A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH THE LORD WAS PLEASED TO CRUSH HIM IN INFIRMITY. IF HE GIVES HIS LIFE AS AN OFFERING FOR SIN, HE SHALL SEE HIS DESCENDANTS IN A LONG LIFE, AND THE WILL OF THE LORD SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH HIM. BECAUSE OF HIS AFFLICTION HE SHALL SEE THE LIGHT IN FULLNESS OF DAYS; THROUGH HIS SUFFERING, MY SERVANT SHALL JUSTIFY MANY, AND THEIR GUILT HE SHALL BEAR. VERBUM DOMINI. <i>DEO GRATIAS.</i> LORD, LET YOUR MERCY BE ON US, AS WE PLACE OUR TRUST IN YOU. <i>LORD, LET YOUR MERCY BE ON US,</i> <i>AS WE PLACE OUR TRUST IN YOU.</i> >>UPRIGHT IS THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND ALL HIS WORKS ARE TRUSTWORTHY. HE LOVES JUSTICE AND RIGHT; OF THE KINDNESS OF THE LORD THE EARTH IS FULL. <i>LORD, LET YOUR MERCY BE ON US,</i> <i>AS WE PLACE OUR TRUST IN YOU.</i> >>SEE, THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE UPON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, UPON THOSE WHO HOPE FOR HIS KINDNESS, TO DELIVER THEM FROM DEATH AND PRESERVE THEM IN SPITE OF FAMINE. <i>LORD, LET YOUR MERCY BE ON US,</i> <i>AS WE PLACE OUR TRUST IN YOU.</i> >>OUR SOUL WAITS FOR THE LORD, WHO IS OUR HELP AND OUR SHIELD. MAY YOUR KINDNESS, O LORD, BE UPON US WHO HAVE PUT OUR HOPE IN YOU. <i>LORD, LET YOUR MERCY BE ON US,</i> <i>AS WE PLACE OUR TRUST IN YOU.</i> A READING FROM THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS. BROTHERS AND SISTERS: SINCE WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH PRIEST WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH THE HEAVENS, JESUS, THE SON OF GOD, LET US HOLD FAST TO OUR CONFESSION. FOR WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHO IS UNABLE TO SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES, BUT ONE WHO HAS SIMILARLY BEEN TESTED IN EVERY WAY, YET WITHOUT SIN. SO LET US CONFIDENTLY APPROACH THE THRONE OF GRACE TO RECEIVE MERCY AND TO FIND GRACE FOR TIMELY HELP. VERBUM DOMINI. <i>DEO GRATIAS.</i> ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA <i>ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA</i> THE SON OF MAN CAME TO SERVE AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS A RANSOM FOR MANY. <i>ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA</i> >>DOMINUS VOBISCUM. <i>ET CUM SPIRITU TUO.</i> >> LECTIO SANCTI EVANGELII SECUNDUM MARCUM. <i>GLORIA TIBI, DOMINE.</i> >>JAMES AND JOHN, THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE, CAME TO JESUS AND SAID TO HIM, TEACHER, WE WANT YOU TO DO FOR US WHATEVER WE ASK OF YOU. HE REPLIED, WHAT DO YOU WISH ME TO DO FOR YOU? THEY ANSWERED HIM, GRANT THAT IN YOUR GLORY WE MAY SIT ONE AT YOUR RIGHT AND THE OTHER AT YOUR LEFT. JESUS SAID TO THEM, YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE ASKING. CAN YOU DRINK THE CUP THAT I DRINK OR BE BAPTIZED WITH THE BAPTISM WITH WHICH I AM BAPTIZED? THEY SAID TO HIM, WE CAN. JESUS SAID TO THEM, THE CUP THAT I DRINK, YOU WILL DRINK, AND WITH THE