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<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>in today’s Gospel Jesus deals with our fears.</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>What is the greatest fear
that we have? Undoubtedly, the fear of losing our own lives; we fear
the death of the body.</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Jesus is telling us not to worry
about <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">those paper tigers that can only affect the body and its goods.</span></b></span></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"> </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"><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>All
of the body’s goods </b><b>come to nothing</b></span> compared to the supreme good of
life with God. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Therefore God alone should we truly fear—doing his will
should be our exclusive concern.</b></span></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"> </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">Let
me state this more positively. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>When I am in love with God, when I am
"fearing" him above all things, I am rooted in a power that transcends <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">
</span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>space and time,</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>a power that governs the universe in its entirety, a
power that is greater than</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>life and death.</b></span></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"> </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">More
to it,<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> this power knows me intimately and guides me according to his
purposes: "</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? Yet not one
of them has escaped the notice of God. Even the hairs of your head have
all
been counted. Do not be afraid."</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Because of this I have nothing </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>to fear
from anything or anybody here below.</b></span></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br></div>
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