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<p style="margin:0px;font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:27px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="2">Friends, today
we read about <b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">the poor widow who gave her all to the Lord.<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">Her</span> simple
generosity, <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">her</span> offering of <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">her whole livelihood</span>, was a response to
God’s unconditional love. God’s love comes first.</span></b> <b><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">When <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">we</span> get<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> this </span>
wrong, everything else <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">in the</span> spiritual life</span> is thrown off-kilter.
</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">Listen to how St. John expresses this love of predilection: “In this is
love: not that <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">we</span> have loved God, but that he loved <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">us</span> and sent his Son
as the expiation for <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">our</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">sins.”</span></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:27px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:18px"><font size="2">If
we play the game of loving God in order to get God to love us, then we
are lost. If we think that we can earn salvation or we can work our way
into God’s heart, then we are lost. Here’s a way to think about it: we
wouldn’t exist were it not for God’s love. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">God needs nothing</span>; therefore,<b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">
<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> whatever </span>exists<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> outside of</span> God exists because God desires some good for<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">
it.</span> Love precedes, therefore,<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> our intelligence, our courage, our wills,
our designs and purposes, </span>indeed, <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">our</span> very existence.</span></b></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:27px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:18px">
<i><font size="2"><span><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">Mi <u>Atyánk</u>,
aki a mennyekben vagy, szenteltessék meg a Te neved, jöjjön el a Te
országod, legyen meg a Te akaratod, amint a mennyben, úgy a földön is.
Mindennapi kenyerünket add meg nekünk ma és bocsásd meg a mi vétkeinket,
miképpen mi is megbocsátunk az ellenünk vétőknek, és ne vígy minket a
kísértésbe, de szabadíts meg a gonosztól. Mert Tiéd az ország, a hatalom és a dicsőség most és mindörökké. Ámen. </span></b></span></font></i>
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