[00:00:05] Hello, my name is Sally Moriarty-Flask. Welcome to: From His Word to Our Hearts, my weekly Bible Study podcast. Together we will explore the readings to be proclaimed at the Catholic Mass on Sunday, October 25, 2026, the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
[00:00:23] This week's episode is entitled: the Greatest, the First, the Law, and in this week's Gospel, the Pharisees and the Sadducees - strange bedfellows indeed - unite to challenge Jesus, hoping to pose a question too controversial for Jesus to answer, but Jesus creates an answer that they cannot question.
[00:00:50] As we journey through the readings this week, consider the following:
Jesus’ reply to the Pharisees and Sadducees is irrefutable… love God and love neighbor. Our passage from Exodus helps us understand exactly who we must see as our neighbor, and God reminds us that he hears the cry of all who are mistreated, so we shouldn't mistreat anyone! We are called to serve God, who is living and true, so why aren't WE always TRUE to that calling?
[00:01:32] Let's begin in prayer:
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Heavenly Father, we praise you and we thank you for the words of Sacred Scripture, for in it your Son teaches that the most important commands are to love you and to love our neighbor. Thank you for helping us see that everyone is our neighbor, and for helping us understand that when we see our neighbors, we see your Son; when we love our neighbors, we love your Son. Fill our human hearts with more love than they can hold so that we have an abundance to share with all of our neighbors. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
[00:02:23] Now that we've opened our hearts in prayer, let's listen to what God is telling us in the Scriptures. Our Gospel this week is from Matthew 22: 34-40.
“[W]hen the Pharisees heard that [Jesus] had silenced the Sad’ducees, they came together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked [Jesus] a question, to test him. ‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?’ And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor and as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.’”
[00:03:18] If we think back to last week, we heard the first of four occasions where Jewish religious and political leaders test Jesus, trying to trap him into saying something publicly that will destroy his popularity with the crowds.
[00:03:38] That passage, revolving around paying the census tax, was a joint effort between the Pharisees and the Herodians, two groups that were neither friends nor typically allies. This week the Pharisees join forces with another set of unlikely associates to challenge Jesus about the law.
[00:04:03] Between those two passages was the second test where the Sadducees - who did not believe in resurrection - challenged Jesus with what they thought was a ridiculous scenario. And much like the Pharisees and the Herodians thought there were only two possible answers to their question about paying taxes, the Sadducees assumed there was no acceptable answer to their question about resurrection, and yet Jesus offered a response that was new and unique.
[00:04:42] Now, those who assembled the Lectionary chose to omit that passage from Matthew here in Cycle A, however, we do hear that story from other Evangelists… we hear Luke's version on the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time in Cycle C and we hear Mark's version on Wednesday of the 9th week in Ordinary Time. And if you remember back to my episode on the Liturgical Year and Cycles of Scripture, I said that there are two cycles for weekday readings, appropriately named Year I and Year II. The Gospel is always the same in both weekday cycles, but the First Readings and the Psalms change from year to year. So, we do hear Mark's version of that challenge every year. This week in Matthew's Gospel, we jump to the third test where two unlikely allies, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, unite to challenge Jesus with a question they jointly assume will be almost impossible to answer. But Jesus confounds his opponents once again.
[00:05:57] This confrontation, like the two that preceded it, takes place in the Temple. So, let's listen in on this next verbal challenge…
[00:06:08] “[W]hen the Pharisees heard that [Jesus] had silenced the Sad’ducees,”
And that was the occasion where the Sadducees questioned Jesus about resurrection.
“they came together.”
The Pharisees and the Sadducees decided to work together, united with the singular goal of discrediting Jesus before the crowds.
[00:06:35] “And one of them, a lawyer,”
The NAB specifies that this man was “a scholar of the law”
“asked [Jesus] a question, to test him.”
[00:06:48] There are two schools of thought about this person… some scripture scholars contend that the Pharisees and Sadducees used this man as a pawn in their ongoing attempt to discredit Jesus. That this lawyer, this scholar of the law, was genuinely interested in Jesus, and was attempting to ascertain whether Jesus possessed the requisite knowledge necessary to teach others about God and correctly interpret God's law.
Others, however, suggest that that this man was actually a part of the cadre united against Jesus, and that he simply ended up being the one chosen to stand up in the temple and confront Jesus.
[00:07:40] Either way, whoever he was and whatever his motives, he asks Jesus the following question…
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
[00:07:54] The NAB translates that as greatest, but regardless of how it's translated, the question is meant to elicit a legal interpretation. And notice that this man addresses Jesus as Teacher, which does indicate a certain degree of respect.