BAPTISM WITH WHICH I AM BAPTIZED, YOU WILL BE BAPTIZED; BUT TO SIT AT MY RIGHT OR AT MY LEFT IS NOT MINE TO GIVE BUT IS FOR THOSE FOR WHOM IT HAS BEEN PREPARED. WHEN THE TEN HEARD THIS, THEY BECAME INDIGNANT AT JAMES AND JOHN. JESUS SUMMONED THEM AND SAID TO THEM, YOU KNOW THAT THOSE WHO ARE RECOGNIZED AS RULERS OVER THE GENTILES LORD IT OVER THEM, AND THEIR GREAT ONES MAKE THEIR AUTHORITY OVER THEM FELT. BUT IT SHALL NOT BE SO AMONG YOU. RATHER, WHOEVER WISHES TO BE GREAT AMONG YOU WILL BE YOUR SERVANT; WHOEVER WISHES TO BE FIRST AMONG YOU WILL BE THE SLAVE OF ALL. FOR THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED BUT TO SERVE AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS A RANSOM FOR MANY. VERBUM DOMINI. <i>LAUS TIBI, CHRISTE.</i> NATURALLY WE ALL LIKE TO BE SERVED. WE'VE GONE TO A RESTAURANT AND PLACED OUR ORDERS AND WE GET SERVED WITH WHAT WE ORDERED. AND FROM OUR OWN EXPERIENCE, SOME WAITERS OR WAITRESSES ARE EXCEPTIONALLY VERY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO AND SERVING THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THE EXPERIENCE WE GET IS SUCH A GOOD FEELING AND EVEN BROUGHT JOY AND HAPPINESS. SOME DAYS YOU HAVE A NOT SO GOOD DAY AND YOU MEET THESE KINDS OF SERVERS, AND THEY ACTUALLY LIFT YOU UP IN YOUR NOT SO GOOD DAY. IT IS A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO BE SERVED. IT IS ALSO A REMINDER OF THE GOSPEL TODAY. IN ORDER TO BE GREAT ONE HAS TO BE A SERVANT TO MANY. AND IT IS A GREAT REMINDER OF JESUS. HE DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED BUT TO SERVE AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS A RANSOM FOR MANY. HE IS THE PERFECT MODEL FOR HOW WE OUGHT TO SERVE. HE SERVED SO MANY DURING HIS PUBLIC LIFE. THIS IS NOT JUST HIS APOSTLES. WHO CAME TO HIM. WHO CAME TO BELIEVE IN HIM. WHO FOLLOWED HIM. NOT JUST THEM BUT THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL. THE MULTITUDES WHO FOLLOWED HIM. THE CROWDS BECAME HIS BELIEVERS. AND EVEN THE CROWD WHO REJECTED HIM. THE PHARISEES AND THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS DURING HIS TIME WHO DID NOT ACCEPT HIM AND EVEN REJECTED HIM AND EVEN KILLED HIM. HE SERVED THEM ALL BY THE GIFT OF HIMSELF AND ULTIMATELY THAT IS THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF ON THE CROSS. AND ISAIAH PROPHESIED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE OUR LORD WAS BORN. THROUGH HIS SUFFERING, MY SERVANT SHALL JUSTIFY MANY, AND THEIR GUILT HE SHALL BEAR. THIS IS LIKE GOD THE FATHER TELLING US. THROUGH THE WORD OF ISAIAH. THROUGH HIS SUFFERING, MY SERVANT, MY BELOVED SON, MY BELOVED JESUS, SHALL JUSTIFY MANY AND THEIR GUILT HE SHALL BEAR. THE 2ND READING IS FROM THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS IT REMINDS US OF THIS VERY WELL, WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHO IS NOT ABLE TO SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESS. WEAKNESSES. BUT ONE WHO HAS SIMILARLY BEEN TESTED IN EVERY WAY