A perpetual danger to the Christian life is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">attempt</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">reduce</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> it through</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">what St. Paul calls today</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, “the wisdom of this age</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">;” </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> worldly wisdom</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">hat would empty the Cross of its power.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">W</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">orldly wisdom</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">—the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">wisdom of this age—reduces </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Christianity to a club</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> instead of a new way of life. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The Sermon on the Mount invites us</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">—</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">invites</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">everyone—to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">become part of something new. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The Sermon on the Mount invites us to “be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect.” Worldly wisdom</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">—the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">wisdom of this age—will </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">lways reject </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">and dismiss as impossible, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">such a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">noble </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">calling. It will see the Sermon on the Mount as too demanding, too impossible, and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">too cruel. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Worldly wisdom</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">—in </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">its</span><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> version of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">total inclusivity</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">—will </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">always </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">wind up </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">exclud</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">some </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">from ascending the mountain with Jesus. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{5f1bc88d-9f4d-4926-affc-3f5980401322}{152}" paraid="1969202406" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Worldly wisdom will conclude that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">one person’s </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">anger or </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">another person’s </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">lust runs too</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> deep for them to be converted. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Worldly wisdom concludes that some situations are too complicated </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">for grace to work. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Worldly wisdom will teach that depending solely upon God is too risky a pro</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">position</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> The radical inclusion of worl</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">dly wisdom only invites </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">people</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> to be more worldly</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, more distant from God, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">and, ultimately, more excluded. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The radical inclusion of the Gospel is that of radical conversion. To be converted from the old wor</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ld of sin and death into the new world of beatitude.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{5f1bc88d-9f4d-4926-affc-3f5980401322}{194}" paraid="1338767894" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">If we read through the Sermon of the Mount from beginning to end (which I recommend </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">we all do regularly)</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, we will immediately think of complicated pastoral situations. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">What about the divorced and remarried? What about the person living an unchaste life? What about the pe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">rson deeply wounded</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> by someone</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">—how can she </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">possibly </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">forgive? </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">How am I not going to be anxious about tomorrow</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, or </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">seek first the Kingdom of God?</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{5f1bc88d-9f4d-4926-affc-3f5980401322}{222}" paraid="915435552" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">These complicated situations—and there have always been complicated situations—can seem</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> like insurmountable </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">objections to the Sermon on the Mount. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">How will </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> new generation of priests </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">preach the Gospel in</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">to these situations? </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">It seems that two pitfalls should be avoided. They both arise from a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">deadly </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">worldly wisdom. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{5f1bc88d-9f4d-4926-affc-3f5980401322}{248}" paraid="1194309814" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The first would be to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">underestimate </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> life </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">of grace. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Th</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">e priest of our time must be convinced </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the transforming power of grace. No situation is so complicated, no temptation so strong, no sin so deeply implanted </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">that grace cannot radically transform it.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> This, of course, begins with the priest himself becoming more and more radically transformed by grace.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{b1c019a3-c273-46c5-9b66-995dd14b34b3}{21}" paraid="572916769" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The second </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">pitfall </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">would be to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">live our preaching as though it were </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">merely</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> a sort of trench warfare,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a debate about issues, but </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">detached from any sort of love for the people to whom we are sent. This kind of preaching makes us sound as though we are concerned </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">only </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">with winning debate</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> rather than </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">winning souls; with showing people how clever we are rath</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">er</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> than </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">showing them</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> something beautiful</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> to love</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">When Jesus saw the crowds, he climbed the mountain. He drew people up to show them something better. He drew them up to show them what is possible. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Priestly preaching sho</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">w</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> others that there is a better way; </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">shows</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> others that the life of beatitude is open to them. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Priestly preaching </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">help</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> others to discover the splendor of truth and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">help</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> them</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">be set free by that truth.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">P</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">riest</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> must have heart</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> like the Good Shepherd. When our Good Shepherd </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">saw the crowds, he went up the mountain to show them something beautiful so that they could be radically converted </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">by what they saw and heard. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{b1c019a3-c273-46c5-9b66-995dd14b34b3}{119}" paraid="1299662474" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The priest must always have that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">same </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">joyful, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">patient, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">confident, and tranquil trust in the Truth. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">There is nothing confronting us today that Jesus did not see </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">on </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">the day he saw that crowd. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">In any battle, the advantage </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">belongs </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">to the one who holds the high ground. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Therefore, we should always draw people up to the lofty heights of the Sermon on the Mount.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{b1c019a3-c273-46c5-9b66-995dd14b34b3}{147}" paraid="1796735" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Recently</span><span class="NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, as I read through the Sermon on the Mount, something I</span><span class="NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">never noticed before struck me. At the conclusion of the </span><span class="NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">sermon</span><span class="NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, Matthew tells us that Jesus came back down the mountain. Immediately, </span><span class="NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a leper approached </span><span class="NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jesus</span><span class="NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">If anyone felt excluded in society, it would have been this man. But somehow, he is moved to go to Jesus. The man says to Jesus, “Lord, if </span><span class="NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">you wish, you can make me clean.” And, as we all know, Jesus says, “I do will it. </span><span class="NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Be made clean.” And immediately, the man was cured.</span></span><span class="EOP" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{b1c019a3-c273-46c5-9b66-995dd14b34b3}{175}" paraid="1555477527" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">This man becomes like a key to understanding the entire Sermon on the Mount. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">No matter what our affliction, no matter what our sin, no matter what complicated situations we find ourselves in, J</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">esus can be trusted.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> If we go to him, he will change our life for the better. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">He will include </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">us </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> . . </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">by changing us. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">He will heal. He will forgive. He will give what is needed for a totally new way of life. All we need to do is trust him. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The man with leprosy approached Jesus with confidence, and he was given new life.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">No one is excluded from the invitation to the life of beatitude. And the life of beatitude is found only in Jesus </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Christ.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> There is no beatitude apart from Jesus Christ.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{b1c019a3-c273-46c5-9b66-995dd14b34b3}{205}" paraid="405748269" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">greatest </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">challenge confronting the Church at this particular moment in time is not about </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">one particular </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">moral issue or </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">about</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">particular </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">pastoral </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">approaches</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. The great challenge is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">lack of faith. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jesus Christ</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> trustworthy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">?</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The great challenge is whether we trust him enough to build our house upon the rock of his word or whether we will build on the changing sands of worldly wisdom. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Do we trust him? </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Do we believe him?</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Do we?</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisiPilcrow_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW119181730 BCX0" paraeid="{b1c019a3-c273-46c5-9b66-995dd14b34b3}{253}" paraid="1683343192" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Beatitude is bestowed upon those who trust Jesus. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The Eucharist is given to those who trust Jesus.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> New life is given to those who trust Jesus. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The leper’s situation seemed impossible. His condition seemed beyond healing. He seemed destined to isolatio</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">n, shame, and death. But he trusted Jesus and was saved. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The priest must be a man who looks with sympathy on every person—and through his preaching and teaching—</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">lead</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> them up the mountain so that they can see beautiful things</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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All we have to do is trust it. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">This good news </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">is</span><span class="TextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the Word Made Flesh, Jesus Christ, the Son of God. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">And</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> as Sirach concisely put it:</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW119181730 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; 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David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-55242245411174625182022-11-28T09:27:00.002-05:002022-11-28T09:32:45.613-05:00Advent: To See Ourselves and Others with Mercy and with Hope<span style="font-size: medium;">Homily on the First Monday of Advent</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I don't post very much these days, but here is a homily for the First Monday of Advent that I preached at Mass today at the seminary. Hope it is helpful to someone.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdupPklIlC3mth-LnKA6v5GIGQKljvQuHscK39doB1m7cp9amEK1irah8S3DHaGbP_-R3uSfE0IA4O1ebI1B4jteq68p9vsIWQPBnOffxw_gqdie7Cm7N1Eysn_4f-BubBQ71MLVOqiI_iczSZg0m4f0wtloXYKzqxochKDHaOYqQ6MvI7lbj-beESQ/s1200/historical-jesus.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdupPklIlC3mth-LnKA6v5GIGQKljvQuHscK39doB1m7cp9amEK1irah8S3DHaGbP_-R3uSfE0IA4O1ebI1B4jteq68p9vsIWQPBnOffxw_gqdie7Cm7N1Eysn_4f-BubBQ71MLVOqiI_iczSZg0m4f0wtloXYKzqxochKDHaOYqQ6MvI7lbj-beESQ/w400-h210/historical-jesus.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Even though it is a lie, marketing experts are bright enough to know something about the human heart. They know that the human heart has infinite desires. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Every human heart </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2, url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); 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-webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">But the desires of the heart are still relentless and restless. Advent affords us an opportunity to turn our attention to the crying out of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> our</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> heart. To pay attent</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ion to that ache that exists within each one of us. The ache that comes from longing for fulfillment, but always feeling incapable of achieving it. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{c6a23bcb-bea6-46a6-867c-eec4174d4cd8}{11}" paraid="1260203114" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{6edd31a2-e648-400c-8d25-229a41e6995a}{204}" paraid="1867974240" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Advent does not tell us we can be anything. But it reminds us that we CAN be what we were made to be. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Advent is a season of memory. It invites us—once again—to remember that we were made to be the friends of God. We were made to have union with Him.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> The Devil, the World, and the Flesh all do their best to distract us from this truth. They cloud our memory and leave us grasping at straw</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">s. Advent begs us to remember. To remember that the answer to our heart’</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">s infinite desires is none other than the infinite God who comes to us in Jesus Christ. And that Christ alone can</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> heal the human heart so that it can attain the fulfillment of its desires.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{6edd31a2-e648-400c-8d25-229a41e6995a}{204}" paraid="1867974240" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{435e15eb-ce6a-4705-ad4b-7b42261376e0}{187}" paraid="600714798" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">We all begin Advent wondering, “What should I do?” “What should I do to make this Advent a good Advent?” I’d like to propose one possibility.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> It</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> is to imitate the centurion in today’s Gospel. He had a look upon reality that was true. He felt things deeply and he acted boldly.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{435e15eb-ce6a-4705-ad4b-7b42261376e0}{187}" paraid="600714798" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{40df3351-efee-4bac-8bf7-aaef600e58b7}{123}" paraid="2021130736" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">He looked upon his servant and was moved with pity for him.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> He didn’t gloss over the situation. Instead, he looked at this man with sympathy. He saw the pain of a man who was made to walk, but was prevented from doing so. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> This man is an image of every person. We all are made for more, but struggle to move forward. The centurion</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> feels this tension deeply. And see, what he does. He goes to Christ. He does not tell the servant to try harder to walk. He does not give up on the servant. He do</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">es not become angry at the servant</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">’s incapacities</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. He goes to Christ. He puts all of his hope in Christ.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{40df3351-efee-4bac-8bf7-aaef600e58b7}{123}" paraid="2021130736" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{66d334c8-9e5e-435d-8799-77fd2ec69d23}{178}" paraid="1126058901" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The gospels are filled with examples of people who seemed incapable of becoming what they were made to be. The woman caught in adultery, the man </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">left for dead by robbers on the side of the road, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">and Zaccheus. But Jesus entered their li</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ves</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> and healed what was broken. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{66d334c8-9e5e-435d-8799-77fd2ec69d23}{178}" paraid="1126058901" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{2f30fe5a-4d56-4912-ac76-710668ae7d8d}{17}" paraid="1119200696" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Advent is a time to feel once again these infinite and glorious desires that God has placed in our heart. And to feel again the anguish of our </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">incapacity to fulfill these desires. And to renew our </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">confident </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">hope in the coming of the One who </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">alone makes us </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">able to walk towards our Destiny.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{2f30fe5a-4d56-4912-ac76-710668ae7d8d}{17}" paraid="1119200696" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{8467df56-0668-48b7-8736-b9d2da274e19}{119}" paraid="972164433" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">When we live Advent in this way, it transforms us to become bearers of hope for others. It makes us able to look at others with this intense sympathy. Everyone desires more. Everyone desires </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">to be more. Everyone desires to live more. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">And everyone feels a certain hopelessness. Everyone feels incapable of ever satisfying these desires.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{8467df56-0668-48b7-8736-b9d2da274e19}{119}" paraid="972164433" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{585a32f9-a52f-419c-8880-f37df425bc84}{100}" paraid="1033963392" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Advent affords us an opportunity to look upon everyone we encounter with the eyes of sympathy, with eyes filled with hope. Whe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">n we look upon someone </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">in this way, we awaken hope </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">with</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">in them. Our gaze reminds them that they are </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">not merely an accumulation of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ir</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">faults, weaknesses, and incapacities, but rather </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a person</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">called to greatness</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. Our gaze upon th</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">em can awaken within them the hope that Christ will bring to fulfillment the desire of their heart.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{585a32f9-a52f-419c-8880-f37df425bc84}{100}" paraid="1033963392" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW18121144 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{ff705fa7-da19-4a77-a8b7-28c69449eab3}{230}" paraid="785574896" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">And of course, this all is possible because Christ does this for us. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Every day, we come to the altar and we feel deeply our incapacities, our failures, our weaknesses, our sins, our faults. We echo the words of the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">centurion, “Lord, I am not worthy.” And from this altar, Christ looks at us with sympathy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">with love. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">n the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Eucharist he </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">comes under our roof, he brings us healing remedies that make us able to walk</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> again</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> . . . to walk amid the passing things of this world, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18121144 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">so as to love the things of heaven and hold fast to what endures.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW18121144 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-18935632590888726112022-05-16T10:44:00.000-04:002022-05-16T10:44:21.595-04:00Homily on the 25th Anniversary of My Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_P-g4PGSx52ptveP7v-Kjtxpcsbajamb0rvHX1XcearSybUmvdySsmY-Kjfe36Y7h7OmJ_uQxci5GZ5LLG3OlbyDEU0loI2GYw5khN8OzujlSCAsdoQJPQueGy0swn5YIbTfQf4iK1lx522xBr8HzPlijEL818l2_WHMw32bU7rYhn1yCDx3VPdapgQ/s1200/FS0BDtSXoAEnXMu.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1200" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_P-g4PGSx52ptveP7v-Kjtxpcsbajamb0rvHX1XcearSybUmvdySsmY-Kjfe36Y7h7OmJ_uQxci5GZ5LLG3OlbyDEU0loI2GYw5khN8OzujlSCAsdoQJPQueGy0swn5YIbTfQf4iK1lx522xBr8HzPlijEL818l2_WHMw32bU7rYhn1yCDx3VPdapgQ/w400-h264/FS0BDtSXoAEnXMu.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>This week, I celebrate the 25th Anniversary of my Ordination to the Priesthood. This past Sunday I offered Mass in the seminary chapel with some family and friends in Thanksgiving to God for the gift of the past 25 years. This was the homily. I do with that I could have invited tons more people, but our capacity was limited.</p><p><br /></p><p> <span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US">Homily on the Occasion of the 25</span><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-fontsize="18" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Anniversary of Priestly Ordination</span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{80c8a5c3-2b0a-4a23-afb9-454c39e0b0b6}{202}" paraid="258349079" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Dear Friends in Christ,</span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" paraeid="{4078ef86-e89e-4ea1-9a17-262013f4ccfa}{177}" paraid="1091346722" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">There’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> a scene in the novel “Brideshead Revisited,” where the two main characters spend an afternoon </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">lying</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> out in the countryside, drinking wine. One of them—in a melancholic kind of way—says, “Just the place to bury a crock of gold. I should like to bury something precious in every place where </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I’ve</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> been happy </span></span><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">and then, when I was </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">old and ugly</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" paraeid="{4078ef86-e89e-4ea1-9a17-262013f4ccfa}{189}" paraid="217907770" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Commemorating the 25</span><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-fontsize="18" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> anniversary of my ordination provides me with the opportunity to make a sort of pilgrimage of memory, returning to places where I have been happy, and digging up gold and remembering. Unlike the character in the book, however, it is not melancholy or misery that makes me do this. (I will leave it to you to decide about whether I am ugly or old). Looking out at all of you—and thinking about many others who, for one reason or another could not be here today—is not a glancing towards the past with nostalgia. Instead, you are an assurance to me of Christ’s Presence now. You are an assurance that the Lord is faithful. The gold that I have discovered in every assignment is Jesus Christ. The gold that I have left behind in every assignment is Jesus Christ. The gold that I will find tomorrow and the next day is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ yesterday, Jesus Christ today, Jesus Christ forever.</span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" paraeid="{4078ef86-e89e-4ea1-9a17-262013f4ccfa}{199}" paraid="735471582" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">On the first Easter, the disciples were told to go back to Galilee—back to where it all began. To go back and to see all that had transpired over the previous years in the light of the Risen Lord. To return to Galilee and to begin to make sense of all that had occurred. To see everything in the light of the Resurrection. To go back and to discover all of the gold that Christ brought into their lives, the gold that he planted into their hearts. They are directed to return to Galilee where Christ will meet them. </span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{0a11c89c-fa96-4c88-a070-a9b614ce9adf}{184}" paraid="1195893794" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">In one way or another, all of you are my Galilee. When I return to you—when I recall what we have shared together, what we have lived together, I am convinced all over again about Jesus Christ. When I return to you, I </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">encounter</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> Christ. When I return to you, the gold that is Jesus Christ is made present once again to me. You convince of me of Christ. I need to be convinced of Christ every day. And in his mercy, Christ has always placed in my path people—family and friends, parishioners, and students, priests and religious, and seminarians who convince me of Christ.