[00:08:17] Now, keeping in mind that there were 613 laws, it was quite common for rabbis and scholars of the law to debate the relative importance of various Jewish laws, the most appropriate interpretations of various laws, and the impact those laws had on the everyday lives of the Jewish people. In fact, the Jewish Talmud records the teachings, opinions, and disagreements of thousands of rabbis and scholars of the law. The only uncertainty we encounter here is… was this scholar of the law actually inviting Jesus to participate in an honest and lively debate, or was he in fact trying to trick Jesus into saying something controversial? And again, we know that was the purpose of the Pharisees and the Sadducees coming together, but we don't know if this man was a part of that plot or just a hapless pawn.
[00:09:31] “And [Jesus] said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment.’”
[00:09:45] In response to the man's question about which of the laws was the greatest, Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6… sort of.
Jesus says that we should love God with our heart, our soul, and our mind. The heart represents the center of our being, the soul is the source of life, and the mind is the seat of will - meaning that we must make a choice to love God. But the words in Deuteronomy are a bit different.
[00:10:22] Jesus’ choice to use different words suggests that he is not just engaging in an intellectual debate with a fellow scholar seeking to expand his knowledge base, that Jesus is - in fact - actually making a new declaration, he's teaching a new truth.
[00:10:46] Now, every faithful Jew would recognize Jesus' words because they are part of the Shema prayer, which is central to Jewish morning and evening prayer… but, as I said, tweaked just a bit. Jesus doesn't stop there though. He makes another declaration…
[00:11:09] “And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
[00:11:16] That is a quote from Leviticus 19.
[00:11:19] “On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”
[00:11:27] And Jesus is saying that no other commandment, no other law, can be properly observed if either of those two foundational commands are compromised or transgressed. Otherwise, belief systems, religions, faith traditions, that seek to foster connections often end up fostering divisions instead.
[00:11:58] We see that all too often in our world today, when certain groups that identify themselves as Christians choose to follow only some of Jesus' teachings while ignoring the ones they find difficult.
And do not think that I am simply pointing a finger at other Christian faith traditions while ignoring the hypocrisy of some Catholic Christians who adhere to the teachings of Jesus that they find convenient but disregard those that they find inconvenient. That is called Cafeteria Catholicism, and it's not valid. Jesus' words do not allow for that type of pick and choose mentality!
Love God and love neighbor… you don't get to pick and choose the teachings of Jesus you like and follow only those.
[00:12:59] The question posed to Jesus may have been controversial, but his answer is irrefutable. And if we are faithful followers of Jesus, if we listen to his teachings, if we follow his example, then we should be true to our calling as Christians, but we aren't always.
[00:13:25] So we have to ask ourselves, why not?
[00:13:30] That takes us to our First Reading, which is from Exodus 22: 21-26.
“[Thus says the LORD:] ‘You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. If you do afflict them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless. If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor, and you shall not exact interest from him. If ever you take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down; for that is his only covering, it is his mantle for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.’”
[00:14:48] Saint Thomas Aquinas (13th century philosopher, Dominican priest, Doctor of the Church, and one of the Church's greatest theologians) wrote that there were three types of law in the Old Testament: ceremonial law, juridical law, and moral law.
[00:15:10] Ceremonial law was the type of law which governed liturgical matters and ensured proper worship; and you can find ceremonial law in books like Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers.
[00:15:25] Juridical law governed ritual and social behavior, ensuring a pure manner of living; and juridical law is found primarily in Leviticus… that's where we read about clean and unclean foods, clean and unclean people, and clean and unclean behaviors.
And finally, moral law governed honest and ethical behavior, ensuring that people acted in ways that were both just and upright… and moral law can be found in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy.
[00:16:03] This passage comes from the part of the book of Exodus that deals with a collection of moral laws called the Covenant Code - laws that were intended to serve as the framework for daily life, addressing everything from personal injury to family law, from property damage to loans.
[00:16:29] As was quite evident in our first read through, this particular passage deals with social and moral laws. So, let's listen to what God has to say through Covenant Code…
“[Thus says the LORD:]”
[00:16:47] When the section of Covenant Code begins in Exodus 20, it begins with the words: “The LORD said to Moses: ‘This is what you will say to the Israelites’” which is why this passage begins with the words: “Thus says the LORD” … God gave the law to Moses, and Moses - acting as a mediator between God and his people - relays God's words to the people.
[00:17:18] “You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
[00:17:26] Meaning that because the Israelites were foreigners in the land of Egypt, because they were mistreated and enslaved, they should have empathy for any foreigners in their midst and, therefore, they should treat them justly and with kindness.
[00:17:48] “You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.”