YET WITHOUT SIN. SO HE KNOWS WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH. ALL THE SUFFERINGS, ALL THE DIFFICULTIES ALL THE CHALLENGES ALL THE HARDSHIPS OF LIFE HE KNOWS THEM ALL AND HE IS GONE THROUGH IT. AGAIN THROUGH HIS SUFFERING MY SERVANT SHALL JUSTIFY MANY AND THEIR GUILT HE SHALL BEAR. THROUGH HIS AGONY IN THE GARDEN. THROUGH HIS SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR. THROUGH HIS BEING CROWNED WITH THE CROWN OF THORNS ON HIS SACRED HEAD. THROUGH HIS CARRYING OF THE TREMENDOUSLY HEAVY CROSS. THROUGH HIS CRUCIFIXION. THROUGH HIS DEATH. HE SERVED SO THAT THE GATES OF HEAVEN THE GATES OF ETERNAL LIFE THAT I PREACHED ABOUT LAST WEEK ARE OPENED. OPENED FOR THOSE WHO ACCEPT AND THOSE WHO WANT THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE THE GIFT OF RECONCILIATION, THE GIFT OF HEALING, THE GIFT OF HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH US. HE IS NOT GOING TO FORCE ANY OF THESE TO THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT IT. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. BUT IF WE WANTED WE CAN ACCEPT IT. TALK ABOUT SERVICE. RIGHT? TALK ABOUT SERVICE. THIS IS THE GREATEST SERVICE OUR GOD HAS DONE FOR US AND FOR ALL MANKIND AGAIN FOR THOSE WHO WANT THIS GIFT. WHO WILL ACCEPT THIS GIFT OF SALVATION. NO MONEY CAN BUY THAT. NO BILLIONAIRES CAN PAY THAT. NO POWERS CAN OBTAIN THAT. IT IS A GIFT. IT IS A GIFT. IT IS A GIFT THAT CANNOT BE PURCHASED WITH MONEY, WITH CREDIT CARD, WITH STOCKS, WITH TRADE-INS. WITH WHATEVER YOU GOT. IT'S THE ONLY GIFT THAT CAN BE PURCHASED BY ONE PERSON. AND HE'S A DIVINE PERSON WHO HAS TWO NATURES, DIVINITY AND HUMANITY. ONLY HE CAN PURCHASE THIS GIFT AND THE PRICE IS HIS MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD. THAT IS HOW EXPENSIVE WE ALL ARE. NO EARTHLY PAYMENT CAN PAY THIS. BUT ONLY THAT OF HEAVENLY PAYMENT. THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. THAT HE ALLOWED TO BE CRUCIFIED AND HE ALLOWED HIS BLOOD TO BE SPILLED ON THE CROSS FOR YOU AND FOR ME AND FOR ALL MANKIND WHO WANTS IT. WHO WANTS IT. AGAIN I EMPHASIZE THAT FREE WILL. THAT FREE CHOICE THAT WE MAKE. WE EITHER WANT IT OR WE DO NOT WANT IT. HOPEFULLY WE ALL WANT IT HERE. HOPEFULLY THOSE WHO ARE JOINING US WANT IT AS WELL OR EVEN THOSE WHO MAY BE JOINING US BUT MAYBE DO NOT EVEN HAVE THE DESIRE TO WANT IT RIGHT NOW, HOPEFULLY GOD WILL TOUCH THEM TO BE ABLE TO WANT IT SOON. AND OUR LORD HAS GIVEN US A PERFECT EXAMPLE, A PERFECT MODEL FOR HOW TO LIVE OUR LIVES HERE ON EARTH IN SERVICE. NOT TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE. THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS PREPARING THIS HOMILY I AM REMINDED BY ONE OF MY MORAL THEOLOGY PROFESSORS IN THE SEMINARY WHO EVENTUALLY BECAME MY SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR ALSO. I REMEMBERED A CLASS HE TALKED ABOUT BUMPER STICKERS. AND HE WAS ACTUALLY TOUCHING ON THIS GOSPEL PASSAGE. YOU KNOW THERE SHOULD BE A BUMPER STICKER. A BUMPER STICKER THAT SAYS MARK 10:45. MARK 10:45. BASICALLY OR A BUMPER STICKER THAT SAYS HE COMES TO SERVE AND NOT TO BE SERVED. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT BUMPER STICKER BEFORE. I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU. BUT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE. OR A SIGN THAT DOES NOT SAY JOHN 3:16 AS WE OFTEN SEE IN THE STADIUMS. THE SIGN THAT PEOPLE HOLD. JUST THAT QUOTATION JOHN 3:16 BUT ONE THAT SAYS MARK 10:45. MARK 10:45. THAT THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED BUT TO SERVE AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS A RANSOM FOR MANY. I HAVE TO SAY THIS TODAY CONSIDERING THE WORLD WE ARE LIVING IN. IT IS NOT JUST SIMPLY SERVICE. IT IS NOT JUST SIMPLY SERVICE BUT THE KIND OF SERVICE WE DO. THE KIND OF SERVICE WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT AND WHY WE DO IT AND WHO WE DO IT FOR MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. IT MAKES A VERY HUGE DIFFERENCE. IF WE ARE SERVING FOR PEOPLE, WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF MANIPULATING OTHER PEOPLE OR THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA THEN THAT'S NOT WORTH SERVING. THAT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT TO SERVE. WHY WOULD WE WANT TO SERVE IN HELPING OTHERS MANIPULATE OTHERS? WE WANT TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE BY OUR SERVICE IF OUR SERVICE LEADS TO MORE PEOPLE GETTING MANIPULATED THEN WHY ARE WE DOING THIS KIND OF SERVICE? WE NEED TO GET OUT. WE NEED TO WALK OUT. IF WE ARE SERVING HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, ORGANIZATION WHO PUT OTHER PEOPLE IN FORCED LABOR AND VERY BAD ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH DRUGS, THROUGH MANIPULATION, THROUGH DECEIT, THEN WHY ARE WE SERVING THESE PEOPLE? WE NEED TO GET OUT. WE NEED TO WALK OUT. IF WE ARE SERVING IN THE ABORTIONIST INDUSTRY WHOSE GOALS ARE PROMOTING MORE AND MORE AND MORE ABORTIONS, EVEN DEMANDING ABORTIONS, WHY ARE WE THERE? WHY ARE WE HERE? WHY ARE WE SERVING IN THIS KIND OF ENVIRONMENT? WE NEED TO GET OUT AND TO WALK OUT SOONER THAN LATER. AGAIN IT IS NOT SIMPLY SERVICE. BUT THE KIND OF SERVICE WE DO MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. I THINK TODAY WE HAVE TO SAY THIS. HOW DO WE, HOW WE DO OUR SERVICE ALSO MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AGAIN I BROUGHT UP THE ILLUSTRATION ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE WITH RESTAURANT SERVICE OR EVEN FAST FOOD SERVICE. RIGHT? THROUGH THOSE WHO TREATED US WELL HOW WE ARE SERVED WELL, WE EXPERIENCE WE HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE. RIGHT? I REMEMBER NOT TOO LONG AGO, SEVERAL TIMES I WENT, I DO NOT KNOW IF I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, I WENT TO A FAST FOOD SEVERAL TIMES IN THE SAME PLACE AND HAD DIFFERENT SERVERS BUT THEY TREATED YOU LIKE YOU ARE BOTHERING THEM. HAVE YOU EVER GONE TO THE STORE AND YOU ARE LIKE TRYING TO GET SOME HELP