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{3682bc02-5fa2-41bc-b5e6-5b053d732d81}{167}" paraid="1697080723" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">In today’s first reading, Paul and Barnabas arrive back in Antioch and they immediately get the whole Church together so that they can share with them all of the amazing things that God had done with them on their journey. This has been my experience during these past 25 years. So much of priesthood for me has been the experience of gathering together with others—priests, religious, seminarians, families, college students, lay men and women—and marveling together about the amazing things that God is doing. </span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{039c291b-e075-4600-909b-cb0f9800624e}{114}" paraid="1858435787" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I am never hesitant to speak about these amazing things because I am completely surprised by them. They are not the result of ingenuity, or a program, or a series of calculated steps. Each one is a miracle of grace. There is no formula. They are all signs of the gratuitous and surprising love of Jesus Christ. </span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{77942055-1ae1-4261-9cd3-2069f43017ea}{250}" paraid="593303231" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">For example, the Lord tells us that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner than over 99 who have no need to repent. Why? Because repentance is always a surprise. We can do everything well, have excellent programs, beautiful liturgies, doctrinally solid instruction</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">....all</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> of which are important...but when that person comes into the confessional and kneels down and opens himself or herself to the Mercy of God, it is always a surprise. In that moment, no priest thinks, “This is because of what we did.” No, in that moment, every priest thinks, “How is this even possible?” God is so good. Grace is always surprising.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{4a97d3f4-d846-47d6-b28a-56d175cad376}{36}" paraid="272469647" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">“This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” “As I have loved you, so you should love one another.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{4a97d3f4-d846-47d6-b28a-56d175cad376}{28}" paraid="425470187" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">For twenty-five years, the Lord has placed me in situations where I could easily recognize his disciples because of the love that was shared among us. This love is always surprising. It is always new. This love poured into our hearts by Christ </span><span class="TextRun Underlined MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">is</span></span><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> the gold. When I was first ordained, I didn’t realize how much I would need that love. But twenty-five years into it (and I still feel new at it), I recognize that this love is what saves me. This love is what I need. This love is what I want to tell others about, so that they too can encounter it. There is enough gold for everyone.</span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{7e4aa06a-b01a-4ef3-8216-c847a793e2ae}{168}" paraid="487209820" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Brothers and Sisters, Jesus Christ makes all things new. At the Eucharistic Altar, he restores the joy of our youth. At the Eucharistic Altar, he loves us and pours into our hearts a charity for one another that truly saves us. Love for one another is the most effective way to evangelize. It is the gold that every heart desires.</span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{29fa095e-49e0-444d-bfff-e5d015b45f98}{7}" paraid="1807467286" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Like Paul and Barnabas and the Church at Antioch, I am happy to gather with all of you in one place today, so that we can marvel together at the great things God has done. The greatest thing I can tell you about these past 25 years of priesthood is that God has surrounded me with disciples who have loved one another and who have loved me. This love continues to surprise me and to save me. This love of Christ—poured into our hearts is the pure gold, it is the treasure that we hold in earthen vessels. It is a gold that will never run out. It is the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> gold</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> that is waiting for us every day. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW210855901 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW210855901 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{2bfb8c92-5383-4d43-bc23-8b7814406aa2}{43}" paraid="252674554" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Today, as I travel back to Galilee, and as the golden rays of Easter—the Light of the Risen Lord—shines upon you, the radiant face of Jesus Christ once again appears to me. The face of Love Incarnate. The Face of the One who makes all things new. Jesus Christ who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Praised Be Jesus Christ.</span><span class="EOP SCXW210855901 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-62687855293763125472022-05-02T06:27:00.001-04:002022-05-02T06:27:12.262-04:00Priests Surprised by Grace<p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIz3aY5LB1Sj2zmfQ0scZg3uDWimg5c3EU5XGNSaUfT3H-BkdFO-TZyMRIdKPluPzgFknbVni6rbB30mMUYF1NwNE_Mmya8LhQeUvojmXHRJ1XEBNkNZDeWonPU32X_ct4xRNBbciYoyNC78MKSJLe1hYLR76nVsPgpOyHwWXktkf66lRX98Kt_yaNow/s302/Last%20Supper.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="302" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIz3aY5LB1Sj2zmfQ0scZg3uDWimg5c3EU5XGNSaUfT3H-BkdFO-TZyMRIdKPluPzgFknbVni6rbB30mMUYF1NwNE_Mmya8LhQeUvojmXHRJ1XEBNkNZDeWonPU32X_ct4xRNBbciYoyNC78MKSJLe1hYLR76nVsPgpOyHwWXktkf66lRX98Kt_yaNow/w400-h221/Last%20Supper.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Every year at St. John's Seminary, in the weeks before priestly ordination, we celebrate "Deacon's Night." It is an opportunity to honor the men about to be ordained. It is a fun night, marked by a lot of joy, humor, and gratitude. This year, I was one of the speakers, and was asked to share some thoughts on priesthood.</span><p></p><p><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US">Brothers:</span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW242320832 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{0403d94b-573a-4e10-b7c6-51369a8470de}{144}" paraid="1697089907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I was really surprised when Third Theology asked me to share a few brief reflections on priesthood this evening. I was even more surprised to learn that my script would not have to be </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">submitted</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> to Fr. Tom for editing and approval. But then I learned that that was only because my talk would have to be </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">submitted</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> to a sub-committee of the </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2,url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Faculty</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> for final approval. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; 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background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">on</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the priesthood. You have read innumerable texts on the topic, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">and presumably, you</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> will spend the rest of your life deepening your understanding of the great gift that you are about to receive. So tonight, I simply want to share something from my heart. Something that is not so much a profound reflection on the priesthood as it is something that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I’ve</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> noticed along the way. Something that has grown within me and has sustained me along the way. It is something that I am </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">truly grateful</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> for and it is something that I also hope will be the case for you. It is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">basically this</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">: I hope that you live your priesthood constantly surprised by it. It is too good, too amazing, and too awesome to live it in any other way. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW242320832 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{88235e72-efe9-4a80-8129-3b6ca5dfd327}{254}" paraid="1595089391" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Every Thursday at Compline we pray these words: “He has put into my heart a marvelous love for his faithful ones.” I think the greatest surprise of priesthood for me has been just that. The Lord really pours into my heart a marvelous love for his people. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">It’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> not something I did. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">It’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> not something I worked at. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">It’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> not something that I </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">accomplished</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. In an act of pure goodness, the Lord poured into my heart a marvelous love for his faithful ones. I never thought it was possible to have so much affection and love for people. Whenever I see the term, “Pastoral Charity,” I think, “He has poured into my heart a marvelous love for his faithful ones.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW242320832 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{f63602c6-7c4c-42b9-82d1-587461f4df78}{163}" paraid="1928885009" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">You will someday be seated in your chair on Good Friday, and you will watch people whom you love deeply approach the Cross and adore. You will know so many things about them. You will know their heartaches, their worries, their anxieties, their failures, their struggles. As they kiss the Cross, you will know very well the crosses of each of them. You will recognize how close you are to these people. You will look at them with a love that is incomprehensible to yourself. You will once again be surprised by how good the Lord is. You will think to yourself, “He has put into my heart a marvelous love for his faithful ones.” </span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW242320832 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{cc0d0962-689e-42b5-bb4e-48b05cc960ed}{68}" paraid="151018679" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">This love has been a constant surprise to me, a constant source of joy. It comes in extraordinary and grand moments, but also in little moments. A kid I met 25 years ago when I would go and watch his high school baseball games—</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">he's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> married now and has a family—a few months ago, at the end of a phone call, he said to me, “Fr. Barnes, I just want you to know that I pray for you every night.” In that brief remark, I was once again surprised, joyful, and filled with gratitude for the gift and grace of the priesthood, for the gift of the Lord pouring into my heart a marvelous love for his faithful ones. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW242320832 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{cc0d0962-689e-42b5-bb4e-48b05cc960ed}{34}" paraid="867784939" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I am grateful that </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2,url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">priesthood</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> continues to surprise me. After 25 years of hearing confessions, I am still surprised by how good the Lord is. I am still surprised that people come and unburden themselves in that way. I am still surprised by that exhilarating exhaustion that comes from hearing hours of heartfelt and painful confessions.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW242320832 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{2acb2083-4c16-4c74-a389-ecc7a974d178}{241}" paraid="1299144015" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Sometimes we talk about </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2,url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">vocations</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> work as though there </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2,url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">were</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> some </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2,url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">formula</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> out there that if you do these three things, vocations will happen</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">But, in my experience, every time someone I know enters the seminary, it is a new surprise to me. Their vocation is not the result of a program or a series of well-planned steps. Their vocation is the result of </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2,url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a grace</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. And grace is always surprising. I think one of the most effective ways that we can encourage priestly vocations is for priests to live their priesthood as men who are constantly surprised by grace, surprised by what the Lord is doing in our midst. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW242320832 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{bdc5f28f-286a-4637-ae3a-fcf92f58ea84}{246}" paraid="1246945219" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I hope that those of you who will soon be ordained will live your priesthood in a constant state of surprise by what the Lord is doing </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2,url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">in</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> you, through you, and around you. I hope you spend your priesthood with a constant expression of, “How is this even possible?” When we are surprised, when we ourselves are moved, then we hav</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">e t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">he </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ca</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">pac</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ity</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> to move others. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW242320832 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{cf637c9f-0592-42ed-be6a-46957943432f}{224}" paraid="1666841586" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Another thing that has surprised me about priesthood is the people that the Lord has placed in my path. I am really surprised by how good the Lord has been to me. He has continuously surprised me—in every assignment—with unexpected friendships. Whether they be young people, married couples, college kids, priests of all ages, seminarians—the Lord continues to surprise me. As you get older, you can </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">kind of settle</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> into an attitude that there </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">can't</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> be any more surprises left. But my experience is that the Lord always continues to do new things, to give new encounters.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW242320832 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{71c9928d-c0ba-42d7-b076-0b0de214687d}{15}" paraid="1840043600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I hope that those of you who will soon be ordained will not be afraid to </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2,url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">live</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> your priesthood close to people. The professional priesthood—the priesthood that is lived remotely and at a distance—is a priesthood devoid of surprises. And a priesthood devoid of surprises is a priesthood that gradually becomes inhuman and cynical. My experience has been that when we live closely with people—eat meals with them, do crosswords together, play ultimate frisbee together, share our hearts with them, live our humanity with them—then Christ uses these moments to do surprising things. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">First of all</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, he surprises the priest himself. And a priest surprised by grace is a joyful priest. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW242320832 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{00ee9375-f96b-416e-9f65-19fe31ba9ee3}{91}" paraid="1234068671" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The last thing I want to say is that for me, the surprise of priesthood continues right here and right now. Some days, I catch myself sitting in chapel, just scanning the faces on the other side of the chapel. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">It’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> a total surprise to me how good the Lord is. We are not that far from that day on the Sea of Galilee when Jesus called his disciples. He is still doing something new. He is still doing surprising things. What happens in this house is surprisingly beautiful. Every day, in this house, the Lord </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2,url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">is preparing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the hearts of seminarians so that those hearts will be properly formed to receive on the day of ordination, the outpouring of His Marvelous Love.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW242320832 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{83d301be-66f8-4233-bed1-baae9c5da512}{135}" paraid="1791837093" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">In a few short weeks, the Lord is going to pour into the hearts of these brothers of </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2,url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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")); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ours,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> a marvelous love for his faithful ones. I am deeply moved by that. I am completely surprised by that. I hope that you will spend the rest of your life—every day—moved and surprised by that grace. The lives of the faithful ones entrusted to your care will be </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">all the more</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242320832 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> fruitful because their priest lived close to them and was a priest always surprised by grace.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW242320832 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 30.2167px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-54370599834349945892022-02-15T10:10:00.001-05:002022-02-15T10:22:14.323-05:00Priests Who Live and Who Make Present the Memory of Christ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0wmPvnzuAVNrLwXTz1eLILGWwO6btQ0lU2_r4t1ry_6Z9a51Ykk1UQr-IS77nUZEvRDrIdmjCVqfOY0SBPIj22R3rY8R8RfOq_t1yDywtrucdswAG-t0k2uY_m07YvFYDjtyynHSZYaZNjze3I_x8lza_xYk9qr4AjHAgIgKydQj8x5MXoEiiTDy3tQ=s450" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="450" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0wmPvnzuAVNrLwXTz1eLILGWwO6btQ0lU2_r4t1ry_6Z9a51Ykk1UQr-IS77nUZEvRDrIdmjCVqfOY0SBPIj22R3rY8R8RfOq_t1yDywtrucdswAG-t0k2uY_m07YvFYDjtyynHSZYaZNjze3I_x8lza_xYk9qr4AjHAgIgKydQj8x5MXoEiiTDy3tQ=w450-h299" width="450" /></a></div><br /><p> I don't blog much these days, but sometimes when I write out a homily, I still post it. Here is my homily from today--Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time--delivered at St. John's Seminary.</p><p><br /></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{167}" paraid="799827437" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">After the fall of the Soviet Union, a priest arrived in a major city in Belarus, looking to serve Catholics there. After seven decades of communist rule, however, nobody really understood what he was talking about. Eventually, someone mentioned to him a nearby village where he might </span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">locate</span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> people who were still Catholic. He discovered a Catholic community there. Seventy years earlier, the priests of that village were all executed. For seventy years, the people would baptize their children, meet nightly for the Rosary, and gather on Sundays in different homes, taking turns reading the Mass from the Missal, but silently omitting the Words of Institution which they knew only the priest could speak. During those years, whenever they would sin in some grievous way, they would go out to the cemetery and whisper their sins over the graves of the priests who had long ago been executed. They hoped that somehow, God would still use their priesthood to absolve them. </span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{167}" paraid="799827437" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{177}" paraid="407720648" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The people there kept the memory of Christianity, the memory of Christ alive </span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">in the midst of</span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> a religious desert. For seventy years, they remembered Christ. They remembered the Mass. They remembered who the priest is. Those of us who are or who will be priests in this current age, need to be men who live and who make present the memory of Christ. The world is forgetting Christ. Even people close to us—families and friends, are forgetting Christ. In front of this, we are called to remember Christ, to live the memory of Christ.</span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{177}" paraid="407720648" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{187}" paraid="536520138" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">It is so easy to forget Him. We </span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">are always</span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> at risk of forgetting him. The disciples forgot him! </span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">They forgot to bring bread, but they forgot so much more than this! They forgot how Jesus fed the 5000 in the Jewish territory and how there were 12 baskets leftover. They forgot how he fed the 4000 in the Gentile territory and how there were 7 baskets leftover</span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">They forgot how even the Syrophoenician woman was able to receive crumbs from the table and be satisfied. </span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{187}" paraid="536520138" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{203}" paraid="500414155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">We too live constantly in danger of forgetting. </span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">We forget Christ. We move on to the next thing, without pondering and carrying in our hearts what Christ has done. Christ becomes a vague notion to us rather than a real presence. We forget that he is sufficient. We forget all that he has done for us. And when we forget these things, we seek our sufficiency elsewhere. We seek our sufficiency in our own projects, ideas, and plans. </span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{203}" paraid="500414155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{211}" paraid="1498183827" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The priest is a man who remembers, and who makes the memory of Christ present. He does that firstly by his very being. He prolongs the presence of Christ the Good Shepherd </span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">in the midst of</span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the flock. Like the disciples who had only a little bread, the priest, with only a little water and a few words, introduces people into the life of the Blessed Trinity. With a little oil and a few words, he brings healing to the infirm. With only a few words from his lips, the </span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">worst sins</span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> are absolved. With a few crumbs of bread and a few drops of wine, he offers the sacrifice that saves the world. Every day, he remembers and makes present the saving Passion, </span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">wondrous</span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven of Christ. </span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{211}" paraid="1498183827" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{229}" paraid="1198565751" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The priest is not only configured to Christ, but he is also called to be conformed to Christ. To make the memory of Christ present through his own way of life, through his celibacy, his obedience, his simplicity of life, his praying of the Divine Office. The world has forgotten Christ. People are wandering about, unaware that God loves them; unaware that God sent His Son to save them. </span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Even in the Church, even among his disciples, there is always the risk of forgetting. There is always the risk of trying to live Christianity without Christ; to live in moralism. We are always at risk of forgetting Christ. </span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{229}" paraid="1198565751" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{237}" paraid="1594459256" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Our life together here in the seminary is a life of living the memory of Christ together, a life of reminding one another about the presence of Christ. The world needs priests who are faithful to the memory of Christ, priests who live the memory of Christ. Priests who are forever remembering what Christ has done. Remembering that Christ is everything, that Christ is the answer to the hunger of every human person. Remembering that Christ is sufficient. Remembering that Christ comes to feed the crowds, and—like he did for the Syrophoenician woman—he comes to feed each person.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{237}" paraid="1594459256" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{243}" paraid="1965239827" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Every day, we look up at that central window and see a basket of bread there. It is as though the Lord is saying to us, “Never forget. I have fed you. I am feeding you. I will always feed you. I will feed whoever comes to me. I am sufficient for you. I am sufficient for all the people you will </span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">encounter</span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> in your ministry. Never forget!”</span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW254807467" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW254807467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW254807467" paraeid="{f4e3d951-5b64-437c-b9a6-ff4b462f0324}{253}" paraid="734884825" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW254807467 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW254807467 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Every day, Christ looks at us and commands us, “Do this in memory of me.” None of us knows what our future ministry will look like or what will be asked of us tomorrow. But we know how to prepare for it. We </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2 SCXW254807467 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2,url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz4KPHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNXB4IiBoZWlnaHQ9IjNweCIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDUgMyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHhtbG5zOnhsaW5rPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8xOTk5L3hsaW5rIj4KICAgIDwhLS0gR2VuZXJhdG9yOiBTa2V0Y2ggNTUuMiAoNzgxODEpIC0gaHR0cHM6Ly9za2V0Y2hhcHAuY29tIC0tPgogICAgPHRpdGxlPmdyYW1tYXJfZG91YmxlX2xpbmU8L3RpdGxlPgogICAgPGRlc2M+Q3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIFNrZXRjaC48L2Rlc2M+CiAgICA8ZyBpZD0iZ3JhbW1hcl9kb3VibGVfbGluZSIgc3Ryb2tlPSJub25lIiBzdHJva2Utd2lkdGg9IjEiIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIGZpbGwtcnVsZT0iZXZlbm9kZCIgc3Ryb2tlLWxpbmVjYXA9InJvdW5kIj4KICAgICAgICA8ZyBpZD0iR3JhbW1hci1UaWxlLUNvcHkiIHN0cm9rZT0iIzMzNTVGRiI+CiAgICAgICAgICAgIDxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0wLDAuNSBMNSwwLjUiIGlkPSJMaW5lLTItQ29weS0xMCI+PC9wYXRoPgogICAgICAgICAgICA8cGF0aCBkPSJNMCwyLjUgTDUsMi41IiBpZD0iTGluZS0yLUNvcHktMTEiPjwvcGF0aD4KICAgICAgICA8L2c+CiAgICA8L2c+Cjwvc3ZnPg==")); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">prepare</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW254807467 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> for it now. We prepare for it today by faithfully living the memory of Christ. Whatever we do today . . . let us do </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW254807467 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">it .</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW254807467 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> . . in memory of him.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW254807467 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-30048911059278314682021-08-12T08:23:00.004-04:002021-08-12T08:23:32.483-04:00St. Peter Sometimes Feels Like the Guy Who Asks Questions at the End of Class<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GfgC_QQYqQ-qRqVPdRGaPwIJJpXPmJuUAfvMygQ8thQ9NvOXkJK1dTupdS95j5U34AQYb1H2uMkRReeEo9AQLqT3i8PvQiBFj1QxJp8lNEYh90HZ7A8vTNwc2qF-Bjq5tLrQ0fsuAZjI/s474/shock+face.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="474" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GfgC_QQYqQ-qRqVPdRGaPwIJJpXPmJuUAfvMygQ8thQ9NvOXkJK1dTupdS95j5U34AQYb1H2uMkRReeEo9AQLqT3i8PvQiBFj1QxJp8lNEYh90HZ7A8vTNwc2qF-Bjq5tLrQ0fsuAZjI/s320/shock+face.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Matthew 18:21-19:1 </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">At the end of a Friday morning Latin class when I was a seminarian, a seminarian sitting a few rows behind me raised his hand and asked the professor, "Father, did you mean not to assign us homework for the weekend or did you just forget?" I whipped my head around so quickly in disbelief that I am surprised my head didn't snap off. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I always think of that moment when I read the Gospel passage about Peter asking Jesus, "Lord, how often must I forgive my brother?" We could have been fine, but Peter had to show off and raise his hand at the end of class. Something in me wants to give Peter a dirty look and say, "Nice going, Peter. Now we all have to forgive people seventy times seven times." He didn't just ruin the weekend with Latin homework. No, this is a life-long homework assignment.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Forgiveness is a tough one. Any priest who regularly hears confessions will tell you that a big source of difficulty for many people is forgiving those who have harmed them. And sometimes, even when we think we have forgiven someone who injured us, it sneaks back up on us. Maybe as we are drifting off to sleep, we remember their pettiness, their harshness, or their outright hostility towards us and we suddenly realize that we need to forgive again. Sometimes I find it even happens when I'm praying. Maybe I'm reading this very gospel about forgiveness and suddenly my mind is beginning to relive the injuries of the past.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If our starting point is how we have been injured by others, it is a bit of a dead end. In a way, this was Peter's starting point. He begins with how many times his brother has injured him and how many times he must forgive that brother. Jesus, however, begins with how many times I have injured God and how God responds to those injuries. Jesus says that God forgave the entire debt. In this way, we are reminded that we were once weighed down by an impossible debt, but God lifted that debt and set us free. If we have any hope of dealing mercifully with others, we must begin with our own experience of being forgiven. We must live out of our own experience of being a person who has been treated mercifully.