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Prayer of the heart Friday of the
fourteenth week of ordinary time come Holy Spirit.

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Today I want to give you my
future until the last day of my

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life. I want to walk enlightened
by your divine light to know where I

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am going, so as not to
wear out energies in things that are not

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worth it. I don' t
want to obsess over the future, and

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that' s why I' d
rather deliver it in your presence and let

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myself be driven by your impulse.
Holy Spirit, settle my anxiety so that

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I accept that everything comes to your
feeling, your time and your moment.

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We very much celebrate Saints, Louis
Martin and Saint Celia Gerin, parents of

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Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus,
and also St John Oa Albert, the

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Gospel Samarte chapter ten verses, sixteen
to twenty- three. At that time

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Jesus said to his apostles,"
See that I command you as sheep among

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wolves for these is shrewd, like
serpents and simple, as for more.

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But do not be of the people, for they will deliver you up to

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the courts, they will scourge the
synagogues and bring you before governors and kings

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for my sake. Thus shall ye
testimulate them, and among the Gentiles,

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when they drag you away. Don' t worry about what you' re

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going to say or how you'
re going to say it. In due

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course, he' ll suggest to
you what you have to say. It

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will not be you who speak at
the time. Your father' s spirit

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will speak for you. The brothers
will bring their brothers and sisters to be

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killed by their parents. The children
will be relieved against the parents and killed.

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Everyone will hate you by my name. Whoever perseveres to the end will

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be saved. When you are fast
pursued, flee to another, believe me,

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you will not become known to Israel
before the son of man returns.

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The Gospel shows us a part of
Jesus' discourse to his disciples when they

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send him to the mission, says, among other things, you will be

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hated by everyone because of my name, but whoever perseveres to the end will

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be saved. These words of the
Lord make us understand that in the trials

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accepted because of faith, violence is
defeated by love, death for life.

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To take Jesus seriously in our existence
and prolong our joy, the way is

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precisely that which this Gospel indicates,
that is, to witness Jesus in humility,

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in silent service, without fear of
going against the current and paying in

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person. And if not all of
us are called as martyrs, to shed

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our own blood. Every Christian is
asked, however, to be consistent in

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every circumstance with the faith he processes. It is Christian coherence. It is

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a grace that we must ask the
Lord to be consistent, to live as

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Christians and not to say that I
am a Christian and to live as a

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pagan. It' s a grace
to ask for. Today Christ calls us

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to be his witnesses in front of
the world, he invites us to leave

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the petty horizon, to be evangelizers
in our home, work and family.

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We will be able, we can
carry a cross upon men, despite the

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weak we are. Yes, since
Christ asks every man for the cross that

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is in his measure, how much
confidence he gives us to prove that we

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do not walk alone on this path. Jesus toured him first and left us

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his kind body in the Eucharist to
fulfill his promise. You worry us about

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how you will speak or what you
will say what you should say will cause

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you to know in this name moment, for it will not be you who

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will speak, but the spirit of
your father will speak to us in you.

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I think of everyone that we all
check throughout the day the good that

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our example does. He doesn'
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Perhaps in different situations it is up
to us to do so, because the

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ordinary thing is that we know how
to make out of our daily prose said

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St Joseph Mary with his words,
that is, that we know how to

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convert into true heroic verses. The
ordinary, the work, the family life,

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the punctuality to the smile in never
saying, enough, etcetera. But

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we will see ourselves postulated and witnessed
with our censored friendship, not only to

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save ourselves, but also to learn
one more flame in this slowly paying world.

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Every baptized person has in his soul
the apostolic and Christ mandate, by

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his words, instills in us the
encouragement we need. It is clear that

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the road has misunderstandings from those around
us, even those closest to us,

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but in it we are strong.
Jesus passed through the cross and then rose

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again. Let' s go the
same way. But notice that it makes

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us look in the face of the
Christian martyrs of the 21st century are anonymous

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people who give their lives in distant
countries with whom we feel little identified.

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Far away leads us to think that
their murders are inconsequential to us and that

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they are far away. But it' s not like that. Where charity

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comes from. If you want,
I' ll show you where he comes

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from. Ask the guardian of the
Lord' s reiners if there is in

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you the charity of God, you
will participate in the pains of Christ and

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you will be a true martyr.
These are the words of St Augustine.

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The least we could do is share
in the pain of so many Christian families

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who feel in their own flesh,
repression, contempt, and indifference. No

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one helps them because they are simply
Christians. It seems that the hammer is

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part of the fact that we are
a Christian and that we cannot complain to

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others about those who hate us.
It reaches unspeakable points, as if charity

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were an evil and our peaceful attitude
the most terrible attack their interests. No

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doubt the enemy is inside all these. Madness in front of behind in two

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different ways, encouraging criminals and making
insensitivity fall to those we could do something

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about. Hatred of Christians is the
same hatred that Christ received and that carried

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him the cross. Hypocrisy hates those
who point to the appearances that cover the

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immense emptiness of those who think they
are superior to others. Power hates those

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who offer true freedom or who serve
in infinity, in affinity with golden calves

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that we have created, where it
comes from the charity of God himself that

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opens its way in our hearts and
makes us brave. Charity leads us to

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stop the chain of sin in ourselves
makes us accept the pain and walk the

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way, the way of holiness of
hope. What would become of us.

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Without the Lord we would be nothing
and there would be nothing worth paying with

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his blood our ransom, which fills
us with joy and hope. Lord you

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know everything you know how weak and
miserable I am give me your hand on

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this day not to be afraid to
say that I am Catholic to witness your

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love to men and be able to
love you a little more. Give me

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your heart to speak well of others
and embark on charity. Give me your

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eyes to see the one who suffers
and, above all, give me the

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grace to be a better son every
day. Yours I give you the blessing,

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may it be in your heart,
gentlemen, that you may know how

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to love with all of him,
that your lips may be, that you

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may speak with strength and faith of
his resurrection, that you may be in

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your arms, that you may walk
without fail for his sake, that he

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may spread his kingdom, that he
may be on your feet, that you

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may walk the paths of peace that
the Lord will show you. May it

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be in your clean gaze so that
your eyes may see Jesus in others,

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may it be in your joy that
you never lose it, even if you

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have reason and can give it to
others in the name of father and son

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and holy spirit amen