[00:17:52] Widows and orphans were the most vulnerable members of Jewish society. They often had no protector and no advocate.
[00:18:02] “If you do afflict them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry;”
[00:18:09] God is saying that even those who have no protection in society still have recourse to God… they can still cry out to God, and he will hear their cry.
“and my wrath will burn,”
[00:18:29] When the weak are ignored or mistreated, God's anger is ignited and he will seek to set things right. In other words, woe to those who are unjust, unkind, and unethical!
[00:18:46] “and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.”
[00:18:53] Okay, that sounds really extreme… and it's supposed to sound that way because it's supposed to be a warning that will not be ignored!
[00:19:03] It is means that the punishment for those who treat widows and orphans unjustly will be death. And when those unjust people lose their own lives, they will in turn place their own wives and children at the mercy of others.
Now, the idea is not to focus on the punishment… don't focus on the consequences of bad actions… focus on not doing the bad actions in the first place!
[00:19:39] Every parent warns their children about the consequences of unsafe behavior… whether that warning is: don't dart out into traffic, don't ride your bike without a helmet, or don't touch the top of the stove. Whatever the warning may be, every parent tries to protect their children.
[00:20:03] That's what this is… God is trying to protect ALL of his children.
[00:20:11] “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor,”
The NAB translates that as extortioner, which I think better expresses the warning that God is offering here.
[00:20:28] “and you shall not exact interest from him.”
[00:20:32] Meaning that people should be compassionate and understanding, not harsh, demanding, and unreasonable.
[00:20:42] “If ever you take your neighbor's garment in pledge,”
Meaning take the garment as collateral for repayment of a loan.
“you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down; for that is his only covering, it is his mantle for his body; in what else shall he sleep?”
[00:21:06] That seems oddly reasonable and such an interaction carries with it the expectation that the person who originally offered his garment - as collateral - will continue to do so each day until the debt is repaid. And it's important to understand the temperature swings that are common in a desert climate. With few trees and little shade, daytime temperatures can reach between 100 and 120° F, but at night temperatures can plummet to between 30 and 50° F. So, when a person is unable to afford a private dwelling and is forced to sleep in the open, exposed to the elements, such cold conditions can easily be life threatening. So, returning a debtor's cloak to him every night so that he doesn't freeze to death is not only kind, it actually makes good business sense.
[00:22:15] “And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.”
[00:22:21] The point of biblical law is to present God's point of view to human beings and thereby teach us how to live by his divine standards.
[00:22:37] And if we look at the beginning of Leviticus 19 (remember Leviticus 19? That's where Jesus got the words: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” in our Gospel), in the very beginning of Leviticus 19, God speaks to Moses, saying: tell the whole Israelite community “Be holy, for I, the LORD your God, am holy” which reinforces that God teaches human beings how to live and behave according to his divine standards.
[00:23:15] There's a quote that has been attributed to a number of historical figures, from Mahatma Gandhi to Nelson Mandela, but it says, essentially, that societies should be judged on how they treat their weakest and most vulnerable members.
[00:23:38] Those words echo what we hear in the Scriptures and, at the same time, provide a lens through which we should examine OURselves, OUR thoughts and OUR actions!
[00:23:53] During my studies at Notre Dame, I was quite fortunate to read several things written by Gustavo Gutiérrez (20th century Peruvian philosopher, theologian, Dominican priest, and visiting professor at universities all over Europe and North America, including Notre Dame). In the 1960s, Gutiérrez was one of the founders of Liberation Theology, which grew out of biblical teachings like this week's passage from Exodus.
[00:24:27] Liberation Theology developed a principle called the Preferential Option for the Poor in which God invites us to care - in a special way - for the poor and needy.
Which has led the Church to not only teach that our resources must be shared first with those who are most in need, but it also encourages us to do just that by providing easy access to outreach services like the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, Catholic Charities, Operation Rice bowl, and Catholic Worker Houses, just to name a few.
[00:25:10] Pope Saint John Paul II taught that the Preferential Option for the Poor was a special exercise of Christian charity.
Pope Benedict XVI emphasized it as a fundamental aspect of Catholic Social Teaching.
Pope Francis made it one of the central themes of his papacy.
And Pope Leo has already called for a renewed focus on Social Justice urging the Church to prioritize the needs of the poor and the marginalized.
[00:25:48] In our Gospel, Jesus distilled the law and the prophets down to two commands: love God and love neighbor.
[00:26:00] This passage from Exodus reminds us that we should see everyone as a neighbor and that God hears the cry of the poor, so we shouldn't mistreat anyone - even if they seem like they might be unimportant or insignificant…
[00:26:20] That God doesn't see anyone as insignificant or unimportant!