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If we look at Peter's question from the side of "how much do I have to forgive," it really becomes an impossible moralistic homework assignment. But when we look at it from the perspective of, "God has forgiven all of my impossible debts and asks me to reflect a little of that same mercy towards those who owe me much less than I owe God," it becomes a source of joy and freedom.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">God has forgiven me so much in my life. He asks me to show a little of that same mercy towards those who owe me far less. I suppose we all owe Peter our gratitude. His question reminds us that we have been forgiven and that we can be set free from our own pettiness. Today let us recall all that we've been forgiven and ask the grace to forgive others. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-82337749379889276322021-06-12T20:59:00.002-04:002021-06-12T20:59:34.834-04:00Looking Around at Holy Communion at Ordination Mass Deepened My Communion<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUbvKo0XiZKXgCFBuJB8AK_d06m4CxUK2XGmaslSake7_oHTs_emb8yh4IiOeSOiTVQ49AeJFyxp9pCWzwEN1iGQk_n8-klNYqNJylCPa7CrdX1I4eqsRXn1IX4bYn7JIKqu1YwOM_FPJo/s897/1*Wb0nGoYMirq6IofeAA-G3g.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="897" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUbvKo0XiZKXgCFBuJB8AK_d06m4CxUK2XGmaslSake7_oHTs_emb8yh4IiOeSOiTVQ49AeJFyxp9pCWzwEN1iGQk_n8-klNYqNJylCPa7CrdX1I4eqsRXn1IX4bYn7JIKqu1YwOM_FPJo/w400-h250/1*Wb0nGoYMirq6IofeAA-G3g.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Today I concelebrated the Ordination Mass of five men to the Transitional Diaconate for the Archdiocese of Boston. I had the privilege of vesting one of the newly ordained deacons, a young man from Nigeria who will, along with his classmates, serve the Archdiocese of Boston. It was a beautiful Mass, but I was especially moved during Holy Communion. As the newly ordained deacons were distributing Holy Communion to the Faithful, I looked around the sanctuary as the concelebrating priests received Holy Communion. What I saw was really moving to me.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Firstly, I saw Cardinal Sean O'Malley sitting in the cathedra looking at his presbyterate. For some reason, it was poignant to me. Then, I saw the priests all lined up at the altar. There was the priest who preached at my First Mass. There were a couple of priests whose First Masses I preached at. There were priests that I vested at their ordinations. There were priests whom I've known since I was a kid, priests who taught me in seminary, priests whom I've loved and priests with whom I have had difficulties. There were priests with whom I work, priests who have served for many years, and priests that have only been ordained for a few days. It was especially touching, for me, to see the men who were only recently ordained in the past couple of weeks there among their brother priests. And then, there were all of the seminarians who are drawing ever closer to ordination, serving the Mass.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a special grace for me in that moment to see and to love all of these brothers. There we all were, gathered around the Altar, just as Jesus intended us to be.</span></p>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-60147879048636515962021-05-23T19:58:00.001-04:002021-05-23T19:58:30.292-04:00Overcome with Paschal Joy and Friendship in Christ. A First Mass Homily<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbi9lQ4wxIR7e1yT2NjjIWNu5LkOfjtPbJPlBYy5hSW8prCp38yPl8uL154-Tw7YRu1myIa9X2FG4PcZ5hjWafdAFZxIvGK6zS5sgKTZUzAgsh9Xjz7f1KaMUcGUJLKT9ORs-R82Hx6aR/s1440/189144474_10219474105222920_3496126736088909678_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbi9lQ4wxIR7e1yT2NjjIWNu5LkOfjtPbJPlBYy5hSW8prCp38yPl8uL154-Tw7YRu1myIa9X2FG4PcZ5hjWafdAFZxIvGK6zS5sgKTZUzAgsh9Xjz7f1KaMUcGUJLKT9ORs-R82Hx6aR/w400-h400/189144474_10219474105222920_3496126736088909678_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">This weekend a great friend of mine was ordained to the priesthood, and I had the privilege of preaching at his First Mass. It was such a joyous occasion! I include here my homily, but the real joy of the day was watching this new priest offer a beautiful, reverent, and prayerful Mass. It was awesome.</span><div><br /></div><div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX4 SCXW16271676" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{03e8ac68-3af5-49bc-bd08-32a7867b3e23}{154}" paraid="1932795540" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; 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font-size: 14pt; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{03e8ac68-3af5-49bc-bd08-32a7867b3e23}{221}" paraid="1943237344" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">For the entirety of the Easter Season</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">—which comes to its completion today</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> on the Solemnity of Pentecost</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">—th</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">at</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">phrase has been included in the Preface </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">that the priest prays at </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">every Mass. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Today</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> the Church will place those words upon the lips of our brother and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">our </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">father, Robert LeBlanc. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{03e8ac68-3af5-49bc-bd08-32a7867b3e23}{221}" paraid="1943237344" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{03e8ac68-3af5-49bc-bd08-32a7867b3e23}{251}" paraid="1935235658" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Overcome with Paschal Joy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">!</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">” </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Th</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ese words, perhaps better than any other</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, give adequate expression to what fills our hearts today. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">To be overcome with Paschal joy is really to be overwhelmed by the love of God himself. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This joy, this being over</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">whelmed</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> by the goodness of God</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">—by the nearness of God—is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a sure and certain hallmark of the Christian life. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Joy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">St. Paul tells us, is a fruit </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">of the Holy Spirit.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> The Holy Spirit brings God near to us</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> and it is this nearness—this closeness—that brings us joy.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{03e8ac68-3af5-49bc-bd08-32a7867b3e23}{251}" paraid="1935235658" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{20b53e75-30a0-4f89-bb01-03d6c2c64fc4}{40}" paraid="611144498" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">T</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">he readings today</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> abound in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">joy. O</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">n that first Easter Sunday</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> the disciples who were locked away because of fear, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">rejoic</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">e</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">d</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> when they s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">aw</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> the Lord. When a friend has gone </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">away </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">from us, we naturally experience </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">joy </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">upon</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> his</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">return. But Jesus </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">did</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> not simply return from a long journey. No, he had </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">passed into death</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> itself</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> the place from which no one returns. He</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> conquered death</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">and was truly Risen! He </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">did</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> the impossible! This</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> alone would </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">be enough to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">bring great joy to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> disciples, but there </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">is</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">more</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">!</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Jesus</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">enters </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">that room and brings with him a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">whole </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">new way of life</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, a new beginning</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, and previously unimaginable possibility</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">He brings with him a life that is stronger than death. And this new </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">life is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">not reserved to him</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> alone</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. He breathes on his apostles</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, giving </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">them power</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, power</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> to extend this new life to others</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">; </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">power to forgive sins in his name. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{20b53e75-30a0-4f89-bb01-03d6c2c64fc4}{162}" paraid="2017659693" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jesus—who was crucified and died—now lives and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">gives</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> to humanity</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">hope</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> of conquering sin and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">even </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">death</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> itself</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. The old order </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">is</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">destroyed and a new life is now open </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">to all who will receive it. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Yes, t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">he disciples rejoice! They rejoice because they are close to the Lord</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">today </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">we </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">too </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">rejoice because we can </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">now </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">be friends of Jesus. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">We also are close to him. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Friends who remain with him. Friends who abide in him. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">And so yes, we are overcome with paschal joy.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{20b53e75-30a0-4f89-bb01-03d6c2c64fc4}{162}" paraid="2017659693" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{20b53e75-30a0-4f89-bb01-03d6c2c64fc4}{224}" paraid="2029606838" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Yesterday, our brother was made a priest by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. This outpouring of the Holy Spirit brings us joy, not merely be</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">cause our brother and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">our </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">friend received a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">tremendous </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">gift. We are overcome with Paschal Joy. We are overcome by God’s extraordinary goodness to us. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bobby’s ordination reminds us that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">God is still reaching o</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ut to people </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">in</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> this time and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">this place. God </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">is still </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">extending the hand of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> friendship.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> God loves us and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> is still opening a new way of life to us. God is still offering us a way to be free from sin a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">nd a way to share in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a new life. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">He poured out his Holy Spirit upon Bobby beca</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">use God chooses priests to be </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ministers of His friendship, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ministers of His joy.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Joy comes from being in friendship with God.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> And the priest is the minister of God’s friendship, the minister of His joy.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{20b53e75-30a0-4f89-bb01-03d6c2c64fc4}{224}" paraid="2029606838" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{ff2c4dad-5f24-49e9-a562-40e7e6f212bb}{33}" paraid="1636629039" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">From the pulpit, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">filled with the Holy Spirit, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fr. LeBlanc—like the apostles—</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">will </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">preach the Word of God. Those who hear him will be filled with wonder and with amazement. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">They will hear </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">from him </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">the Good News offered to us in Christ. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Into the dark clouds of their fears</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> anxieties</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, their pains and their sufferings,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> the Holy Spirit will speak through </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">this priest</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. They will hear that God’s love is stronger than sin, stronger than death. They will be drawn deeper into friendship with God</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">yes, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">they will be overcome with paschal joy.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{ff2c4dad-5f24-49e9-a562-40e7e6f212bb}{33}" paraid="1636629039" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{ff2c4dad-5f24-49e9-a562-40e7e6f212bb}{73}" paraid="1656747432" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">At the baptismal font, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">he</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> will introduce others into friendship with God. In that Font, by the power of the Holy Spirit, those who were </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">once </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">under the condemnation of sin and death will </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">die to sin and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">will </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">rise with Christ into new life</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. They will share in the new life that come</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> from </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">friendship with </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">God.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> And yes, they will be </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">overcome with Paschal Joy.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{ff2c4dad-5f24-49e9-a562-40e7e6f212bb}{73}" paraid="1656747432" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{ff2c4dad-5f24-49e9-a562-40e7e6f212bb}{107}" paraid="34247554" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">In the confessional, those who have lost friendship with God, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">those </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">who are </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">weighed down </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">by guilt and by sin </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">will be lifted up by mercy. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">T</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">he</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">re they</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> will find Fr. LeBlanc ready to rest</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ore them to friendship with God. They will find </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Good Shepherd who seeks out the lost and who carries them back to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Divine </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">friendship. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By the power of the Holy Spirit, h</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">e will </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">absolve them from their sins. They will enter that confessional heavily burdened. And yes they will leave overcome with Paschal Jo</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">y.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{ff2c4dad-5f24-49e9-a562-40e7e6f212bb}{107}" paraid="34247554" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{ff2c4dad-5f24-49e9-a562-40e7e6f212bb}{107}" paraid="34247554" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">At the deathbed, those who are afraid as they pass from this life to the next, will see Fr. LeBlanc </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">standing </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">by</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> their side, reassuring them of the hope that belongs to the friends of God. He will be there to offer them </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">the Sacraments </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">and to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">prepare them to meet the Lord. Those who are privileged to have him at their deathbed, they will be overcome with Paschal Joy.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{ff2c4dad-5f24-49e9-a562-40e7e6f212bb}{107}" paraid="34247554" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{ff2c4dad-5f24-49e9-a562-40e7e6f212bb}{167}" paraid="1639532717" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">All of us know that Bobby possesses a special gift</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">—a special talent—for</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> friendship. He shares a beautiful friendship with his parents and with his brot</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">her. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Their home was really his first seminary. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Many of us here today have also come to know </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">and are deeply grateful for </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">the gift of his friendship. But yesterday, God did something more than any of us could </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">have </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">dare</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">d</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> to hope. He m</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ade Bobby a priest. He made our brother into an instrument of Divine Friendship. He made our brother into a minister of Paschal Joy.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Through the priestho</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">od of Fr. LeBlanc, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">the poor, the lonely, the sinner, the abandoned</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, the mourner, the weak will all come to know th</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">at God is their friend</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. They too </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">will</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> be overcome with Paschal Joy.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{ff2c4dad-5f24-49e9-a562-40e7e6f212bb}{167}" paraid="1639532717" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{ff2c4dad-5f24-49e9-a562-40e7e6f212bb}{213}" paraid="1115526107" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">No place will this ministry be more evident than at the altar. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Every day</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> for the rest of his life, Fr. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">LeBlanc will offer the Holy Mass. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">He will offer the Paschal Sacrifice. Without the Cross, there is no friendship with God. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It was o</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">n the Cross</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> that</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Jesus restored us to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Divine Friendship.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> At </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">every</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Mass, Fr. LeBlanc will make present—by the power of the Holy Spirit—the Sacr</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ifice of Calvary. He will bring us to God and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">from his hands, we will receive God Himself.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Knowing this</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, we </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">cannot help </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">but to be overcome with Paschal Joy.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{ff2c4dad-5f24-49e9-a562-40e7e6f212bb}{213}" paraid="1115526107" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{4da75b27-334e-4937-9a65-34e80b427ede}{2}" paraid="1356203773" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">My brother, we are filled with joy for you today because we love you. But </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">even more, we are filled with joy today because your priestly life is a reminder </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">of the unfathomable truth </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">that God loves us</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">that He </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">has drawn near to us, a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">nd </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">that He </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">has made it possible for us to love him in return. You are </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">now and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">forever </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a minister of friendship with God, a minister of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Paschal J</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">oy.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{4da75b27-334e-4937-9a65-34e80b427ede}{2}" paraid="1356203773" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{4da75b27-334e-4937-9a65-34e80b427ede}{38}" paraid="355803128" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Every day after Mass at the seminary, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I would find </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bobby kneeling </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">in prayer </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">at the Altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">One title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary is “causa </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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"); 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background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">laetitiae</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">,” the cause of our joy.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By the Holy Spirit, Mary conceived and brought </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">God </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">cause</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> of our joy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">”</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Similarly, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">through </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">his priestly ministry, Fr. LeBlanc will bring God near to us and thus, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">he will </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">bring us joy. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">We can be certain that she who is the cause of our joy will remain close to this minister o</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">f joy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{4da75b27-334e-4937-9a65-34e80b427ede}{38}" paraid="355803128" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{4da75b27-334e-4937-9a65-34e80b427ede}{98}" paraid="253792824" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">And so, brothers and sisters, in case you didn’t get the message, today is a day of great joy. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">T</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">his joy—this paschal joy—</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">is not fleeting. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">In t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">he </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sequence of Pentecost</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">that we chanted before the Gospel, the Church </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">begged the Holy Spirit with these words</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">: “</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Give them your salvation Lord. Give them joys that never end. Amen. Alleluia.” </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{4da75b27-334e-4937-9a65-34e80b427ede}{98}" paraid="253792824" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW16271676 BCX4" paraeid="{4da75b27-334e-4937-9a65-34e80b427ede}{128}" paraid="1389665643" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">God </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">has s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">een</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> fit to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">answer this prayer</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> favorably. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">In the pulpit, at the baptismal font, in the confessional, at the deathbed, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">at St. Mary’s in Brookline, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">wherever Fr. LeBlanc is—and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">most especially at the altar</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">--</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">y the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and through the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">—this minister of Divine Friendship</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">—from </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> very</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> hands of our brother</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">our </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Father, Robert</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">)</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">God</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">indeed </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">give</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">salvation to his people and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">will </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">lead them into the joys t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">hat never end. This</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, this</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> is why </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">today</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> we are </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">most certainly </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">overcome with Paschal Joy. Amen. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Alleluia</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW16271676 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW16271676 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":480}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-48049411206965958662021-04-04T07:56:00.001-04:002021-04-04T09:36:03.628-04:00The Priesthood in the Light of Christ<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxRL601Crk8Idnv5Z0uksoSCuB_Ar9CM18jgjmsz-iazIyl6tzPYDYyU8Dz8TzI3YkhQWOW1lSDizzplakeD3cEvgjGttEmdV3mPdyCRrvgyVT5EZJP_ERv1OinLgoARw2XEi2IzH7N9z/s1024/46937798874_8493ecd285_k.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxRL601Crk8Idnv5Z0uksoSCuB_Ar9CM18jgjmsz-iazIyl6tzPYDYyU8Dz8TzI3YkhQWOW1lSDizzplakeD3cEvgjGttEmdV3mPdyCRrvgyVT5EZJP_ERv1OinLgoARw2XEi2IzH7N9z/w400-h266/46937798874_8493ecd285_k.