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<table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%;border-collapse:initial" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr id="gmail-m_-9140756906829446014layout-row19442" class="gmail-m_-9140756906829446014layout gmail-m_-9140756906829446014layout-row gmail-m_-9140756906829446014widget gmail-m_-9140756906829446014_widget_text gmail-m_-9140756906829446014style19442" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td id="gmail-m_-9140756906829446014layout-row-padding19442" style="padding:10px 30px 0px" valign="top"><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="gmail-m_-9140756906829446014text_div19011" class="gmail-m_-9140756906829446014td_text gmail-m_-9140756906829446014td_block" style="color:inherit;font-size:12px;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1.5;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:Arial" align="left" valign="top"> <div style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"> <div style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><div style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit"><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">Friends,<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>
in today’s Gospel the Pharisees compare the eating habits of John the
Baptist, who fasted, and Jesus, who dined with sinners</b></span>. <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>In the carefully
stratified society of Jesus’ time, a righteous person would<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> never
</span>associate with the unrighteous, for fear of becoming unclean.</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>But
here is Jesus, scandalizing everyone because he does indeed break down
these barriers.</b></span> How would you feel if you saw me socializing with
prostitutes and drug-dealers, eating and drinking with terrorists? Would
it shock you, dismay you, disappoint you? But this is what Jesus did,
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>precisely because he was the Incarnation of the God who aggressively
seeks out the lost.</b></span><br></span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal;text-align:start">God
looks for us, comes running after us, never lets go, never relents,
never gives up. <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">The more we run</span>, the more he runs after; <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">the more we
hide,</span> the more he looks; the more </span></b></span></span><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="gmail-m_-9140756906829446014text_div19011" class="gmail-m_-9140756906829446014td_text gmail-m_-9140756906829446014td_block" style="color:inherit;font-size:12px;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1.5;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:Arial" align="left" valign="top"> <div style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"> <div style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><div style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit"><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">Friends,<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>
in today’s Gospel the Pharisees compare the eating habits of John the
Baptist, who fasted, and Jesus, who dined with sinners</b></span>. <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>In the carefully
stratified society of Jesus’ time, a righteous person would<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> never
</span>associate with the unrighteous, for fear of becoming unclean.</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>But
here is Jesus, scandalizing everyone because he does indeed break down
these barriers.</b></span> How would you feel if you saw me socializing with
prostitutes and drug-dealers, eating and drinking with terrorists? Would
it shock you, dismay you, disappoint you? But this is what Jesus did,
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>precisely because he was the Incarnation of the God who aggressively
seeks out the lost.</b></span><br></span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal;text-align:start">God
looks for us, comes running after us, never lets go, never relents,
never gives up. <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">The more we run</span>, the more he runs after; <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">the more we
hide,</span> the more he looks; <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">the more we resist</span>, the more he persists. God
likes <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">sin</span>ners and associates with
them.</span></b></span></span></div>
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