And the Church makes it easy to love and provide for our neighbors who are most in need.
[00:26:35] Being just, being moral, being ethical, being Christian means we should always advocate for the weakest in society, because when people can't care for themselves, it becomes our responsibility to care FOR them!
[00:26:59] So, why aren't we always true to that mission?
[00:27:06] That takes us to our Responsorial Psalm, which is Psalm 18, and the refrain is:
“I love you, O LORD, my strength.”
And here are the verses:
“I love you, O LORD, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.”
“My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.”
“The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation. Great triumphs he gives to his king, and shows mercy to his anointed.”
[00:27:54] This Psalm is a Royal Psalm, and it presents us with an image of the all-powerful God who comforts his people when they are overwhelmed by the difficulties of life and then praises God as the Savior of his people.
[00:28:12] The text is eerily similar to David's Song of deliverance in 2 Samuel 22. And if you think back, I mentioned a different song last week when we studied Psalm 96. That Psalm echoed a Song of Thanksgiving, written by David to celebrate the arrival of the Ark of the Covenant in Jerusalem, and it is recorded in 1 Chronicles 16. All of that took place when David was king.
This week's Psalm, however, echoes David's Song of Deliverance, and that song celebrated David's rescue from the hands of his enemies… including King Saul.
And just to help us understand that context, Saul - you may recall - had become unreasonably jealous of David and his growing popularity after David defeated Goliath.
[00:29:15] And despite David's unwavering loyalty to Saul, despite his deep and abiding friendship with Saul's son Jonathan, Saul's jealousy grew to alarming proportions, and he pursued David relentlessly, trying time and time again to kill him.
Time and time again, however, Saul failed and ended up instead at David's mercy… and each and every time David spared Saul's life.
Saul's reign as king was marked with nearly continuous warfare, and at the end of 1 Samuel we read that Saul, after being gravely wounded by Philistine archers, fell on his own sword rather than allowing himself to be taken prisoner, and perhaps be tortured and killed by the Philistines.
Different parts of David's Song of Deliverance, which is quite lengthy (it comprises all of chapter 22 of 2 Samuel) but different parts of that song align quite well with the three stanzas in our Psalm.
David's song praises God for keeping him safe from violence and delivering him from his enemies… that is echoed in the first stanza of this Psalm.
David's song recounts how God reached down from heaven to save him from his enemies… that is our second stanza.
And finally, David's song blesses God for giving him great victories… which is our third stanza in this Psalm.
Throughout David's song, the recurring theme is that David cried out to God and God delivered him because David was righteous, he served God faithfully, and always kept God's laws… until he became king.
We are called to serve God… we are called to be righteous and keep his laws… but we aren't always true to that call… so, why is that?
[00:31:45] That takes us to our Second Reading, which is from 1 Thessalonians 1: 5c-10.
“[Brothers and sisters:] You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, which with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit; so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Acha’ia. For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Acha’ia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. For they themselves report concerning us what a welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.”
[00:33:03] This is the second of four passages from 1 Thessalonians that we will hear this fall, and remember there should be five passages, but we lose one of them because we celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints on a Sunday this year.
This passage begins where last week's passage left off. Paul, and his companions, express their gratitude for the Thessalonians, for their enthusiastic conversion to Christianity, for their belief in the good news of Jesus.
[00:33:42] Now Paul begins offering the Thessalonians encouragement because he is fully aware of the difficulty they are encountering as they try to live their Christian faith in a pagan society.
[00:33:59] So, let's listen to what Paul and his companions have to say to the Thessalonians this week…
“[Brothers and sisters:] You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.”
When Paul says “we” - of course - he means himself and his two companions, Sylvanus and Timothy. And the words: “for your sake” mean that everything those three men did… everything they taught, everything they preached, their own actions, the good deeds they did… that was all for the benefit of the Thessalonian community.
[00:34:42] “And you became imitators of us and of the Lord,”
[00:34:47] Meaning that the Thessalonians not only observed the actions of Paul and his companions and followed their example, but that they also listened to, learned from, and exemplified their teachings about Jesus… the moral and ethical lessons they taught based on what Jesus taught.
“for you received the word in much affliction, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit;”
Paul is saying that those who chose to convert to Christianity did so in the midst of an idolatrous, pagan society. A difficult feat, to be sure, but that they did so with joy… which Paul declares was inspired within them by the Holy Spirit.