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Homily Preached at the Easter Vigil at St. John's Seminary</span></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{99ade308-1499-4347-9666-0b89cfd316ab}{160}" paraid="501191534" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{99ade308-1499-4347-9666-0b89cfd316ab}{164}" paraid="738692707" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He is Risen! He is Truly Risen!</span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{99ade308-1499-4347-9666-0b89cfd316ab}{164}" paraid="738692707" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{99ade308-1499-4347-9666-0b89cfd316ab}{173}" paraid="175788605" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Tonight, and for the next fifty days, we will pray in this chapel </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">under</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> the light of the Paschal Candle. This light</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> of Christ illuminate</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">s</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> our minds and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">our </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">hearts and can assist us </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">in </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">see</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ing</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and understand</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ing</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the priestly vocation more clearly.</span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{99ade308-1499-4347-9666-0b89cfd316ab}{209}" paraid="1151221665" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{99ade308-1499-4347-9666-0b89cfd316ab}{209}" paraid="1151221665" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Yesterday, I received a text message </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and a photograph </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">from a former parishioner a man named Niall. Niall and his wife were both faithful parishioners of mine. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The photo was of one of his sons, Matthew. The text said, “This wee lad is nine years old today.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{99ade308-1499-4347-9666-0b89cfd316ab}{209}" paraid="1151221665" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{99ade308-1499-4347-9666-0b89cfd316ab}{221}" paraid="1024212198" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">On the Monday of Holy Week, nine years ago, I was vesting for the evening Mass when Niall called from the hospital. During birth, some catastrophic even</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> took place and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">doctors were telling </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Niall</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> that </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">neither </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">his wife </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">nor</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">his </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">baby might survive. After saying the fastest Mass I’ve ever said, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I went to the hospital. Niall and members of his family were </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">gathered around his newborn son</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, while his wife was undergoing surgery</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. The baby was </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">connected</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> to tubes, wires, and machines. Everybody, including the nurse</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">s w</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">as </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">crying. Medical equipment was </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">eerily </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">beeping and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">machines</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> were </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">revving up and revving down. I was </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">really </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">struck by the fact that a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">s wonderful as all of this medical technology and scientific knowledge was, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Niall—a man of great Faith--knew that </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">it was not enough. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Those things</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> could </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">at</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">tend to Matthew's medical needs, but they could not attend to the deepest and most profound needs. </span><span color="windowtext" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{99ade308-1499-4347-9666-0b89cfd316ab}{221}" paraid="1024212198" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{99ade308-1499-4347-9666-0b89cfd316ab}{221}" paraid="1024212198" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">So there, i</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">n the midst of all of this amazing</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, state of the art,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> technology, was me, h</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">olding a little container of water and a little container of Chrism</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I leaned in and poured a few drops of water on </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">this tiny infant’s </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">head</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, saying, “Matthew, I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spir</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">it.” And then, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">delicately appl</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ied</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Chrism to his head, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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Peace b</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">e with you.” </span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{99ade308-1499-4347-9666-0b89cfd316ab}{221}" paraid="1024212198" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{0ac28afc-7820-4567-8724-6d61d5afb9ca}{84}" paraid="1004461573" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">In that moment, Matthew’s entire life was in</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">corporated</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> into the Paschal Mystery, the saving death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> doctors and nurses saved the life of Matthew (and the life of his mother), but only Jesus Christ could truly s</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ave Matthew. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Only Jesus Christ can truly save us</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">he Easter Vigil begins</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">with </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the priest carving </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">into the Paschal Candle the Cross</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> the numerals of the year, and the Alpha and the Omega. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">This is an apt image of the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">priest’s whole life </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and ministry. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">It is the priest—in every age and in every place—who unites pe</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ople to Christ. All time belongs to Christ and all of the ages. Most especially through the Sacraments, the priest</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> unites people to the death and resurrection of the Lord. He, in a sense, carves them </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">irrevocably, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">into the very body of Christ. The priest inserts them</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">—and every </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">single </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">moment of their life—</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the good, the bad, and the ugly, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">into the saving mysteries. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Not just a part of their life. Not just </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">select</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">moment</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">s</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> of their life</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">b</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ut every moment. All time belongs to Christ. And all of the ages.</span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{0ac28afc-7820-4567-8724-6d61d5afb9ca}{116}" paraid="1716322188" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{0ac28afc-7820-4567-8724-6d61d5afb9ca}{180}" paraid="1266614381" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Next, the priest places five grains of incense into the candle, commemorating the five wounds of Christ. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">These holy and glorious wounds are our offenses, they are our wounds. And yet, Christ willingl</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">y takes these upon himself. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">H</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">e who knew not sin, became sin. Christ takes us entirely and completely.</span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{0ac28afc-7820-4567-8724-6d61d5afb9ca}{180}" paraid="1266614381" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{0ac28afc-7820-4567-8724-6d61d5afb9ca}{194}" paraid="750575758" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Yes, all time and all ages belong to Christ. Nothing is outside of his dominion. And so, the priest in his ministry</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">—especially in the Eucharistic Sacrifice, the Sacrament of Penance, and in the Anointing of the Sick—</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">brings the sins and wounds of fallen humanity to Christ. Christ saves everything. </span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{0ac28afc-7820-4567-8724-6d61d5afb9ca}{194}" paraid="750575758" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{0ac28afc-7820-4567-8724-6d61d5afb9ca}{204}" paraid="750957213" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">N</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">o philosophy, no science, no technology, no political system </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">or party </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">can save </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">us in our totality. We are saved only th</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">r</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ough the death and resurrection of Christ. And it is the privilege of the priest </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">continually to </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">be a minister of th</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">e</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">se saving mysteries, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">uniting </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">persons </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">in every age and in every time to Christ. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Christ takes everything unto himself. He saves everything. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Tonight, the Church even sings of Adam’s sin as the happy fault because it won for us so great a Redeemer. Christ does not stand aloof from our sins</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and failures. They have been carved into his flesh. By his stripes we are healed. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Even death is swallowed up by Christ’s victory. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">In Christ, earthly realities are now mingled with heavenly. Heaven is wedded to earth.</span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{0ac28afc-7820-4567-8724-6d61d5afb9ca}{204}" paraid="750957213" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">A second </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">way</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> the Paschal Candle teach</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">es</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> us about priesthood is that </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the light of Christ</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">burns</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> relentlessly,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">but also</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> patiently. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">T</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">he subtlety of the Gospel of Easter has always been a bit frustrating for me. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I want something </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">a bit</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> more spectacular than a few women </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">meeting </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">some guy in a white robe who tells them to go tell the disciples and Peter that Jesus is risen and will meet them in Galilee. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">A</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">fter the intensity of the past few days, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I’d like something more earth-shattering than a message that says, “See you in Galilee.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{0ac28afc-7820-4567-8724-6d61d5afb9ca}{246}" paraid="2038324572" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{105c8965-9e31-4f37-b0e3-5dfe0d781651}{39}" paraid="395854614" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">But this teaches us about the nature of the Gospel. There is a part of us that would like </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the Gospel to be more like a spotlight, turning it on, shining it on the unsuspecting, a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">nd resolving everything quickly. But the Resurrection and the spreading of the light of Christ is more like the mustard seed. It grows slowly and imperceptibly. </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{105c8965-9e31-4f37-b0e3-5dfe0d781651}{39}" paraid="395854614" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{105c8965-9e31-4f37-b0e3-5dfe0d781651}{39}" paraid="395854614" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The disciples are to go back to Galilee because the light of the resurrection now shines a new light on their past and all that had happened to them. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Our journey tonight had us go back. Back to the very beginning</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> when the earth was a formless wasteland</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. Back to Abraham. Back to the Red Sea. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">In the light of the Risen Christ, all things are clarified. And so too, the disciples are to go back to Galilee in order to see </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">all that happened during those years with Jesus</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">in the light of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the Risen Christ</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. We too must constant</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ly return to our own Galilees, to our own history to see it in the ever increasingly bright light of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the Risen </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Christ.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> It is only in the light of Christ that we come to know ourselves</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> truly</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">As we sit over the next fifty days beside this c</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">andle, let</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> u</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">s be enlightened by its </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">example</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. It steadily and relentlessly flickers</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. We are here today not because God suddenly turned a spotlight on us, but because a few women in Jerusalem </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">two thousand years ago met a man in a white robe. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">They told others who then told others. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">There is a patience and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">a </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">gradualness to the spreading of the Gospel. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The effective priest does not need to tell everyone everything all at once. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He does not need to shine a blinding spotlight in</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">to</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> the eyes of those in darkness. Instead, he can live his ministry as one who is an attractive and warm </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">presence</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> to those who are afraid,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> to</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> those who </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">are ashamed</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. This way of living priesthood</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> is faithful to the method of God himself.</span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{105c8965-9e31-4f37-b0e3-5dfe0d781651}{81}" paraid="1330037509" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">At a moment when a new dark age</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">—a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">n</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> age of unbelief--</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">is settling upon the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">world,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> we could be tempted to </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">think that we must somehow fix it all</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and fix it immediately</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. But </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">he </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Paschal Candle shows us how to fulfill our mission. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The light of Christ is symbolized by a candle, not a flamethrower. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The Paschal Candle teaches us to be steadfast, but also gentle</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> ministers of the Gospel.</span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{105c8965-9e31-4f37-b0e3-5dfe0d781651}{167}" paraid="477893373" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Lastly, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">a third way </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">that the Paschal Candle can instruct us how to live our priesthood</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">:</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The candle</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> is entirely consumed by its work. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">As the Paschal Candle gives off light, it </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">expends</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> itself. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The good priest is the priest who gives himself entirely for the sake of his flock. Not begrudgingly, but willingly. </span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{105c8965-9e31-4f37-b0e3-5dfe0d781651}{167}" paraid="477893373" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{105c8965-9e31-4f37-b0e3-5dfe0d781651}{193}" paraid="1363336305" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">There is a temptation </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">to </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">see the needs of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">our people </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">as </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">an obstacle to our life. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">“If only these people would leave me alone, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">then </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I could get my work done.” </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Even if we </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">at</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">tend to their needs, we can be tempted to give a look that lets them know that they are inconveniencing </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">or interrupting </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">us. I remember many years ago, the Cardinal had come to Mass at my paris</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">h and after Mass, I was trying to get him to the reception downstairs. As I went down this narrow staircase with the Cardinal behind me, a disheveled man blocked the way. (If you don’t know this</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> already, let me assure you that beggars are experts at hitting you up for money at the perfect and most inconvenient times). We stopped on the stair case and this simple and disheveled man said, “Are you a priest?” I</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">n a very annoyed tone, I said, “Yes.” And he said, “Can you do me a favor?” I said something like, “I’m kind of busy right now. What do you </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">need</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">?” (I was waiting for </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the “I need ten dollars” request.) Instead, he pulled out a pre-paid cell phone, still in its package and held it up. He said, “I really need to make an </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">important</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> phone call and I just bought this telephone, but I don’t </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">know how to read so I can’t read the instructions</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">” Then he said in all purity and simplicity, “So,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> I thought that I’d come to a church because priests are really smart </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and nice, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and they help people.” </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Whenever I read Matthew 25, I think of that man.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> The needs of others are not interruptions to our work. They are our work.</span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{105c8965-9e31-4f37-b0e3-5dfe0d781651}{193}" paraid="1363336305" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214757116 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW214757116 BCX4" paraeid="{eac00086-1a2e-403b-bdd7-0634d96d7c4c}{2}" paraid="1618920891" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">In the light of the Paschal Candle,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> (in the light of the Risen Christ)</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> we </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">l</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">earn that our priesthood is for the people. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The priest—like the Paschal Candle</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> (like Christ himself)</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">—is to spend his life in the midst of his people</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, n</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ot remote from them. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The paschal candle burns in the midst of the people and for the sake of the people. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Our life is meant to be spent with the people and for the people. </span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">onight</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> brothers</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the Risen Lord shines here</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> among us</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">This light of Christ can teach us how to be priests. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">In </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">his light, we </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">can </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">see</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the priestly ministry</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, fraternity,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and example </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">p</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">riests </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">who serve </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">here</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">And in </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">his </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">light, we can begin already</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">—in our mind’s eye--</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">to </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">see </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">all </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the people </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">who</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">—in their sufferings and joys--</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">will </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">one day </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">be </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">incorporate</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">d</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> into the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Paschal Mystery</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> through your ministry</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, all of the people to whom you will ardently and gently preach the Go</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">spel</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and all of the p</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">eople </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">with </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">whom </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and for whom </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">you will spend your life</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Because of your ministry, the</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ir lives will be truly saved, and they</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">too </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">will encounter and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">will </span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">live in the light of Christ. And for that, we can only say</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> with joy</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ful gratitude</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, “</span><span class="TextRun SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Thanks Be to God.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW214757116 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-58285174841693626912021-03-18T10:30:00.003-04:002021-03-18T10:32:46.061-04:00Homily on the Feast of St. Patrick<p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bYpLzH2MfACBWbmBWFn2H04xSnjjH5M3F5reo6C2hYpYxCY2n3waOyGmrPnBhjn9FI-nhK-wyM8pIZiBoacqFTxmnJHacEHG1PSwQ2tYh27XXrC0RTJ9OZ4orgF8_FC0x9SBDSEEleta/s1200/file-20180305-146703-jnv1p6.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6bYpLzH2MfACBWbmBWFn2H04xSnjjH5M3F5reo6C2hYpYxCY2n3waOyGmrPnBhjn9FI-nhK-wyM8pIZiBoacqFTxmnJHacEHG1PSwQ2tYh27XXrC0RTJ9OZ4orgF8_FC0x9SBDSEEleta/w400-h400/file-20180305-146703-jnv1p6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Friends,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I've been off of social media for the past few months and also haven't been blogging much. (And it's been great!!) On St. Patrick's Day I had Mass at the seminary, so I figured I'd post the homily here. Hope you're all having a great Lent.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX4 SCXW3879309" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{a1c5b716-ebc7-4af4-84fc-5a170e519823}{154}" paraid="1520078206" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Feast of St. Patrick</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> 2021</span><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{a1c5b716-ebc7-4af4-84fc-5a170e519823}{154}" paraid="1520078206" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX4 SCXW3879309" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{a1c5b716-ebc7-4af4-84fc-5a170e519823}{160}" paraid="1922718955" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Years after escaping slavery in Ireland, Patrick had a dream in which he saw the people of Ireland, standing </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">by the western sea, holding out their hands and appealing to him to come and walk among them. Patrick ret</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">urned to the place of his enslavement and brought the Gospel with him. Many of us who sit in this chapel this morning</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> do so because St. Patrick responded to the urgent needs of his day</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> sixteen centuries ago.</span><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{a1c5b716-ebc7-4af4-84fc-5a170e519823}{160}" paraid="1922718955" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3879309 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{a1c5b716-ebc7-4af4-84fc-5a170e519823}{176}" paraid="1539951934" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The evangelization of Ireland—and the evangelization of the whole world—began by </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">another seaside.