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<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> today’s Gospel, taken from the magnificent tenth chapter of Luke’s
Gospel, is a portrait of the Church. It shows us what Jesus wants his
followers to do and how to do it.</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>We are a missionary Church. We are
sent by the Lord to spread his word and do his work.</b><b> The Christian
Gospel is</b></span> just not something that we are meant to cling to for our own
benefit. Rather, it is<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> like seed that we are meant to give
away.</b></span><br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>We
do this work together, with others, in community. Ministers need people
to support them, pray for them, talk to them, challenge them. Francis
of Assisi had an experience of God and then, within months, gathered
people around him; Dominic, from the beginning, had brothers in his
work; and Mother Teresa attracted a number of her former students to
join her in her mission. We don’t go it</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>alone.</b></span><br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>And <u>prayer</u> </b></span>is not incidental to ministry. It is not decorative. It<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> <u>is the lifeblood</u> of the
Church’s efforts. </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>Without</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> it, </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>nothing will succeed; without<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> </span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>it,</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>no </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>ministers will come forward</b></span>. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><u><b>At all points, pray, pray, pray.</b></u></span></span></span></div>
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