AND THEY TRY TO PRETEND THEY DO NOT SEE YOU? OR THEY PRETEND THEY ARE BUSY. AND YOU ARE HONESTLY LOOKING FOR HELP. TRYING TO FIND WHERE THINGS ARE AND YOU ASKED THEM A QUESTION AND THEY ARE LIKE THEY ARE LIKE TOO BUSY. THE KIND OF SERVICE LIKE THAT IT IS LIKE YOU GET DISCOURAGED. YOU ARE FRUSTRATED. YOU ARE EVEN MAD. YOU ARE EVEN MAD. OR AGAIN THAT IS HOW WE SERVE OTHERS MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WHETHER WE KNOW IT OR NOT GOD PUT US IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE ARE CALLED TO SERVE. SOMETIMES THAT KIND OF SERVICE IS A SIMPLE THING LIKE WHERE IS THE CHURCH? WHERE'S THE CONFESSIONAL? WHERE IS THE WHATEVER? IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS THAT. HOW WE DO IT, WHY WE DO IT, AND HOW WE DO IT FOR MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AGAIN WE WANT TO DO IT AN IMITATION OF JESUS CHRIST WHO ST. MARK DESCRIBED IN 10:45. THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED BUT TO SERVE AND GIVE HIS LIFE AS A RANSOM FOR MANY. WE WANT TO IMITATE HIM. WE WANT TO IMITATE HIM. WE WANT TO DO IT IN IMITATION OF THE LORD JESUS AND WE WANT TO DO IT FOR HIM FIRST THINGS FIRST. YES. WE ARE NOT PERFECT. NONE OF US ARE PERFECT. AND WE HAVE THIS KIND OF MIXED MOTIVES A LOT OF TIMES. WE MAY DO IT FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE. WE MAY DO IT FOR WHOEVER. BUT THEN NOT ALWAYS FOR OUR LORD. OKAY. IF WE RECOGNIZE THAT, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THEN SAY LORD HELP ME TO REALLY DO IT FOR YOU. IT IS A SIMPLE AS THAT. WE WANT TO DO IT FOR HIM. FIRST THINGS FIRST. AND WE WANT TO DO IT FOR OTHERS FOR HIS HOLY NAME'S SAKE. THOSE WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. FINALLY, THE WORLD AGAIN, LOOKING AT TODAY'S SITUATION, THE WORLD DOES NOT LOOK FAVORABLY TOWARDS US WHO ARE SICK, WHO ARE ELDERLY, WHO ARE IN THE HOSPITALS, WHO ARE DYING AND DEFINITELY WHO ARE DEAD. THE WORLD DOES NOT CARE. THE WORLD DON'T CARE. I KNOW WE HAVE MANY OF OUR VIEWERS WHO CANNOT GET OUT WHO CANNOT GET OUT AND WHO CANNOT ONLY NOT GET OUT BUT CANNOT GET OUT OF BED OR GET OUT OF THEIR ROOMS. BECAUSE OF THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE ARE MANY OF THEM WHO ARE BEDRIDDEN. MANY OF YOU ARE BEDRIDDEN, HOSPITALIZED, SICK AT HOME OR SIMPLY AND GENERALLY NOT ABLE TO GO OUT AND TO SERVE WITH YOUR HANDS. YOU ARE STILL VALUABLE IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE SO VALUABLE. THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE YOU ARE ABLE TO GET OUT. YOU ARE ABLE TO COME TO CHURCH. A GREAT BLESSING. A GREAT GIFT THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED. BECAUSE SOME PLACES CANNOT DO THIS. IT IS A GIFT AND BUT WHEN ONE DAY WE CANNOT GET OUT WHEN WE ARE IN A SITUATION LIKE THESE PEOPLE ARE OUR VIEWERS, THEN WE REALIZE, YOU KNOW, I AM STILL VALUABLE. I AM STILL VALUABLE IN THE CHURCH. I'M STILL VALUABLE IN THE WORLD. I WILL ALWAYS BE VALUABLE. AND I CAN SERVE IN THAT SITUATION