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">It would, I think, be almost impossible for a priest or a seminarian to hear </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">St. Luke’s</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">account of this seaside encounter</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> in a detached </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">or</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> impersonal way</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> (Luke 5:1-11). No, we experience it as </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> memory</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> of</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">an event that </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">happened to us</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. The encounter between Peter, Andrew, James, John, and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Christ </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">is our encounter too</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">This event by the Sea of Galilee </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">echoes through </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">time</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. It echoed in the heart of Patrick and echoes in our hearts too.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> We hear His voice. We are fascinated by </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">His Presence. We know that he has climbed into our boat</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">hat he has chosen us. We too f</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">eel</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> that profound unworthiness. We </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">also </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">are</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> overwhelmed by</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> our weakness when </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">confronted by his</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> power. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">We beg</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> him to depart from us because of our sinfulness.</span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{a1c5b716-ebc7-4af4-84fc-5a170e519823}{176}" paraid="1539951934" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3879309 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{1}" paraid="1083501670" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I’ve always been struck by the fact that </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">St. Luke </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">preserves</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> for</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> us </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the detail </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">that they were “washing their nets</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">” when Jesus approached</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. Having spent all night fishing and catching nothing, they were almost done. They were </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">probably exhausted and disappointed. At the end of a long night, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I imagine that this last task was </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">both </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">tedious and annoying. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Once the nets were cleaned and stored, they were done.</span><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{1}" paraid="1083501670" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3879309 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{33}" paraid="1749578573" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">And Jesus asks them to cast them again into the sea</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, to begin again.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> What makes the apostles obedient to this command? </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Is it not </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">because t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">hey were fascinated by Christ</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, moved by</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> His words</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and by</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> his Presence</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">?</span><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{33}" paraid="1749578573" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3879309 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{49}" paraid="406655047" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">St. Patrick converted Ireland not with a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">n idea or a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">program, not with a gimmick, not with </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">a public relations campaign. Patrick converted Ireland because he continuously lived the memory of Christ. He was faithful to that fascination with the Person of Jesus Christ</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> that originally moved him</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. He was faithful to the echo in his heart of Jesus calling him</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Christ was not an idea from the past, but an event of the present.</span><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{49}" paraid="406655047" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3879309 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{71}" paraid="788837313" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">P</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">riests</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, of course,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> should be open to various methods and programs designed to help parishes. Bu</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">i</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t is only when we are</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> completely</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> convinced that </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">we </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">can</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> ca</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">tch </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">nothing </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">on our own, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">that we are ready to welcome Christ into our boat. Parishes, dioceses, campus ministries, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">seminaries...need priests who are </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">fascinated by the Presence of Christ. They need priests who are moved by Christ’s words, who hear the Gospel not </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">merely with their ears, but with their memories</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">; who experience the Gospel a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">s an event that they are part of. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Priests who experience the Gospel as something </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">that </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">they themselves have encountered. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The new evangelization needs priests who</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">preach the Gospel not merely as men wh</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">o can quote it or write a term paper on it. Rather, the new evangelization requires priests who</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> preach what </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and who </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">they themselves have encountered in</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> the</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> gospels. </span><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{71}" paraid="788837313" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3879309 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{133}" paraid="791745535" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">We need priests who</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> after working all night </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">catching</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> nothing and who are almost done washing the nets</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> are so fascinated by the Presence of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Christ that they are </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">willing</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> to lower the nets yet again.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Priests who are not constantly fascinated by Christ and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">who are not </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">attentive to his words, will </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">eventually wash their nets, stow them away, and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">give up. If we aren’t moved by Christ, how do we expect to move anyone else? </span><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{133}" paraid="791745535" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3879309 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{167}" paraid="558739180" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">If we do not live the memory of Christ every day—fascinated by his presence and by his words—then </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">we will never be moved to lower the nets after washing them. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I think many priests </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">who</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> settle for a bland type of priesthood</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> do so </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">not because they haven’t tried different </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">various </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">methods and projects.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> I think </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">it’s </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">because they no longer </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">re interested in Christ. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">They have forgotten what his voice sounds like. They have no memory of being by the Sea of Galilee with him. They </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">no longer place their head upon his heart.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">They </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">no longer are moved by his presence.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> They no longer fall to their knees at the feet of Jesus, overwhelmed by his goodness, love, and power.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{167}" paraid="558739180" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3879309 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{211}" paraid="166646670" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">No matter how successful the first apostles were or how successful the Apostle to Ireland was, they must have always felt poor before the enormity of their mission. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">We too are faced with a daunting task. The </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">seas</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> in which we will cast our nets will often be unwelcoming. The winds will be against us. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The environment surrounding us may be hostile. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">This is not our worry. When Jesus told Peter to cast the nets again, he did not say how many fish he would catch. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He didn’t promise Patrick that all of Ireland would be converted and then send missionaries in turn to the rest of the world. He just asked Patrick to be obedient.</span><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{211}" paraid="166646670" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3879309 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{227}" paraid="1314496738" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">We all want to be successful priests. We want to be successful fish</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ers of men. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Success, however, is not measured in </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">artificial </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">numbers. It’s measured in fidelity. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Successful fishers of men are those who—having exhausted their own resources—become once again fascinated by Christ</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, moved by Christ’s Presence, and obedient to Christ’s Word.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Men who rely upon God’s Word and God’s strength.</span><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{227}" paraid="1314496738" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3879309 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{247}" paraid="602377877" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">There have been countless times in my life</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> (and I hope someday, in your life too)</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">—be it in a confessional, at a deathbed, or in some other priestly encounter—that I have </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">thought to myself, “If this one thing were the only thing I ever did as a priest, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">it would be enough</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">.”</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Sometimes, at the Lord’s command, we lower the net and we catch just one fish. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">That is still a miracle.</span><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{c7ef467f-8ac2-45d1-aac2-67e0d7ecf02c}{247}" paraid="602377877" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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He had already escaped this place. He, in a sense, had </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">worked all night and was washing his nets. What made him return to Ireland? What made him cast his clean nets back into the sea? </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Deep in Patrick’s soul was the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">conviction that he too stood by the sea. He was faithful to the lived memory of Christ climbing into his boat, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">speaking like no man had ever spoken</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> before</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW3879309 BCX4" paraeid="{fdb652af-d3f5-4943-a5d6-ab1918db65f0}{24}" paraid="1671959480" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">If we wish to be effective and courageous fishers of men, it all begins with </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">being men who </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">remember and live </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">daily </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the joy of t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">hat original encounter with Christ. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">It begins with being men who have never forgotten that day when we stood by the Sea of Galilee</span><span class="TextRun SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> washing our nets.</span><span class="EOP SCXW3879309 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-28723962658943897082021-01-12T09:14:00.003-05:002021-01-12T09:14:49.685-05:00Whatever Floor You're On, Jesus is There To Meet You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KTupyGq_04hNT1Or04HFnej9IBIcrkhXdpyB-gF-znEgwu4lIIou_tV5nHLrOBGNSWU276DzmJ4S0nFBJ77JqLRBAdo8_1b3tZcLT0KF5vYT0x-v1D_lIA4ZfFh5YZ7z7YxAuQ7hmEkC/s2048/Sites_of_Christianity_in_the_Galillee_-_Ruins_of_the_ancient_Great_Synagogue_at_Capernaum_%2528or_Kfar_Nahum%2529_on_the_shore_of_the_Lake_of_Galilee%252C_Northern_Israel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KTupyGq_04hNT1Or04HFnej9IBIcrkhXdpyB-gF-znEgwu4lIIou_tV5nHLrOBGNSWU276DzmJ4S0nFBJ77JqLRBAdo8_1b3tZcLT0KF5vYT0x-v1D_lIA4ZfFh5YZ7z7YxAuQ7hmEkC/w640-h424/Sites_of_Christianity_in_the_Galillee_-_Ruins_of_the_ancient_Great_Synagogue_at_Capernaum_%2528or_Kfar_Nahum%2529_on_the_shore_of_the_Lake_of_Galilee%252C_Northern_Israel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>If you'd like to hear today's podcast, click <a href="https://shepherdspost.podbean.com/e/whatever-floor-youre-on-jesus-is-there-to-meet-you/">Here</a></p>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-11624000346812227912021-01-08T11:31:00.002-05:002021-01-08T11:31:37.919-05:00Jesus Isn't Afraid of Your Sin<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslRJ1DiOGL2s0yqnhP2u0R4Vm8_Jlvbf27140BDpePHvzfn8q0YdI0i7jnwfBa8VHuQ4lC69-hiwSqrrKEpFgx9wr5ik-5uabZbv4WMvqn2rgO_xvxJWqckCL0kTPMthl_zcdYCVTfQCM/s689/web3_christ_cleans_the_leper_man_public_domain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="689" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslRJ1DiOGL2s0yqnhP2u0R4Vm8_Jlvbf27140BDpePHvzfn8q0YdI0i7jnwfBa8VHuQ4lC69-hiwSqrrKEpFgx9wr5ik-5uabZbv4WMvqn2rgO_xvxJWqckCL0kTPMthl_zcdYCVTfQCM/w640-h320/web3_christ_cleans_the_leper_man_public_domain.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Today's Podcast: Jesus isn't Afraid of You. If you'd like to listen, click <a href="https://shepherdspost.podbean.com/e/jesus-isnt-afraid-of-you/">Here</a></p>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-65068361525056062182021-01-06T17:11:00.001-05:002021-01-06T17:11:21.762-05:00A Good Week to Leave Social Media!If you'd like to listen to my Podcast for January 6, 2021 you can find it by clicking <a href="https://shepherdspost.podbean.com/e/leave-the-idolatry-of-politics-for-only-in-god-are-our-souls-at-rest/">Here!</a>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-50240005313772595362021-01-03T07:38:00.002-05:002021-01-03T07:49:02.343-05:00We Interrupt This Broadcast to Bring You a Special (Catholic) News Bulletin<span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuS_Qe1A3NS9_cGd2GiPp29VBPw_N-NUO0lcWgxZ5CdIq2SmPwkP_15_D7o31LhVrPupSCyRJAstrJN7_zKeFSIp1iGTPxoFuj3Rbqo39aebmPFQo-uZmkjEtewP7mP4UhW2JlGmd5KdO-/s2000/1993.19-S1_o2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1603" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuS_Qe1A3NS9_cGd2GiPp29VBPw_N-NUO0lcWgxZ5CdIq2SmPwkP_15_D7o31LhVrPupSCyRJAstrJN7_zKeFSIp1iGTPxoFuj3Rbqo39aebmPFQo-uZmkjEtewP7mP4UhW2JlGmd5KdO-/w400-h320/1993.19-S1_o2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I'm old enough to remember a time when there wasn't "breaking news" every thirty seconds. On very rare occasions, the TV program you were watching would stop and across the screen would appear words like, "SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN." Your heart would kind of stop because if they were interrupting, it had to be big. It really was a shock to the system when life was interrupted in that way. You had an immediate sense that life as we know it was going to change dramatically by the news that was about to be reported. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">At the very end of the Gospel for the great Feast of the Epiphany, St. Matthew tells us that the Magi, having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, departed for their country by another way. The presence of Christ can--and ought to--be disruptive at times to our life. When the angel appeared to the Blessed Virgin Mary and she conceived by the Holy Spirit, her life was dramatically interrupted. St. Joseph's life was interrupted. The Magi, who saw the star had their life interrupted. When Christ appears in our life, we are meant to be changed. Something different is supposed to happen. Our plans are altered. We must, in the words of St. Matthew, go "another way."</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Recently in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State Legislature enacted a brutal and grotesque expansion of abortion "rights." I presume that many of those who voted for this had at some point in their life considered themselves Catholic. How is it possible though? How is it possible that anyone who has encountered the Presence of Christ, who has knelt before His crib, and received Him in the Eucharist could gleefully and calculatingly support the violent destruction of innocent human life? Their vote actually happened on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the day when Catholics commemorate the martyrdom of the victims of Herod's homicidal slaughter of babies. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a reminder to me that we can become so comfortable and complacent in our life that the Presence of Christ no longer moves us or changes us. Being Catholic becomes merely a meaningless moniker. Catholicism can be the "regularly scheduled program," but not the "breaking news." It can become the equivalent of belonging to some sort of club that requires nothing of us except paying dues occasionally or attending an occasional meeting. We've all wound up getting on some email list that we theoretically have some interest in, but whose emails we never actually open. If we are not careful, this can become our Catholic life. We can feel vaguely connected, but it doesn't actually shape everything about our life. God did not send His Only-Begotten Son into the world so that we could all belong to another boring club or another email list. Either Christ interrupts my life and changes everything or His Presence is of no import to me.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Over the past few years, a program has become fairly popular among Catholic men entitled Exodus 90. It is, as the name suggests, a 90 day spiritual program.Day 90 coincides with Easter. The 90 days are fairly intensive in terms of various ascetical practices. A couple of years ago, a group of men at the Boston University Catholic Center did it and--in order to be spiritually close to them--I adopted most of the practices as well. At the time, I remember being a bit reluctant, because I'm not usually a big fan of programs and kind of "Rah, Rah!" spiritualities. In the end, however, I found the program to be spiritually fruitful.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the hesitancies I have about doing the program again is that it is disruptive. it requires a lot of daily disruptions, including fasting, leaving social media, and (and this is definitely the worst part), daily cold showers. I cannot adequately convey how much I despise the cold shower thing! Now do cold showers, abstaining from various foods, alcohol, and social media make someone a better Catholic? No. But, these annoying disruptions into life can awaken within me a reminder that the Presence of Christ should disrupt my life. It is a good reminder to me that I should be different because of Christ's Presence. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The danger of complacency in the Christian life is real and it can lull us into a spiritual death spiral. The gospels, on the other hand, are replete with lives that were interrupted and radically changed by the Presence of Christ. The pages of the gospels are filled with men and women who, having encountered Christ, went "another way." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">So, for me, setting out on Exodus 90 is not really done with any sense of conviction that I will do it perfectly or that I will do it completely. It is done with a recognition that I need--once again--to experience the interruption of Christ in my life. I need something that will daily and intensely remind me that to be a disciple of Christ means that the path of my life must be altered by Christ or I am not really His disciple. Even if I fail along the way (which I likely will), this time is a good moment to once again be moved by His Presence.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">So, the hope is that for the next 90 days, I will be off of social media. I think I will still blog, but I won't be posting the blogposts on social media. I think there is someway you can sign up to have blogposts emailed to you, but I don't really remember how that works! Also, I may try to post some podcasts which can be found by clicking here <a href="https://shepherdspost.podbean.com">Podcast</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Lastly, if you have some sense that the Presence of Christ isn't interrupting your life and dramatically changing the way you daily live, perhaps think about adding some daily "interruption" to your life that would remind you of Christ and that would encourage you to go "another way." The Magi were profoundly moved by their encounter with Christ. They worshipped and opened up their treasuries. And, they went another way after this encounter. May the grace of this Epiphany awaken in all of us the need to be more intentionally and intensely transformed by Jesus Christ. Let's all go "another way" together.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-6542303376481031732020-11-18T20:24:00.006-05:002020-11-20T05:46:31.033-05:00Young Priests, the Double Standard, and Being Men of Obedience<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDBKeDM6imYoZSVY2XrebqRoXH0kiBteUk_b1eBpflYJpSkBQnOPUPo-VayIqwcYZSUnqh_u01FGE3ZmNQUooopheMqOTzTVebc3YgvzcAa_LDIgvPrk5nCmZvTog2zYVVFHQpemHuVPI/s750/The_Sacrificial_Lamb.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="750" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDBKeDM6imYoZSVY2XrebqRoXH0kiBteUk_b1eBpflYJpSkBQnOPUPo-VayIqwcYZSUnqh_u01FGE3ZmNQUooopheMqOTzTVebc3YgvzcAa_LDIgvPrk5nCmZvTog2zYVVFHQpemHuVPI/w400-h275/The_Sacrificial_Lamb.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">(As I looked over what I have written below, it occurred to me that someone might think, "Oh, I bet he's talking about this particular situation or that particular situation." That is not the case! This isn't about any particular priest, any particular diocese, or any particular situation. It is about a common feeling that I often hear expressed by younger clergy.)</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's not an unusual occurrence for younger priests to become frustrated by what appears to them to be a double standard. It seems to them that more orthodox priests who make some sort of pastoral misstep are sometimes quickly corrected, while priests who actively undermine Catholic teaching and ecclesial communion often seem to be feared by those in authority or coddled by them. It can give younger priests the feeling that nobody has their back. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There is no doubt that this appearance of a double standard undermines the morale of many, especially young priests. It creates within them a sense of fear that if they make one mistake, the hammer is going to drop on them or that they are going to be forever dismissed as crazy or as a problem. It causes them sometimes to be angry at those in authority. This anger is exacerbated when they see other priests, who undermine the Church at every turn, go merrily along their way, sowing doubt and division.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The fact that a bishop (or his representatives) can speak to some priests with ease, offer them criticism, advice, and counsel and can even change their assignment without an all out war breaking out, is a testimony to that priest. It says that he is a man of the Church. He is a man who is obedient. It says that he is a man who can listen, who can humble himself, and who can live his promise of respect and obedience to the bishop. It can appear like he is being singled out while priests who really harm the Church are rewarded for their bad behavior. The priest, however, who receives criticism, instruction, guidance, and even a change of assignment well is a far more trustworthy co-worker of the bishop than the priest who plays games and who establishes himself as "untouchable." </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The priest who "gets away with it" isn't winning anything. It's actually a very sad reality. He not only is destroying himself, but he is destroying others in the process. His disobedience and his anger towards the Church and her doctrines is destructive to himself and to the flock. Young priests should never allow this kind of bad example to discourage them or to demoralize them. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">On the other hand, take the example of some other priests who may have had difficulties along the way. Maybe one has a liturgical style that could benefit from some fatherly counsel. Maybe another needs guidance in his approach to preaching. Maybe another needs to learn more prudence. Maybe one has his assignment changed abruptly. (And, to be fair, maybe sometimes the priest's instincts are correct and those who are above him are incorrect in their judgment). No matter, if he is joyfully obedient, in the end, it is he who benefits. In the end, it is the Church who benefits because he becomes more a priest after the heart of Jesus Christ, who was obedient unto death on a Cross.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The rebellious priest who seemingly gets away with it--the priest who delights in undermining the teachings of the Church and who becomes giddy when he turns people against the bishop, the diocese, and the Magisterium-- is not to be envied, but pitied. It shouldn't discourage the young priest, but rather should serve as a warning to him. Every priest is in danger of the same thing. It happens through self-will, egoism, and envy. Everyone of us is capable of becoming like that, whether we are liberal, conservative, charismatic, Tridentine, or bureaucratic. We can all become the guy who thinks that I alone am the one who can save the Church from all that is wrong within it. We are all at risk of becoming what we disdain. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">One might look at things and think, "the young conservative guys always get punished." I think instead they should see it as a badge of honor. The very fact that those in authority feel easy about approaching a priest, correcting him, and asking for his obedience means that he is on the right path. Yes, he (like all of us) may make mistakes, say the wrong thing, do the wrong thing etc, but he is not obstinate. And, sometimes he may even be unjustly called out. That will sting. It may even tempt him to harden his heart. This, however, is a moment of grace. In the end, if his obedience and humility win out, it will be fruitful for the Church. He will be preserved from becoming a priest who is set against his bishop and against the Magisterium. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">By all of this, I do not mean that the priest should constantly be thinking of himself as some sort of martyr. What I mean is that whether he is wrong about a particular thing or right about a particular thing (and it could be either), the very fact that those in authority over him can come to him and ask for his obedience is a very good sign. It's the way things are supposed to be. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There might well be a double standard, but the double standard may actually work in the favor of those who are obedient, humble, and faithful. In one instance, the bishop (or his representatives) are able to approach the priest as a father and as brothers. This is how it ought to be. Their ability to come to that priest says that they actually trust him. The alternative is to become a priest who is left on his own to do and say whatever he wants. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The double standard might not really be as much about the people who have authority as it is about the priest with whom they are dealing. With one, they can presume good will, humility, fraternal charity, and obedience. With the other, they might not be able to presume those things. One reason that obedient priests might be "handled" more quickly than the disobedient priest is because of the obedient priest's willingness to cooperate. He may (or may not) have made some misjudgment, but he is willing to hear and to work with those in authority. While those resolutions can sometimes appear to be a punishment, that is not always--or even usually--the case. Unless something is manifestly unjust, it is better to err on the side of presuming that a decision was made in fraternal love. Priests and bishops have to be able to trust one another and to love one another. Are bad decisions sometimes made for the sake of expediency or to avoid bad public relations? Probably, and that is a big mistake. But more often than not, I think bishops and priests are acting with fraternal love for their brothers.