Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - 10/10/21

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together on this columbus day weekend this indigenous people's day weekend this this marathon weekend this weekend where we come together from near and far to celebrate and gather around the table this morning i want to uh just uh give a couple of quick shout outs last week the feast of saint francis was on on monday the fourth so we typically bring in our pets and everything like that and we didn't see mul the turtle this year moe's like 19 or 119 years old i don't know but moe didn't come in but we got rosie the goat rosie the goat came in at the night at the 11 30 and uh left us a little present on the steps but i was it was great you know it's great to have rosie so uh gavin i want to say uh thanks for bringing rosie and it was wonderful um i also want to say hello to uh harry helbach's grandparents jim and eileen gibbons in new jersey celebrating their 68th wedding anniversary today i want to say hi to jim mccune somerville westerville and then deborah i don't know if you're here from los gatos california visiting your kids your birthday was yesterday you gave your kidney to bernadette who wrote me this beautiful note sent some homemade biscotti cookies all i'm doing is putting on weight but they're delicious and deborah i don't know if you're here with your family but it's so good to have you be with us i'll tell you bernadette wrote this note and she says my husband and i live in los gatos california we've been attending since march 2020 every week we love the excellent video quality the beautiful church the heavenly singers and it all caught our attention in your words blah blah right we feel so connected to you and your parish that the light just shines apart was that timing what just happened we feel so connected to the parish and then we find ourselves making comments like oh i wonder where ryan is this week or nathan's hair is getting quite long somebody even said last week not you look younger in person than you do on the tv you look thinner in person and i was just like give me a big hug there it's awful anyway keep those cards and notes coming thank you so much for your support and then lastly anna and ryan romans who used to be here at st sees while doing residency they're watching from kansas city and working at children's mercy hospital doing all the good work so we welcome you and especially today as rob said in the beginning i want to welcome all who are uh here running the marathon supporting our family members and friends uh rob it's good to have you from the quakertown pennsylvania crew uh here years and years and years so it's good to begin in that spirit let's call on the spirit that brings all of us together from near and far as we begin in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit and the lord be with all of you let's settle our spirits now and be in god's presence and in the presence of each other but especially that presence of mercy lord jesus you remind us to give what we have lord have mercy christ jesus and following you you want us to be happy and not sad christ have mercy and lord jesus you remind us that you are the wisdom of god and your ways are the way lord have mercy so may our good and loving god then have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to new and eternal life [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] mercy on us [Applause] [Music] me [Applause] [Music] foreign jesus christ [Music] [Applause] [Music] and on earth [Applause] so let us pray lord may your wisdom and grace at all times go before us and follow after us and make us always determined to carry out good works in the ways of your son our lord jesus christ who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever a reading from the book of wisdom i prayed imprudence was given me i pleaded and the spirit of wisdom came to me i preferred her to scepter and throne in deemed riches nothing in comparison with her nor did i liken any priceless gem to her because all gold in view of her is a little sand and before her silver is to be accounted mire beyond health and calmlyness i loved her and i chose to have her rather than the light because the splendor of her never yields to sleep yet all good things came to me in her company in countless riches at her hands the word of the lord thanks be to god [Music] fill us with your love o lord and we will sing for joy we will sing for joy [Music] we will [Music] teach us to number our days that we make in wisdom of heart turn back o lord how [Music] fill us with [Music] we will [Music] us with your merciful love we shall exalt and rejoice our lord jesus give us joy for the strength of our affliction for thy years [Music] [Music] we will [Music] your deed be seen by your servants and your glory us are by their children the favor of the lord our god be upon us [Music] us [Music] with us we will [Music] a reading from the letter to the hebrews brothers and sisters indeed the word of god is living and effective sharper than any two-edged sword penetrating even between soul and spirit joints and marrow and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart no creature is concealed from him but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account the word of the lord [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you have the words of everlasting life [Music] the lord be with you a reading from the holy gospel according to mark so as jesus was setting out on a journey a man ran up he knelt down before him and he asked him good teacher what must i do to inherit eternal life jesus answered him why do you call me good no one's good but god alone you know the commandments you shall not kill you shall not commit adultery you shall not steal you shall not bear false witness don't lie don't defraud honor your father and mother so he said to him teacher all of these i have observed from my youth and jesus looking at him loved him and said to him you are lacking in one thing go sell what you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven then come and follow me at that statement his face fell and he went away sad for he had many possessions so jesus looked around and he said to the disciples how hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of god the disciples didn't understand what he meant they were amazed at his words so jesus again said to them in reply how hard it is to enter the kingdom of god it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of god now they really didn't understand they were exceedingly astonished and they said to themselves then who can be saved what's it all about and jesus looked at them and he said for human beings it seems impossible but not for god all things are possible for god so peter began to say to him what we've given up everything to follow you and jesus said i hear i say to you amen there's no one who has given up your house your family your brothers or sisters mother father wife husband children lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age more houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands with persecutions