THAT I AM IN. EVERY ONE OF US CAN SERVE WHEN WE ARE SICK OR HOSPITALIZED OR WHEN WE ARE SICK OR EVEN WHEN WE ARE DYING. HOW? HOW CAN WE SERVE WHEN WE ARE DYING? AGAIN JUST LIKE CHRIST. JUST LIKE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE SERVICE OF OFFERING OUR SUFFERINGS, ILLNESSES, DIFFICULTIES, DISCOMFORTS. OUR HARDSHIPS. OFFER ALL OF THAT FOR OTHERS. THE LORD. EVEN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED. WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THE DEAD. WE FORGOT THE POOR SOULS. YOU KNOW. LIKE AGAIN WHEN WE DO THIS WE ARE LIKE THE LORD JESUS THE SUFFERING SERVANT WHO REDEEMS US. TO OFFER HIS SUFFERING. AND WE ARE OFFERING OUR SUFFERINGS. THIS IS SERVICE. THIS IS A GREAT SERVICE IN THE CHURCH ALWAYS LOOKS AT THE SICK AS A VALUABLE REALLY VERY VALUABLE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH. THOSE WHO ARE SICK. THOSE WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED. MOTHER ANGELICA ALWAYS USED TO SAY SHE SUFFERED A LOT, SHE WAS SICK A LOT. SHE USED TO TELL THE FRIARS. ONE TIME SHE GOT HEALED AND SHE DID NOT HAVE TO USE HER CRUTCHES ANYMORE AND I REMEMBER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AFTER THAT SHE MET WITH US AND SHE TOLD US HOW SHE IS A BIT NERVOUS. SHE IS ACTUALLY A BIT NERVOUS. BECAUSE SHE IS NOT SUFFERING. SHE ACTUALLY FELT THIS POVERTY SO TO SPEAK THAT I DO NOT HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE TO THE LORD. WHEN MOST OF HER LIFE SHE OFFERED HER SUFFERINGS. TO THE LORD. AND SHE USED TO SAY THIS IS MY WEAPON. THIS IS MY WEAPON. MY SUFFERING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER TO THE LORD JESUS THAT OTHER PEOPLE CANNOT. SO MOTHER ANGELICA ACTUALLY TOLD US THAT. SHE FELT THIS POVERTY. NOT HAVING THIS DIFFICULTY. WELL EVENTUALLY THE LORD TOOK CARE OF THAT. THE LORD ALWAYS TOOK CARE OF MOTHER. BUT WHENEVER WE ARE IN THAT SITUATION WE WILL BE IN THAT OPPORTUNITY AND CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH THE LORD GIVES US THIS WAY OF SUFFERING LIKE CHRIST. TO SERVE LIKE CHRIST. TO BE A GREAT SERVANT OF GOD AND MANKIND. IF WE SIMPLY UNITE OUR SUFFERINGS AND ILLNESSES AND WHATEVER IS TROUBLING US WITH THAT OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST THE SUFFERING SERVANT THAT ISAIAH PROPHESIED AND TAUGHT ABOUT. AGAIN DO NOT FORGET THOSE WHO HAVE DIED. THEY NEED OUR SERVICE MORE THAN ANYTHING OR ANYONE MORE THAN WE CAN IMAGINE. WE CAN OFFER THEM OUR PRAYERS AND SUFFERINGS AND JOYS AND WORKS HARD OR SIMPLE BIG OR SMALL, SO THAT THEIR PURIFICATION IN PURGATORY WILL BE SHORTENED AND SOON THEY WILL BE IN HEAVEN HELPING US AND SERVING US IN WAYS MORE THAN WE CAN IMAGINE. PERHAPS OUR LITTLE WATCH OR CLOCK CAN SERVE AS A REMINDER WHENEVER IT SETS TO 10:45. 10:45 EITHER IN THE MORNING OR IN THE EVENING AT NIGHT WE ARE TO REMEMBER TO SERVE. WE REMEMBER TO SERVE LIKE JESUS CHRIST WHO CAME NOT TO BE SERVED BUT TO SERVE AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS A RANSOM FOR MANY.