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The double standard that is often perceived by young priests and seminarians is that disobedience is rewarded while fidelity is punished. It's good to remember that leaving someone in disobedience is not actually a reward. It's a punishment. It's a rather harsh punishment. And, while suffering because of obedience is indeed painful (especially if those in authority are making a poor decision), it can become a moment to deepen ecclesial communion and to become more conformed to Jesus Christ. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Obedience can till the soil of our hearts, making them more receptive to grace, more able to love, more trusting in Divine Providence, and more united to the Church and to the bishop. Disobedience sets us at odds with the bishop, with our brother priests, and with the whole communion of the Church. Obedience, on the other hand, when it is lived with joyful humility deepens our love for the bishop, our brother priests, and the whole communion of the Church. The obedient priest is the true friend to his bishop and to his brothers in the presbyterate. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So, if you are a young priest (or a not so young priest) who sometimes gets discouraged or confused by what appears to be a double standard, don't be. Instead, become a priest who becomes more joyfully and lovingly obedient to the bishop and to the Truth. Obedience can be difficult sometimes, but it ultimately makes us joyful and makes us better, and more charitable shepherds. Disobedience, on the other hand, ultimately makes us self-reliant, egotistical, angry, and isolated. If you have to pick which side of the double standard you want to be on, go with obedience!</span></p>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-30160874159092010582020-11-14T15:09:00.002-05:002020-11-14T15:09:45.875-05:00St. John's Seminary, A School of Charity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKWws57iR-QuofPDiZ4FVjwGn8CyjdySeCv81BKTeh0eZ6cHYiABT4WZGn06Tc0XEh4quMkaw4ESdBlslVHdH4Ezt-tHSyTKDBkA3jypPuvvMIDhkmalsYIMOTJBooazZyTE078kuWbUG/s636/12-02-11+SJS+Apse+good+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="636" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKWws57iR-QuofPDiZ4FVjwGn8CyjdySeCv81BKTeh0eZ6cHYiABT4WZGn06Tc0XEh4quMkaw4ESdBlslVHdH4Ezt-tHSyTKDBkA3jypPuvvMIDhkmalsYIMOTJBooazZyTE078kuWbUG/w400-h301/12-02-11+SJS+Apse+good+photo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today was supposed to be a spectacular day at St. John's Seminary. Because of COVID, the seminary community has been living in a bubble and has been fairly restricted in terms of interacting with the outside world. Today, however, was going to be different. A football tournament had been organized and had been the talk of the house for several weeks. Good natured bantering (ie, trash talk) had risen to epic levels. The seminarians organizing the day put in tons of work. Then, at the last minute, because of circumstances beyond our control, the day had to be called off. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This morning, when I woke up, instead of feeling regret for what was lost, I felt a deep gratitude for what has been given. Since the end of August, this community has mostly lived in tight quarters. Instead of being a time of irritability and annoyance, it has been a time of grace and of deep fraternity. The men who live in this house--both priests and seminarians--have been models of charity. This is what a Christian community is intended to be. The work that went into putting today together was a model of fraternal love. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">During this semester, I have really been moved by and grateful for the strength of the charity that is evident in the life of those with whom I live. Sometimes we can water down charity. It can become merely an idea or a theory. Or, we can think that charity mostly consists in refraining from injuring our neighbor. During this past semester at St. John's Seminary, however, I've witnessed a charity that is bold and strong. It is like a blazing and powerful fire that continues to grow in strength and in intensity.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Every day, all of the priests and seminarians gather in the seminary chapel pictured above and receive the Eucharist together. Above us is an image of Pentecost, the Twelve Apostles gathered with the Blessed Virgin. Over each of their heads is the flame of the Holy Spirit. I like to think that what is pictured above in that chapel is also what is happening below among us. That moment of Holy Communion is not only a sign of union with God and with one another. It is also the cause of that deepening union. The Eucharist is the fuel that keeps the fire of charity blazing in this house. This blazing fire of charity consumes our vices and sins, purifies our hearts, and enlightens our minds. This ardent fire fuses us together in a bond of mutual love and affection, uniting us together to the whole Church and to God himself.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">These days there is so much anger, cynicism, harshness, and division in the world, and there is a lot of coldness in people's hearts. I am grateful to sit back today, basking in the radiance and warmth of the fraternal charity of this house. "Ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum habitare fratres in unum" (Ps 133). ("Behold, how good and how pleasant it is when brothers live in unity.")</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-30564344418423696682020-11-11T14:24:00.002-05:002020-11-11T15:22:55.248-05:00The Spiritual Lesson of the McCarrick Report: Don't Play the Game<span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6_VYEVHnP3vEHVMcTkTzzKNNJFaM3591sWfDaFf-D27ZJluq2TfMNS6h6latm8tHE-eFrlX-D1N30-hrJvQG-QEKEcVaApRjseCVFQhYIcl-nDeyH8_YNo_xaKr4JMv0zZppy_ytq7Kr/s1440/wargames-teaser.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="1440" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6_VYEVHnP3vEHVMcTkTzzKNNJFaM3591sWfDaFf-D27ZJluq2TfMNS6h6latm8tHE-eFrlX-D1N30-hrJvQG-QEKEcVaApRjseCVFQhYIcl-nDeyH8_YNo_xaKr4JMv0zZppy_ytq7Kr/w442-h218/wargames-teaser.png" width="442" /></a></div><br />There was one part of the McCarrick report, released yesterday by the Vatican, that really summarized for me the depth of the corruption involved. The report describes a scene that seems like something out of the Sopranos or the Godfather, where a few clerics are having dinner in an empty banquet hall. Without describing all that happened there, the thing that for some reason really disturbed me is when McCarrick tells a priest who will soon be working in a highly sensitive position in the Church with access to highly confidential information regarding the candidates for bishops of various dioceses, that he expects that the priest will keep McCarrick informed of that confidential material. It is confidential material that McCarrick was not entitled to know.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">For some reason, this particular scene revealed to me the depth of the rot. Why? I think because so many of the other things that McCarrick did were personal to him. His immoral and abusive behaviors and his lying were related to his own internal make-up, but, feeling comfortable telling a priest effectively to spy for him reveals an institutional defect. His ability to say that in front of several other bishops and priests basically says, "We all know this is how the game is played."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course priests talk "inside baseball" sometimes. "Who do you think is going to become bishop of . . . ?" But McCarrick's request to be provided confidential information is not about talking inside baseball. It is about rigging the game. That McCarrick felt free to pressure somebody in that way suggests that he viewed the Church from a very natural and political perspective. How long had he been playing that game? How long had he--and others--been rigging the game? You get the sense that, in his world, it is perfectly normal and expected that clerics would freely reveal confidential information that they had no right to share. The cold and calculating nature of that request and the ease with which it came to his lips really stung me.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I don't really know how valuable or complete this report actually is, but what I do know is that the scene described above is like a little parable of warning to the rest of us who are in the clergy. It's obvious that there are some who "play the game." They manipulate others and use information and politics to assume power, prestige, and control. In the face of that, it might become a temptation for others to try and beat them at the same game, to have the same mindset, and to use the same tactics. This temptation, however, is the work of the devil. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In the face of ambiguous language, political intrigue, morbid curiosity, and an all too natural vision of the Church, priests need to be men who speak clearly, who are guileless, who hold confidences, who don't seek information as a source of power, and who have a supernatural vision of life. In a word, we need to be holy. We need to not be part of the game. Playing the game--even if we think we are "the good guys"--weakens the Church. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The pursuit of power, the hunger for and the misuse of information (lack of discretion), the purposeful employment of evasive and ambiguous language, and the "crisis management" mentality of limiting conversations and controlling the message etc are all killers of ecclesial life. They are all evidence of a merely natural approach to the Church. When these become the normative means of interacting, it gives rise to the unscrupulous, the dishonest, and the manipulative. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And to be fair, I think it is safe to say that most priests and bishops love the Church, speak the truth in love, and are not given over to this type of twisted mentality. That being said, the traps are always there and we should all be watchful not to fall into them.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">What should the Church do? I have no idea. I'm sure lots of people will have plenty of good suggestions and advice. My initial reaction is more about, "What can I do?" I can read about saintly priests and try to imitate them. I can surround myself with friends who help me to grow in holiness. I can be a whole lot more humble. I can focus my attention less on all of the "big" picture stuff in the Church and focus on the little section of the vineyard that the Lord has entrusted to me. I can hold confidences more tightly. I can refrain from seeking to know things that I don't need to know. I can be a lot better about not speaking about things that don't concern me. I can--with charity--speak clearly and unambiguously about things without fear of the repercussions. I can spend a lot more time thinking about holy things and a lot less time thinking about ecclesial politics. I can remember that the greatest power in the Church is not some congregation in Rome or a diocesan committee. It's good for me to remember constantly that the greatest powers of the Church are in the Sacraments and in the Word of God. I can be more charitable, faithful, hopeful, humble, obedient, chaste, pure, temperate, gentle, repentant, and joyful. Yeah, there's plenty I could do to improve the situation in the Church by attending to my own spiritual life.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">When I was kid, a movie called, "WarGames" came out. In the film, the US and the Soviet Union almost enter into a full-scale nuclear war because a defense department computer was simulating an attack. The computer thought it was merely playing a game. In the end, just before it is too late, the computer learns an important lesson. It declares, "Strange game. The only winning move is not to play." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The antidote to what ails the Church is to be found in a renewed commitment to holiness and a deeper Faith. McCarrick seems to have played the game well, but it all came to nought. That's because the game he was playing was indeed a strange game. When we opt for holiness, virtue, and a supernatural life, we choose what is real and lasting and reject what is fake and passing. As far as the political games that can absorb church life sometimes, the only winning move is not to play.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-55687336861744882882020-11-03T09:38:00.004-05:002020-11-03T09:38:59.496-05:00All Saints, All Souls, and All Sorts <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhniPFlc0oAq1CJ4xd8-W3CSTuJl_2SIBecXS63rKDmg16vG2kMrPvwvJog0nJebmx2jTmQte6bNW_t38Lr_gzO1oJ17SCLxQx801A4b4LZ_GQl_43VuHV2i7ICGrEVNztaMU-kNXWl-fOs/s567/StMartindePorres.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="381" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhniPFlc0oAq1CJ4xd8-W3CSTuJl_2SIBecXS63rKDmg16vG2kMrPvwvJog0nJebmx2jTmQte6bNW_t38Lr_gzO1oJ17SCLxQx801A4b4LZ_GQl_43VuHV2i7ICGrEVNztaMU-kNXWl-fOs/w269-h400/StMartindePorres.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Today, on the Memorial of St. Martin de Porres, I had the seminary Mass. These were the readings of the day <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110320.cfm" target="_blank">Readings</a> and below is the homily. </span><p></p><p><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The great convert and preacher, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Msgr. Ronald Knox once said</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">"The Church is divided into three large bits; part of it is on earth, part of it is in heaven, part of it is in Purgatory. The Church in heaven is All Saints. The Church in Purgatory is All Souls. The Church on earth is all sorts."</span><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX4 SCXW179479567" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{f05e4299-d454-4e3d-8935-c23ce2018f35}{177}" paraid="493532504" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">And here we are. All Sorts. </span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">We</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> are all sorts </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">invited to</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> become all saints. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The first step, after being invited by the Lord into the life of charity, is </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">actually to </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">reply</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> to the invitation. </span><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{f05e4299-d454-4e3d-8935-c23ce2018f35}{177}" paraid="493532504" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW179479567 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{f05e4299-d454-4e3d-8935-c23ce2018f35}{199}" paraid="1542209464" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">original </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">invitees in today’s Gospel all responded negatively. I myself have never owned land or had a wife. And, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I presume that </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">most </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">of us—at least those who live inside of RT 495—have never purchased oxen. All of us, however, have </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">our excuses </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ready </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">at hand as to why we must turn down the Lord’s </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">daily </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">invitations to us</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Worse yet, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">sometimes we</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> don’t even bother sending an RSVP. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">We don’t feel the need to reply</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> or to excuse ourselves</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. We </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">can </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">let these invitations pass without a second thought.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">(</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">This</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, by the way,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> is one way our daily examen can be of great help to us. We are confronted in those moments by all of the invitations that have come our way during the day</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">.)</span><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{f05e4299-d454-4e3d-8935-c23ce2018f35}{199}" paraid="1542209464" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW179479567 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{8d532e22-68e5-40d9-b1cd-f280c0944c0b}{2}" paraid="474730568" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Another</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> step to becoming all saints is to remember that we were not </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">actually </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">on the A-L</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ist. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The A-List all refused to come. We are the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">riff-raff, the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">people found hanging out on the streets and alley</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ways</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">along </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the highways and the hedgerows. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">We are here, not because we </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">deserve it</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, but because the one who invited us is </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">extravagantly </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">generous.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> As St. Paul reminds us, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the way</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">all sorts become all saints is to have the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus—who humbled himself.</span><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW179479567 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{8d532e22-68e5-40d9-b1cd-f280c0944c0b}{48}" paraid="1833386005" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{8d532e22-68e5-40d9-b1cd-f280c0944c0b}{48}" paraid="1833386005" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Along with humility, we who dine at this Eucharistic banquet are invited daily to grow in extravagant cha</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">rity toward others. We are invited to imitate the banquet giver who showers his generosity on </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">those who have no capacity to repay. </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{8d532e22-68e5-40d9-b1cd-f280c0944c0b}{48}" paraid="1833386005" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW179479567 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{8d532e22-68e5-40d9-b1cd-f280c0944c0b}{58}" paraid="595447181" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">For the past two days, we’ve directed our gaze towards All Saints and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">to </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">All Souls. Today, I want to say a brief word about our life together here among All Sorts. </span><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW179479567 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{8d532e22-68e5-40d9-b1cd-f280c0944c0b}{68}" paraid="1741025401" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">It’s worth reminding ourselves now and again how blessed we are to be here. Our life</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> here</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> together</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">—our friendship with one another--</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">is something very beautiful. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">There is a lot of humility and a lot of charity in this house. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I hope that you also have the experience of looking around this banquet hall—seeing the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">example</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> of the priests and seminarians</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> who live here</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">—and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">gratefully </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">thinking, “How did I get on this invitation list?” </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">At</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> a moment in time when there is so much division, hostility, and rancor i</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">n</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> society and even within the Church, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I think </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">our life here is </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">an experience of the Kingdom</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">its newness and its joy. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{8d532e22-68e5-40d9-b1cd-f280c0944c0b}{68}" paraid="1741025401" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW179479567 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{8d532e22-68e5-40d9-b1cd-f280c0944c0b}{118}" paraid="1650788739" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">It’s worth reminding ourselves how privileged we are to have been invited inside. And it is worth our </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">regularly </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">expressing gratitude to our host for bringing us together int</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">o this banquet hall. God always foresaw our being together here. He foresaw us helping one another to grow in humility and in charity. He foresaw </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">us helping one another to be and to become priests after his own heart. At this very moment, our Divine Host is gathering us together so that we can </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">become All Saints.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{8d532e22-68e5-40d9-b1cd-f280c0944c0b}{118}" paraid="1650788739" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW179479567 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW179479567 BCX4" paraeid="{8d532e22-68e5-40d9-b1cd-f280c0944c0b}{136}" paraid="1149050747" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">St. Martin</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">—</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">whose feast we celebrate today—</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">earned the nickname, “the charitable.”</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> That’s a pretty good nickname.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> He is always pictured holding a broom, a sign of his deep humility</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and willingness to do any act of charity</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. May Martin the Charitable, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">intercede for all of us</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> today</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, that we grow in humility and in charity. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">That day by day in our life together, we move from all sorts to all saints. A</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">nd may our </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">fraternal </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">life </span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">together becom</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">e so radiant in charity that it draws many others to the Banque</span><span class="TextRun SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t of the Lamb so that the Master’s Home might indeed become full.</span><span class="EOP SCXW179479567 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, system-ui_EmbeddedFont, system-ui_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-64602973952980583832020-10-22T09:01:00.003-04:002020-10-22T12:59:47.954-04:00Homily to Seminarians on the Feast of St. John Paul II <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8q2a8p_W6NQpBSzeyglVg94vSe-_XsZCtxddZbFOn_gLpJ2FXsNYcbnBbeKxD-g2k3qX3QjlVsJSm3MStb0qgiMxrqPE2XQaenNW6FrOYYpSXc7N6P7Vvcpu9qRMBMvlDx8PFd42pZdi/s229/images-5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="220" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8q2a8p_W6NQpBSzeyglVg94vSe-_XsZCtxddZbFOn_gLpJ2FXsNYcbnBbeKxD-g2k3qX3QjlVsJSm3MStb0qgiMxrqPE2XQaenNW6FrOYYpSXc7N6P7Vvcpu9qRMBMvlDx8PFd42pZdi/w350-h336/images-5.jpeg" width="350" /></a></div><br /> <span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">T</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">wenty or so years ago, a friend and I were visiting Rome, and—after a very late dinner—we walked through </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">an almost entirely empty </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">St. Peter’s Square. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">We stopped and looked up at the Apostolic Palace and were a bit overwhelmed at the thought that behind those w</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">indows was John Paul II. I asked my friend, “How is</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> it that this old man from Poland knows me so well? I feel like whenever he speaks, he is speaking directly to me and that he is loving me, not in some vague or general way. But </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">rather, that he knows me personally and loves me personally. How is it possible?”</span><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><p></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW248856471 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{9bbc5b1c-52d9-4b4f-873e-556d678d046f}{180}" paraid="168388283" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I remember quite vividly, my friend paused for a few moments and said, “I think it is because he knows and loves Christ who is the true man. And because he knows and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">loves the one, true man, he is able to know and love each man.” There are few conversations in my life that I can recall two decades later, but that one remains with me.</span><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{9bbc5b1c-52d9-4b4f-873e-556d678d046f}{180}" paraid="168388283" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW248856471 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{9bbc5b1c-52d9-4b4f-873e-556d678d046f}{188}" paraid="919206131" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">There are so many things that could be said today about St. John Paul II on his feast day, but I want to communicate that which had the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">greatest</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> impact</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> upon my life. I grew up with a profound sense that the Pope </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">was close to me, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">that he </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">knew me, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">that he </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">loved me</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">And, I knew that this closeness, this knowledge, and this love was Jesus Christ being close to me, knowing me, and loving me through the Pope</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. There was an urgency in John Paul's voice</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, calling me—calling all of us—to Christ and to His way of life. Although two thousand years had passed since Christ had walked the earth, the pages of the Gospels wer</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">e not relegated to the past. They were alive. They were happening now. Christ was still calling men and women to himself. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He was calling them to true greatness. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The Gospel was and is still new.</span><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{9bbc5b1c-52d9-4b4f-873e-556d678d046f}{188}" paraid="919206131" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW248856471 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{9bbc5b1c-52d9-4b4f-873e-556d678d046f}{226}" paraid="164051205" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I am surprised that I recall a conversation from twenty years ago, but even more surprising is that a conversation with a fisherman two thousand years ago </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">by the seaside</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> still moves us</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> so profoundly and so deeply.</span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{9bbc5b1c-52d9-4b4f-873e-556d678d046f}{226}" paraid="164051205" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW248856471 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{9bbc5b1c-52d9-4b4f-873e-556d678d046f}{238}" paraid="283247870" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">"Simon, son of John." Jesus was close to him. Jesus knew </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">him. Jesus loved him. Jesus addresses each of us by our name. We are not vague </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">or distant to him. He knows his sheep by name. He calls each one by name.</span><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{9bbc5b1c-52d9-4b4f-873e-556d678d046f}{238}" paraid="283247870" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW248856471 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{9bbc5b1c-52d9-4b4f-873e-556d678d046f}{248}" paraid="2097081817" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">“Do you love me?” </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Not just once, but three times Jesus puts this question to Simon, Son of John. This question is placed before us constantly. It</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> causes us to pause. It can sting. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Perhaps each time we answer it, we feel even more our own inadequacies, our own </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">failures. We feel the weight of our past</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> the smallness of our efforts</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. And yet, Christ keeps asking. “Do you love me?” Each time he asks, he offers us hope. There is always the possibility to grow in o</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ur love for him. Each time he asks this question, he is providing us a new moment to begin again, to deepen our love for him, to once again go out into the deep. “Do you love me?”