And - make no mistake - having joy isn't the same as being happy. It has always been my contention that joy is a choice. But the best explanation of joy I have ever encountered came from an article I read recently in Psychology Today, in which Pamela King (developmental psychologist and Presbyterian minister) said that joy is a core part of what it means to be human, that it is more complex than a feeling of happiness, that it is a virtue to be cultivated and practiced… so, a choice!
That it is a response to what matters most in our lives, what is most significant for us, and that it not only involves our thoughts and feelings, it also prompts us to take action.
[00:36:52] The thing that brings us joy may be the people or pets with whom we surround ourselves, it may be a career or a calling, it may be the home we occupy, the hobby in which we involve ourselves, or the financial security or social status we pursue… but it is not often, in modern times, that we associate joy with being faithful Christians.
[00:37:26] That seems like a failing on our part!
Because early Christians did experience joy in their faith… their faith was what mattered most in their lives, often to the point of sacrificing their lives for that faith.
I've seen lots of T-shirts advertised displaying the caption: “if Paul were here, we'd be getting a letter” … but I don't think it would be to praise us or to praise our actions.
Nevertheless, he is certainly praising the Thessalonians, saying that in joy…
“you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Acha’ia.”
Thessalonica, you may recall from last week, was the capital of the Roman province of Macedonia and Achaia was another Roman province located just south of Macedonia. So, Paul is saying that the lived example of the Thessalonians has spread throughout the region. And by the way, those two Roman provinces together correspond to modern day Greece.
[00:38:42] “For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Acha’ia,”
Meaning that the Thessalonians are teaching others about Jesus, then Paul goes on…
“your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.”
[00:39:04] Remember Thessalonica was a port city on the Aegean Sea, so news of events in Thessalonica would have been spread quickly by trading ships to other locales. Paul is essentially saying that the Thessalonian Christians are evangelizing and spreading the good news of Jesus more quickly even than Paul and his companions can, that the Thessalonians are doing Paul's work for him.
“For they themselves report concerning us what a welcome we had among you,”
[00:39:45] Meaning that people from Achaia and other parts of Macedonia have heard the news of just how hospitable, how welcoming, how gracious the Thessalonians were to Paul and his companions… and that people are sharing that news, those reports, with Paul and his companions whenever they arrive in a new city.
“and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,”
Paul is saying that word has spread throughout the region of how members of the Thessalonian community listened to the teachings of Paul and his companions, stopped worshiping idols, and now serve God instead.
[00:40:39] And we need to understand that Paul and his companions looked upon idols as being lifeless things, so when Paul says that the Thessalonians serve a living and true God, that is in contrast to a lifeless and false god (lowercase “g” god) - meaning those idols.
That would have been one of the most difficult and amazing conversions for people to undertake in ancient times. It would have required great courage and strength of character because it so often involved people being rejected by their family, friends, or colleagues, and being excluded from social groups or communal organizations to which they may have formerly belonged.
The fact that Paul was able to convert so many people in so many pagan territories speaks volumes about his persuasiveness and his charisma. And Paul reminds the Thessalonians that serving the living and true God means that they will…
“wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.”
Paul is saying that Jesus, the Son of the living and true God… Jesus who God himself raised from the dead to be with him in heaven… THAT Jesus will deliver those who are faithful and true followers FROM God's wrath when all are judged at the Second Coming.
[00:42:24] And remember, Paul saw the Risen Jesus… Paul encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus! Paul was a contemporary of Jesus, Paul would have seen Jesus in Jerusalem before his Death, Paul may have even been among the Pharisees that confronted Jesus in this week's Gospel. That is one of those times that we are invited to use our imagination and place Paul in that group of Pharisees.
[00:43:00] In the Gospel, Jesus distilled the Hebrew Scriptures down to two commands: Love God and love neighbor.
Our passage from Exodus reminds us that everyone is our neighbor, and that God knows if (or when) we mistreat them.
God and his Church invite us to love our neighbors not with words alone, but with concrete actions. And the Church gives us lots of easy ways to carry out those generous actions.
And in his letter, Paul praised the Thessalonians for their gracious welcome… and also for their love of God, for their service to God.
Every Christian is called to love God and to love our neighbor, and we are invited to do so with joy. But we aren't always true to that calling.
[00:44:06] So… let's change that!
Let's be generous to others – abundantly… as God is generous to us!
Let's love others - without measure and without limit… as God loves us!
And let's do so with joy… joy in our hearts, joy in our faith, joy in the Holy Spirit!
[00:44:36] Because if we do all of that… if we make the CHOICE to do all of that…
then we will be true to our calling to serve the living and true God… with joy!
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Thank you for spending this time with me and until next we meet, May God shower his blessings upon you like a soft and gentle rain, and may he hold you safe and secure in the palm of his hand.
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