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John 11
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”

41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”

43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”

44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

Loose, remit, and forgive us,
O God, our iniquities which
we have committed willingly
and which we have
committed unwillingly, which
we have committed
knowingly and which we
have committed
unknowingly; the hidden and
the manifest, O Lord, remit
for us.

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A message of comfort shared at the funeral of a faithful woman: Though her body grew weak, her spirit was clothed in strength. Outwardly she may have seemed frail, but within, she bore a quiet and steadfast faith — a vessel of endurance and love. In her suffering, she bore witness to the unseen strength that comes from God. As St. Paul reminds us, ‘Though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day’ (2 Corinthians 4:16, OSB). 
Her life was a testimony to the power of grace at work within, a light that did not dim even as the body faded."

From Fear to Hope, Death Before and After Christ!

Luke 1

34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I [g]do not know a man?”

35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.

You, O Lord, know my unworthiness and my unfitness, and my unmeetness that I should draw near unto this, Your holy service.

I have no boldness to draw near and open my mouth before Your holy glory, but according to the multitude of Your tender mercies pardon me a sinner. And grant to me that I may find grace and mercy at this hour, and send me strength from on high that I may begin and be made fit and finish Your holy service according to Your pleasure, according to the good pleasure of Your will, and for a sweet savor of incense.

Even so, O our Master, be with us; take part with us in this matter. Bless us, for You are the forgiveness of our sins, the light of our souls, our life, our strength, and our confidence.

You are He unto whom we ascribe glory and honor and worship, O Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and at all times and unto the age of all ages.

Amen.

Matthew 12

31 “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.

The Holy Spirit longs to dwell in a heart that is clean, quiet, and welcoming!

The Ascension and the Helium Balloon!

John 14 : 9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip?

Why do baptized babies join the Resurrection procession?