</span><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{9bbc5b1c-52d9-4b4f-873e-556d678d046f}{248}" paraid="2097081817" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" color="windowtext" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW248856471 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{35efb8d0-ced3-4700-a63d-03172c528d60}{15}" paraid="1114308746" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">“Lord, you know everything,” Peter says! Yes, the Lord knows our heart. He knows of what we are made. He knows our </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">fears, our shame, and our </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">littleness before him. And yet, he knows that—even if it be a weak, flickering, flame—we do love hi</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">m. </span><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{35efb8d0-ced3-4700-a63d-03172c528d60}{15}" paraid="1114308746" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW248856471 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{35efb8d0-ced3-4700-a63d-03172c528d60}{27}" paraid="524536183" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">“Feed my sheep.” </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Can we even begin to comprehend these words? The shepherd who knows his sheep by name, whose heart was moved with pity for them and for their plight, the shepherd who laid dow</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">n his life for his sheep, he now entrusts the care of these sheep to Simon, to John Paul, and to us. “Feed my sheep.” </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Be close to my sheep. Know my sheep. Love my sheep. Lay down your life for my sheep. Do we realize the extraordinary privilege it is that Christ, the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Good Shepherd entrusts to us the flock that he loved so much that he died for them? </span><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{35efb8d0-ced3-4700-a63d-03172c528d60}{27}" paraid="524536183" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW248856471 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{35efb8d0-ced3-4700-a63d-03172c528d60}{41}" paraid="198041239" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Dear brothers, today on the Feast of this great pastor of the Church, let us rededicate ourselves to Jesus Christ. Let us </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">once again hear him intimately calling us by name. Let us—without fear—</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">hear him saying, “Do you love me?” Do not be afraid to hear this question and to answer it. Let us open ourselves to him--all of our wounds and our sins—</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">with serene confidence. “You know everything, Lord. You know me. You know that somewhere in the midst of all of these </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">contradictions</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, I do love you.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{35efb8d0-ced3-4700-a63d-03172c528d60}{57}" paraid="694698308" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">And then, let us hear once again the call, the invitation, the plea: Feed my sheep. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Let us </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">be men who </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">feel intensely within ourselves the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">greatness and the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">urg</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ency of the mission of the Redeemer of Man. Today, as the Good Shepherd feeds us</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> with the Eucharist</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, le</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t us ask through the intercession of John Paul</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, that we be men who </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">are not afraid to open our hearts completely to Christ. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Men who </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">live life </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">with our eyes fixed on Jesus Christ</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">—</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the sole redeemer of the human race</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Today, Jesus</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Christ</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> is standing by our side</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> He is close to you. He knows you. He loves you. </span><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{35efb8d0-ced3-4700-a63d-03172c528d60}{57}" paraid="694698308" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW248856471 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW248856471 BCX4" paraeid="{35efb8d0-ced3-4700-a63d-03172c528d60}{107}" paraid="1080778641" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Love Him. And, feed his sheep.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Amen.</span><span class="EOP SCXW248856471 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-84975722928481660842020-10-19T13:03:00.003-04:002020-10-20T09:42:41.419-04:00Homily For the Funeral Mass of Thomas Howard: No Longer Me, But Only Jesus<span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcr9_-rYpfiVnPY2YjUbtV3NRU_H_l31MuD5GOaujvfpI_JZYWrmpPwOm6an-3YcA9UB46Lg1gwCw0e0o3JH280ZIa3ziQ2cbQwMSuLh9jkNYyPcwyM_V3BJtgmV2MABbSlYKbM0zTpzg/s660/maxresdefault-660x350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="660" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcr9_-rYpfiVnPY2YjUbtV3NRU_H_l31MuD5GOaujvfpI_JZYWrmpPwOm6an-3YcA9UB46Lg1gwCw0e0o3JH280ZIa3ziQ2cbQwMSuLh9jkNYyPcwyM_V3BJtgmV2MABbSlYKbM0zTpzg/w494-h240/maxresdefault-660x350.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Today I offered the Funeral Mass for a man who was a friend and a well-known convert to the Catholic Church. He influenced many others in becoming Catholic.. Here is the homily:</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Homily for the Funeral Mass of Thomas Howard: "No Longer Me, but Only Jesus."<br /></span><div><br /></div><div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{3112912f-16a9-49ff-bf8a-4e82f8aaa851}{172}" paraid="911289572" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">"Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">T</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">he dark</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">est, gloomiest, and most agonizing moment of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">that man’s</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">life</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> also became the most consequential moment.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">met Jesus</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and confided himself to Jesus</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">T</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">hat brief encounter changed his entire eternity.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> “Today you will be with me in Paradise.”</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">This brief exchange two thousand years ago between a repentant thief and his merciful Savior </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">some level </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">it seems </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">quite </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">unfai</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">r </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">that the pews today are not </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Again, the man would ban</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">g</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">up</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">on the door and this time, once again having been asked who was there, the man would read out all of the impressive academic credentials </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and all of the political achievements of the deceased. 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">A third time, the man would knock and this time, having been asked who </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">was</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> there, he would respond, “A poor sinner, named </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Otto, (or Charles, or Ferdinand </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">etc</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">”).</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> At that, the church’s doors would open and welcome the deceased.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">As I thought about th</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">at</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">image </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">over the past few days, I could </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">imagine</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Tom himself </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">recountin</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">g that story with great drama</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and humor</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Oh bother! </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Go awa</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">y! W</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">e don’t know you</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">!</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; 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line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">If Tom’s Funeral Mass were filled to overflowing today, we might be tempted to</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> focus our attention</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">scholarly</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> accomplishments</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, his </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">abundant</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">virtues, his love for his family, his great capacity for friend</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">wit, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">his evangelical zeal,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> or his extraordinary culture.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">been a bit of a disservice to Tom and what </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">our friend</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> was all about.</span><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, knowledge, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">wit, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and class didn’t make the rest of us feel uncomfortable </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">or insecure </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">around him? </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">It’s because</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Tom was</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> never</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> at the center of Tom’s world. In the very core of his being </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">was a humble man who </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">would say, “I am a poor sinner, named Tom.” </span><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{42}" paraid="624647800" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">From his childhood until his death a few days ago, Tom was convinced that he was a poor sinner whom Christ came to redeem, a poor sinner who had been treated mercifully </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">by the Savior. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">By his humor, gentleness, wit, and instruction, Tom </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">invited everyone he met into a world beyond imagining</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> made his dwelling among us; a world where water washes away sin </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">where</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">bread and wine </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">are transformed before our eyes into</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> the</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> very</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Body and Blood of Christ</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">; a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> world where the</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">complicated wounds </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">of sin</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">are remedied by the simple words, “I absolve you</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">;” a world</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">where</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">sacred oil</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">s</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> strengthen </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Christian soldiers </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and heal</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> body and soul</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">; a world where conversion</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and forgiveness</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">are</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> possible</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and paradise awaits.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> It is a world where the believer can more and more say with St. Paul, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{42}" paraid="624647800" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{128}" paraid="822474852" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Like the good thief in today’s Gospel, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Tom </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">also heard Jesus speak from the Cross. He heard Jesus promise him paradise. He heard it in the scriptures</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> that he poured over and loved,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and he heard it each time the priest held the Host aloft at Mass and said, “Blessed are those who are called to the Supper of the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Lamb.” Tom heard it in his final days upon earth when he received the Eucharist for the last time—food for </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">his</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> final journey</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and the antidote to death. Tom heard it and he believed it. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He heard the Lord, he believed in the Lord, and he loved the Lord</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> the Lord who loved him and gave himself </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">up for him.</span><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{128}" paraid="822474852" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{158}" paraid="396612899" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Even in death—in the forced simplicity of this Funeral Mass—Tom points us beyond himself to what truly matters. He points us to </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Christ </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">C</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">rucified and Risen. We pray today for Tom, a poor s</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">inner. We pray that his soul be purified and that he be escorted by the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">armies</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> of angelic hosts (Tom would definitely like that) to the Paradise promised him by Christ. We pray also </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">that on the day when the Archangel sounds the glorious trumpet of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the end of time, Tom’s body will be raised in the resurrection. This was the king</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">dom</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Tom believed in, hoped in, and served.</span><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{158}" paraid="396612899" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{184}" paraid="492363799" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">We thank the Lord today for Tom’s life. We thank the Lord for his friendship and for his example. We thank the Lord for Tom’s beautiful marriage and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">for </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">how that marriage </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">helped us to see Christ more clearly.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">And we thank the Lord that even in death, the Lord is using Tom to direct our attention not to himself, but to the Lord. </span><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{184}" paraid="492363799" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{200}" paraid="1058631608" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">On October </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">9th</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, I brought Holy Communion to Tom for the final time. As Divine Providence would have it, October 9</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-fontsize="14" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: super;">t</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-fontsize="14" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: super;">h</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> is the Feast of St. John Henry Newman.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> This is one of Newman's beautiful prayers: </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{200}" paraid="1058631608" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{220}" paraid="1540948368" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Dear Jesus</span><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{226}" paraid="866778308" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere I go.</span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW187556596 BCX4" face="WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre;"> </span><br class="SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre;" /></span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Flood my soul with Your spirit and life.</span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW187556596 BCX4" face="WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{238}" paraid="1217377272" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in</span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW187556596 BCX4" face="WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre;"> </span><br class="SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre;" /></span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">contact with may feel Your presence in my soul.</span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW187556596 BCX4" face="WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW187556596 BCX4" paraeid="{70be368b-e7ae-4135-bfc4-bac03b65922a}{248}" paraid="1909719408" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as You shine,</span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW187556596 BCX4" face="WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">all from You; none of it will be mine;</span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW187556596 BCX4" face="WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre;"> </span><br class="SCXW187556596 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre;" /></span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I do not know if Tom Howard often or ever prayed that prayer</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> but Jesus certainly heard it and answered it. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">In </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">life, Tom</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">directed our gaze toward Christ. And today, at his Funeral Mass, th</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">e</span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> prayer is once </span><span class="TextRun SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-contrast="none" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">again answered: “Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW187556596 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div></div></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-66197413746611385742020-10-04T19:59:00.004-04:002020-10-04T20:11:35.000-04:00Priests With Crushed Hearts in the Master's Vineyard<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> I don't get to post too often these days, but I had Mass today at St. John's Seminary, so I thought I would post my homily. The Gospel for the day was the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 21:33-43). Preaching at the seminary is a bit different because it is directed towards men who are studying to be priests and so the priesthood often plays a bit part. Nonetheless, I hope that it is . . . fruitful . . . for others too.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjFlfgFBMyiiFATsWANPeKfa36cngsOMf941RAkpxf4MbBKHK0MId19CRQaR7a-5b2aA9V9duBqQLXPOamkX6IxG9D5PyzgTZ0e8Pm7kBJ-cfJACAp3CjxLwHej9w1A5CzGzQ8w4s0m1j/s1156/vineyard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjFlfgFBMyiiFATsWANPeKfa36cngsOMf941RAkpxf4MbBKHK0MId19CRQaR7a-5b2aA9V9duBqQLXPOamkX6IxG9D5PyzgTZ0e8Pm7kBJ-cfJACAp3CjxLwHej9w1A5CzGzQ8w4s0m1j/s1156/vineyard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xzGihaZ0eG3zBS-PwDJ6SHyhl_HUWBKFGY0UAuUZJdoVRNoRyc_fI8Aot_MVgKLkS_tT18KQWpB7Qay5DrM_8B3oGgsYRUuf7kXQbuC8gZnCs4YiNUveg39ueuH-WPHDxp3WaHBePSTc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xzGihaZ0eG3zBS-PwDJ6SHyhl_HUWBKFGY0UAuUZJdoVRNoRyc_fI8Aot_MVgKLkS_tT18KQWpB7Qay5DrM_8B3oGgsYRUuf7kXQbuC8gZnCs4YiNUveg39ueuH-WPHDxp3WaHBePSTc/w527-h314/image.png" width="527" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{8501b3a8-cbfa-4e1c-94ba-bf5978a8a23c}{169}" paraid="738692707" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">“Father, what you said in your homily brought me back to confession after many years.” </span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Someday, you will all hear something like that, and your heart will soar. You will also hear things like:</span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{8501b3a8-cbfa-4e1c-94ba-bf5978a8a23c}{178}" paraid="2120134365" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">“Father, because of you, we decided not to abort our baby.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{8501b3a8-cbfa-4e1c-94ba-bf5978a8a23c}{184}" paraid="53015862" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">“Father, you saved our marriage.” “Father, you helped me enter the seminary.” “Father, you literally saved my life.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{8501b3a8-cbfa-4e1c-94ba-bf5978a8a23c}{190}" paraid="2091920233" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">When a priest hears words like these, he cannot help but be filled with a deep sense of humble and joyful gratitude. Sometimes those </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">words follow upon very little effort on our part. Other times, they</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> are the fruit</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">what feels like epic battles of prayer, fasting, and extraordinary pastoral accompaniment. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Although the joy of the outcome can be awesome, we </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">can </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">also sometimes feel exhausted from the intense </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">labor that went into it. </span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">riestly ministry</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, however,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> isn’t always so successful. I have also heard</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> the devastating words</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, “Father, we appreciate what you’ve said and done for us, but we’ve decided to end the pregnancy.” “Father, I appreciate what you’ve said, bu</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t I am going to leave my wife and kids because I need to think about myself and my happiness.” </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">And to my shock, I’ve heard more than once, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">“Father, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">thank you for coming to see me, and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> know </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I am about to die, but I</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">’m not sorry for my sins and I</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> refuse to go to Confession.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{8501b3a8-cbfa-4e1c-94ba-bf5978a8a23c}{214}" paraid="475505808" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{8501b3a8-cbfa-4e1c-94ba-bf5978a8a23c}{248}" paraid="1460602748" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I can recall occasions in my life as a priest whe</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">n</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> I have poured my whole self into a situation, g</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">i</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">excellent counsel, implored God’s help, and seemingly did everything right, only to watch the person choose the wrong path. 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But, at the very last second, the p</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">erson in danger refused to stretch out his or her hand, and instead a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">llowed themselves to fall into the dark abyss.</span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{23}" paraid="837143213" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Some of these memories came to my heart as I prayed about today’s Gospel. </span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{29}" paraid="944174730" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Quite often, it is what appears to be </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">very </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">insignificant </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">lines in </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the Gospel that most strike me. To</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">day is like that. At the beginning of the Gospel Jesus says, “Hear another parable.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{29}" paraid="944174730" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{55}" paraid="1547255226" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">“Hear another parable.” How many miracles ha</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">d</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Jesus</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> already performed? How many beautiful teachings ha</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">d</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> he already expressed? How many parables ha</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">d</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> he already spoken? </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">And yet, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">some of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">his listeners </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">still </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">rejected him</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">their hearts</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">bec</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">me </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">even </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">mo</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">re hardened</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> How many times they refused his extended hand</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">!</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> In the face of this rejection, what does </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Jesus</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> do? He says, “Hear anothe</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">r parable.” When he says, “Hear another parable,” it is as though we are already seeing the parable take flesh before our v</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ery eyes. Rejected repeatedly, he tries again.</span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{55}" paraid="1547255226" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{121}" paraid="1729017762" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">God allows himself to be rejected and humiliated. His vineyard is watered with his tears and with the Blood of His Son. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">We all like to be successful. And when we win someone over to Christ, it really is awesome. When we hit a homerun in a homily, absolve a serious sinner, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">bring someone back to the Church, administer Viaticum to the dying . . . these things </span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">are</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> truly awesome. </span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{121}" paraid="1729017762" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{135}" paraid="1443874972" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Jesus, however, entrusts us with even more. He allows the priest to share in an intimate way with his own rejec</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">tion. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">If the vineyard were merely ours, the joys of our successes would be less s</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">o</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. And, the sufferings of our failures would be deprived of any meaning. But </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">we are tenants. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">We are privileged tenants. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The vineyard is his</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and the wine produced in this vineyard is so much richer because it is His wine. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He—like the grape that is crushed—allows himself to be crushed by </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the hardened hearts of his listeners.</span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{163}" paraid="1830166421" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{167}" paraid="844917313" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I would like to propose three things that would help all of us to be better workers in the Lord’s Vineyard:</span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{167}" paraid="844917313" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{173}" paraid="196675896" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The first is a </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">willingness to risk being close to others</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. This risk will often demand that we place ourselves in situations where we well might be crushed. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">We might invest ourselves with heroic efforts to helping someone, only in the end for them to say</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> “No” to Christ, say “No” to the Gos</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">pel,” and to say “No,” to the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">truth and to their own happiness. In the face of such rejection, apparent failure, and our own sorrow, we need a hear</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> that is ready to say, “Hear another parable.” We need to b</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">eg the Lord for this kind of heart. A heart that is willing to live our humanity and our fatherhood close to others.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{173}" paraid="196675896" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW182830887 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{201}" paraid="1475057447" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The second is a spirit of poverty. Today—the Fourth of October—is usually the Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, known especiall</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">y for his commitment to the evangelical counsel of poverty. As priests, we must always see ourselves as poor tenant farmers. The successes and the failures </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">that we will experience are not ultimately ours. They belong to the Lord. When we say, “Hear another parable,” when we try again to help someone, when we </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">experience the intense joy of winning a soul for Christ or when we taste the bitter suffering of being rejected, we do not own these things. These belong to the Lord. In our poverty, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">we must give these back to the Lord.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> We are always poor before the Lord</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> and we are</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> always</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> poor before the freedom of those whom we ser</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ve. </span><span class="EOP SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW182830887 BCX4" paraeid="{38a001d8-8b97-42ed-a6f9-5a0a776c8027}{201}" paraid="1475057447" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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Our greatest treasure is not </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">what we accomplish in the vineyard. 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">e learn to thank him for these people and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">to intercede for them</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the apparent failures. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">In</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> some mysterious way, it is especially </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">in those agonizing moments when we pour our hearts out to the Lord concerning those who have rejected Christ, rejected the right path, rejected the sacraments, rejected the gospel, rejected thei</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">r own good that we taste the best wine. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">master of the vineyard who never gives up trying to win over the rebellious heart. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">If we live these things, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">no matter how many times we experience the suffering of failure and rejection, we will never become discouraged</span><span class="TextRun SCXW182830887 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-74503730151452301662020-08-25T10:04:00.002-04:002020-08-25T10:11:15.516-04:00St. Louis IX and Purity of Heart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykWbBWu6tB7h9dP8RTtP4secG-sryCJCPWr7zT0MRVi5dzFyoMVssud-Meu43c-Q34sn30tQkCPw3s6_A0rqaXjMvywqDbdt-v1W1KyP_jNOffHqDwzgznYu_XVpPPen3ws57PxJIIf1m/s821/St.-Louis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="821" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykWbBWu6tB7h9dP8RTtP4secG-sryCJCPWr7zT0MRVi5dzFyoMVssud-Meu43c-Q34sn30tQkCPw3s6_A0rqaXjMvywqDbdt-v1W1KyP_jNOffHqDwzgznYu_XVpPPen3ws57PxJIIf1m/s640/St.-Louis.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>I had the Mass today at St. John's Seminary. This was the homily. <div><br /></div><div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW238602787 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{796c2fbb-f74e-4143-bf20-a038c28281c1}{160}" paraid="738692707" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">In the early 1990’s, a </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">weekly </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">comedy appeared </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">on British</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> television. The protagonist was a middle-class woman, from a middle-class town, who lived in a middle-class home, and was married to an average</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">hum-drum </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">middle-class </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">guy. Her name was Hyacinth Bucket. Or, as she would be quick to correct anyone who said that, “It is pronounced bo</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">u</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">quet.” </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{796c2fbb-f74e-4143-bf20-a038c28281c1}{160}" paraid="738692707" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: medium; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{796c2fbb-f74e-4143-bf20-a038c28281c1}{160}" paraid="738692707" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The entire show </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">revolved</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">round</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> H</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">yacinth Bouquet’s delusions of grandeur. She liked to think of herself as part of the British aristoc</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">racy, and each episode turned hysterically funny as her delusions </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">of grandeur collided with the reality of who she really was. The name of the show was, “Keeping up Appearances.” One thing was clear from the show . . . keeping up appearances is a lot more exhausting</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">than </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">simply </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">living in realit</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">y. </span><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{796c2fbb-f74e-4143-bf20-a038c28281c1}{160}" paraid="738692707" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: medium; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW238602787 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{796c2fbb-f74e-4143-bf20-a038c28281c1}{182}" paraid="631271256" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Today</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">—on the 750</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-fontsize="14" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> anniversary of his death--</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the Church honors and seeks the intercession of a man who</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">during his earthly life </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">likely </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">did </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">not find </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">English</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">particularly funny</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. He was also</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> not </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">at all </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">concerned with keeping up appearances. He</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> was</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, in fact, real royalty, but </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">n</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">o</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t at all </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">consumed</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">by </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">outward trappings of power. St. Louis </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">IX </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">w</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">as </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">consumed</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> with becoming a saint. He earnestly </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ardently</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">desired </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">true </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">holiness. He did not care how others saw him. He cared how God saw him. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">St. Louis </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">did</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> not spend his life</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> keeping up appearances. He </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">spent every moment of his life</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> keeping </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">firm in the life of grace.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> His biographers tell us that hidden from others, he spent long hours in prayer, fasting, and penance.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{796c2fbb-f74e-4143-bf20-a038c28281c1}{182}" paraid="631271256" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: medium; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW238602787 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{59683709-3d90-4b51-85ce-81163fb55631}{3}" paraid="111240040" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Yesterday, we heard Jesus praise Nathaniel for being without guile. Today, we hear him rebuke those who are hypocrites. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Sometimes we can </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">all </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">feel as though we are hypocrites because we say we believe one thing, but we do something completely different. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Contrary to popular belief, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">however, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">hat is not hypocrisy. It’s sin</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> (and sin is bad)</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, but it’s not hypocrisy. Hypocrisy </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">is </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">when we</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> merely </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">try t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">o look good</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">without actually</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> making any effort to be</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> good. It is about giving the appearance of goodness</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">but </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">without </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">possessing it. It is an offense against truth because it </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">is </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">a form of deception. It’s about making the outside of the cup look pure, but not caring one way or another about the purity of the inside.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{59683709-3d90-4b51-85ce-81163fb55631}{3}" paraid="111240040" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: medium; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW238602787 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{59683709-3d90-4b51-85ce-81163fb55631}{55}" paraid="963961137" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">All of us </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">struggle with various temptations, sins, and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">faults</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">W</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">e should humbly and honestly acknowledge them and seek pardon from the Lord. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">If </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">we don’t attend to </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">our sins, failings, and faults, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and are not honest about them, they can overwhelm us and discourage us. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Then, we are left merely focusing on keeping up the appearances</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> of goodness and holiness</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{59683709-3d90-4b51-85ce-81163fb55631}{55}" paraid="963961137" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: medium; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW238602787 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" lang="" paraeid="{fc110104-ecd4-456f-93dd-9a5deb178b5e}{212}" paraid="1227399195" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The Pharisees and the scribes were consumed with the outward a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ppearances of ritual purity, but their hearts were seemin</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">g</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ly </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">im</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">pure. They </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">acted not from love of God, but from love of self. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">A pure heart is one that is directed toward God</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. The hypocritical heart is trapped in a world of self-love.</span><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" lang="" paraeid="{fc110104-ecd4-456f-93dd-9a5deb178b5e}{212}" paraid="1227399195" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: medium; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW238602787 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{59683709-3d90-4b51-85ce-81163fb55631}{133}" paraid="1345615266" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">In contrast</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> to the Pharisees and the scribes</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">St. Louis was a man who was pure in heart. He sought to do God’s will in all things. He saw his</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> entire</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> life in terms of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">his call to sanctity. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He saw his kingship as a way of serving God.</span><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{59683709-3d90-4b51-85ce-81163fb55631}{133}" paraid="1345615266" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: medium; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW238602787 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{59683709-3d90-4b51-85ce-81163fb55631}{153}" paraid="254001985" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">We shouldn’t worry so much about how we appear to others. Man sees the appearance, but God sees the heart. And all of the things in our heart that we try to cover over by keeping up </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">appearances </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">... those</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> are the parts of us that God wants us to open up to him so that we can </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">experience His healing love. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The absurdity of k</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">eeping up appearances made for great British comedy</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, b</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">ut </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">it </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">makes for a tragic </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">and sad </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">spiritual life. </span><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{59683709-3d90-4b51-85ce-81163fb55631}{153}" paraid="254001985" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: medium; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW238602787 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{59683709-3d90-4b51-85ce-81163fb55631}{179}" paraid="439590829" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">In a few moments, the Lord of Heaven and Earth, the Majestic King, the Victor over sin and death, the Eternal Son of the Father—He who is </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">true God from true God, begotten not made—He who is consubstantial with the Father—He through whom all things were made—He is going to appear to us. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He will not appear to us in all of His Risen Glory. Instead, he will </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">come</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> to us under the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">humble </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">appearance of bread and wine. </span><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{59683709-3d90-4b51-85ce-81163fb55631}{179}" paraid="439590829" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="EOP SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" face="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: medium; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW238602787 BCX4" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{59683709-3d90-4b51-85ce-81163fb55631}{197}" paraid="581400079" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">At the very end of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">King </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Louis</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> IX</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">’s</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> earthly life, he got up from his death bed and</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> humbly</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> knelt to receive the Eucharist. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He knew that his earthly </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">realm and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">crown meant nothing compared to the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">eternal crown prepared for him in </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">the realms –of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">glory. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He was pure</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">in heart.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> And purity of heart helps</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">us to see things as they are.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He saw th</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">e one who appeared as a suffering servant and who wore a Crown of Thorns, and professed him to be King of Kings and Lord of Lords.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">He saw beyond the appearances </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">of bread and wine to the reality of the Body and Blood of Christ. </span></p><p></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW238602787 BCX4" paraeid="{59683709-3d90-4b51-85ce-81163fb55631}{197}" paraid="581400079" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; 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font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">will </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">indeed </span><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23.741666666666667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">see God. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="TextRun SCXW238602787 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" face="" lang="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; 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Chapelle to House the Relics of the Crown of Thorns" border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="670" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJT2sszK3tMhBYIymyaGLLZf-YNPQy-qU_OLs7EMQNE4ik_l7b9JxiCT1-07cPUFzisShQnIINmZot3VevU7CgrpVKl0UmV3g09Lt9MzHkmG5IO5nwul0WymnnQOLg1kuVnuKlsJZ3sLhC/w400-h266/d1.jpg" title="St. Louis IX Built Ste. Chapelle to House the Relics of the Crown of Thorns" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p></p></div></div>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-10391296911212120202020-08-18T11:52:00.006-04:002020-08-18T12:53:54.264-04:00Beware of What Will Kill the Soul<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VN5HpeAibXAiLEryZbDZBUxQXzWgdgUDZ1hZ-V86_sCmTokCqy4vE3wErXlntwbo8R064Nl3HrRIEeuiaEM2XWQcpoc0nZDDYhsY66tjHb4ZjRy5SlHnVJ7s6IvYN76Mobqd9QXYZ0XM/s1100/Some-Ways-to-Identify-a-Wolf-in-Sheeps-Clothing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VN5HpeAibXAiLEryZbDZBUxQXzWgdgUDZ1hZ-V86_sCmTokCqy4vE3wErXlntwbo8R064Nl3HrRIEeuiaEM2XWQcpoc0nZDDYhsY66tjHb4ZjRy5SlHnVJ7s6IvYN76Mobqd9QXYZ0XM/s640/Some-Ways-to-Identify-a-Wolf-in-Sheeps-Clothing.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Beware." It's a great word. It's a serious word. I remember as a kid, my brothers and I would take the train everywhere with our mother. All along the tracks there were signs that read, "Beware of the Third Rail!" We knew that meant, "Touch it and Die!" It had life or death consequences. Similarly, when we see a house with a sign on the fence that says, "Beware of the Dog," we do not immediately think of a little fluffy ankle high puppy running around. We think, "Big-toothed, killer." "Beware" is about serious things. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the Gospels, Jesus tells us to beware of only a handful of things. Firstly, he tells us to "beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy" (LK 12:1) and "the yeast of Herod" (MK 8:15). A little bad yeast can spoil everything. Thus, we have to beware of our coming to total and absolute ruin. It seems that the yeast that the Lord is talking about is separating our external actions from the internal ones. In the case of the Pharisees, the Lord often seems to be criticizing how they do all of the external things with great attention, but their hearts are not converted. Similarly, Herod tries to live his life in a way that serves those who are in power. He is more concerned with living a life of pleasure, comfort, and power than in he is in keeping the moral law. Jesus tell us to "beware" of these things because they could destroy us. It's not a, "Gee, if you have time to give it any thought, maybe, you know, you might not want to be living in this way." No, he is saying, "These things will utterly ruin you. Beware."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Next, Jesus tells us, "Beware of covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things he possesses" (LK 12:15). An undo attachment to the things of this world can lead us to a forgetfulness of God and the things of God. We can easily begin to live for our possessions thinking that these things are what truly matters. It often happens gradually, but it is deadly. We become slaves of our wealth and our comfort. They become our master and we gradually sever our ties to the Lord. He becomes a forgotten deity up in the sky that I think of occasionally. What becomes the driving force in my life is my golf game, my vacation home, my time, my money, my stature etc. Beware, because this covetousness will ruin us.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as servants and simple as doves. But beware of people, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues, and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans. When they hand you over, do not worry how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given what to say" (MT10:16-19). Here the Lord warns us against putting our trust in worldly powers and in a desire for popularity. If we are truly his disciples, then we will be at odds with the prevailing ways of the world. If we find ourselves sounding almost indistinguishable from a particular news channel, a particular political party, or from the trending opinions of social media, we might well be on our way to ruin. Yes, we should be wary of trusting too much in worldliness and popularity. Here, the Lord doesn't tell us to be afraid of suffering at the hands of others. It actually seems to be the opposite. Here he tells us to be aware that these things will definitely happen when we are his faithful disciples, but we shouldn't be afraid. It's to be expected.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lastly, the Lord warns us, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves" (MT 7:15). Many of the other "bewares" seem to be more like spiritual cancers that can infect us: covetousness, hypocrisy, undo desire for power, pleasure, or popularity. But here, the warning is about being actively hunted. If it is not bad enough that as sheep we have to "beware of wolves," now we learn that there are wolves wearing sheep's clothing. They are slipping into the midst of the flock like sleeper cells, ready to attack. They speak words that tickle our ears and that subtly undermine our Faith and our moral life. They often endear themselves to us by mixing truth and falsehood. They lure the sheep away from the Shepherd by cunning and by flattery. They can often be detected because they propose themselves as an alternative to the Shepherd. They instruct the weak and the vulnerable sheep "not to be like sheep, but to think for themselves." All the while, they are leading them astray. These false prophets never walk away completely from the flock because they are there to destroy. Instead, they always walk that fine line, masterful in avoiding detection. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">This last "beware" requires us to become expert in knowing the voice of the Good Shepherd. This voice becomes familiar to us as we pray, read the scriptures, grow in virtue, and cultivate a friendship with Christ. His voice is also consistent. His is the voice that speaks throughout the long history of the Church. If you hear someone who says things that sound ever so slightly edgy, avant-garde, out of sync with everything that the Church has taught from time immemorial, you may want to look more closely at that sheep's teeth. Jesus said to beware of very few things. Wolves in sheep's clothing is one of them. That's because he knows the end game of the wolf. We should too.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hypocrisy, possessions, power, pleasure, prestige, popularity, coziness with the world, and false prophets who are like wolves in sheep's clothing: these are all things that could destroy us. We are all very susceptible to these dangers and it's worth all of us examining ourselves and our circumstances to make sure we are not walking dangerously close to the third rail. Do I know the voice of the Good Shepherd? Do I love his voice? Am I too concerned about how I am perceived by others? Is my version of Christianity almost indistinguishable from some political platform? Am I more concerned about worldly comfort than eternal life? Am I allowing myself to be seduced by a false prophet? Beware.</span></p>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1123808496292529808.post-21843017371402709712020-08-15T21:51:00.006-04:002020-08-15T21:51:44.872-04:00Does Your Heart Desire a Better World?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NR08AdoOKn3u4eFOlao3UBVKZoF5-fH_AKFAoFphX3Vm1lA0xDxoJuw0uPGKXKPHY6Dwm9KE51xntUgZGTq18FGEHppuRGP2sK0KDcnNDM91hSpxgzG-qTUw87EStP5IeRLcC6dt6upb/s350/omph_use+this+better+quality.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NR08AdoOKn3u4eFOlao3UBVKZoF5-fH_AKFAoFphX3Vm1lA0xDxoJuw0uPGKXKPHY6Dwm9KE51xntUgZGTq18FGEHppuRGP2sK0KDcnNDM91hSpxgzG-qTUw87EStP5IeRLcC6dt6upb/s0/omph_use+this+better+quality.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's been quite some time since I last blogged. But, I love the Feast of the Assumption and wanted to share a few thoughts.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">A few days ago, it was a hot summer morning and I was up early covering a 7am Mass at a parish about 30 minutes away from the seminary where I now live. As I was stopped at a red light, I noticed a construction worker hoofing it. It seemed evident that he was walking fast to get to work. A pickup truck stopped and rolled down the window. The construction worker asked a question and then he jumped in. My guess is that the driver was on his way to the same site, but that they didn't know each other. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was a rather simple encounter, but it has stuck with me all week. In the mist of a year marked by so much turmoil, sickness, and chaos, it was relieving to see something normal. It was relieving and comforting to see something and think, "That's the way the world is supposed to be." We want the world to be the way it was intended to be.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I felt that way a few weeks ago as I witnessed the marriage vows of some friends of mine. Their wedding had been delayed because of the pandemic. In a church filled with people--masked and six feet apart--a bride walked down the aisle. I think for all of us in that church, we felt relieved to see something good, true, and beautiful; something normal. The way the world was meant to be.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today, on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we see something beautiful, comforting, and consoling. We see someone who--from beginning to end--lived life as it was intended to be. We rejoice because we see grace at work. We see grace lead to glory. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Over the past months, we have felt like we've been living in the apocalypse. And the second reading today speaks of the dragon seeking--like the serpent in the Gook of Genesis--to destroy the woman. But he fails. The woman is victorious because of God's grace. The one who is pure, undefiled, beautiful, obedient, charitable, and strong is escorted today--body and soul--into Paradise. It brings us relief. Evil does not have the final word. Evil does not have ultimate power. She crushes the head of the serpent. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We live in a culture that is angry about everything. Angry about politics. Angry about people who wear masks. Angry about people who don't wear masks. Angry that the world isn't the way it was meant to be. On the Feat of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we are reminded that this anger and vitriol is not what will bring us happiness. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary reminds us that the true victory is the Victory of Christ, a victory that invites all of us into the life of grace. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">If we can only raise our eyes as high as a political office, candidate or political party, we will never find peace in our life. In the Garden of Eden, the Devil convinced Adam and Eve to look no higher than a tree...and that was their downfall. He still tries to convince us that our true happiness will be provided by some political power, illicit pleasure, or some possession. Over and over again, we fall into his trap. It's not that we desire too much. We desire too little. We settle for less. We put all of our energies into things that cannot and will not ever make us happy: Power, pleasure, and possessions. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today, the Church invites us to raise our eyes higher. We raise our eyes to a humble, lowly, self-sacrificing, faithful woman. A woman born in the outskirts of the Roman Empire. A woman who held no worldly power, a woman who lived a virginal life, a woman who possessed nothing other than the will of God. That woman today has been assumed into the highest heavens and granted the greatest glories known to humanity. And if we raise our eyes to her, we see life as it was meant to be. We experience a profound comfort and peace because we finally see something that is the way it was meant to be. Not only that, but we see that it is possible for us to live in a world like that. That fills our hearts today, gives us hope, and is our path to happiness...to victory.</span></p><p><br /></p>Fr. David Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14448576898945830796noreply@blogger.com0