but with eternal life in the age to come the gospel the challenging good news of the lord first of all no matter who we are and how much we have whether it's money possessions houses cars whatever clothes whatever it is i'm going to kind of put out a blanket statement where we're all rich first of all just living in america not everybody but in general i don't consider myself rich and then when i think about it i'm rich not sleeping on the street i'm not down corner mass and cass pay my bills whatever small bills i have do you know what i'm saying eat well too well rich a couple of weeks ago i mentioned that back in 2016 or 2015 the globe did a story on the average net worth here in boston people of color black people african-american people white people i thought it was a typo you remember i said this average white person in the city of boston 250 thousand dollars average net worth of a black person in this city eight dollars i thought it was a typo how did they figure that how can that be eight two hundred and fifty 000. so not everybody's rich but what i want to focus on today is not exactly how much is in the bank account or how much we have it's what we do with what we have and in the end do you and i leave this life or experience in life with the kid in the gospel experienced walking away sad because we were possessed by our possessions and trust me i feel like i've been convicted by my own words and i'm going to say in a few minutes that i said at the five o'clock mass this isn't meant to be convicting like this it's meant to be motivating and it's meant to actually i hope help us to see what these scriptures are saying to us in 2021 so i'm going to start off with a question what do you hope to inherit in this life think about it what do you want to inherit what's coming up don't say it out loud but you know just think about these things you guys can say it out loud at home you know money paintings jewelry houses cars land what do you hope to inherit on the list that may have just come up did eternal life figure into the top three or the top five of the top ten it didn't when i first unconsciously responded what would i want to inherit and yet what's the first question the kid in the gospel asked jesus today good teacher what do i have to do to inherit eternal life do you ever think about that as a reminder we are just moving through eternal life it doesn't start the clock doesn't start ticking once you take the last breath we're in eternity right now right we're finite people we're born we die there's a beginning there's an end the concept of eternity like well what were we before i don't know who will we be after i don't know but i believe those words of jesus that say i never ever ever would have told you that i was going to prepare a place for you if i wasn't and when i come back again i'll take you with me so that where i am you also may be i believe those words i believe there is something else yes there's different stuff in life that challenges us on this level makes us doubt and wonder is there anything is it just over after the last breath but do you believe those words from jesus and if we do believe in eternity this hundred years give or take on this earth is a pinprick when you think of it in light of eternity so there's a way to be and jesus models the way to be in his three years of public ministry between the ages of 30 and 33 he showed us how to be you take care of each other you forgive each other that was his number one issue if you ask me you feed one another you work for justice you go to the margins reminding people of their goodness beauty dignity and worth because you know about yourself you share all the stuff that we've learned from our parents in a long life he shows us the way to be and somehow that way of being is connected with an eternal way of being that's why he says the kid you want to inherit eternal life you want to you want to get what the kingdom of god about eternal life is about go sell all that stuff that's holding you back that you don't even know you think you've attained all this stuff you think you've worked hard for all this stuff which you have but it's not it it's actually encumbering you on some level unless you use it in the right way that's how i hear him speaking to me you want to eternal life do all this stuff you'll have more houses and mothers and brothers and fathers and sons and sisters and daughters and everything and all that oh you'll have persecutions too you're gonna this there's gonna be a cost to this but you'll have more than you ever desired so second question is what holds you and me back from fullness of life in the way that jesus intends it what keeps you and me knowingly unknowingly consciously or unconsciously sad because we're possessed by what we possess our possessions i just had a conversation after the eight o'clock mass with a good friend of mine a buddy of mine love him classmates in the seminary eventually left got married he says uni you're not going to believe this i have so much stuff that i know i'm like i'm in the same boat you know like like hang on to everything i'll read that book again i remember when i got that shirt 20 years ago who gave it to me and i have such great emotional i mean come on there's somebody who needs a shirt john you're not going to read that book again you barely read it the first time what's going on there in that dynamic huh i don't know does anybody else wrestle with this storage units tell me that's not the fire alarm and that's somebody's phone it's oh or is that the time limit frank you shut me down here so what is it to be interested in inheriting eternal life what does that even mean what do you and i pray for what do you pray for do we pray for material things or riches pray for money pray to find the right person the right life partner do we pray to win the lottery do we pray for health for ourselves and for others these are all things that we pray for but if we are interested in inheriting eternal life do you and i pray for and desire the deeper things that we heard about in the readings today the wisdom to know what's important and what's not i love that first reading have you ever prayed for wisdom anybody ever prayed for wisdom forget the lottery pray for wisdom i prayed in prudence i prayed and wisdom was given to me god wants nothing more than to give you and me what we need we can't always get what we want but if you try sometime you just might find he always get i'm off the card right it's underneath here but god always gives us what we need i prayed and wisdom was given me to make the right choices in life be with the right people do the right things i pleaded and the spirit of wisdom came to me i preferred wisdom to scepter and thrown in other words to power i i deemed riches nothing compared to wisdom or any priceless gem all gold in view of wisdom is like sand silver like mud even beyond health and comeliness comeliness whatever i mean who uses health and beauty health and beauty aisle three rite aid right health and beauty even beyond health and beauty i loved wisdom i wanted wisdom we're always praying for health i chose to have wisdom even more than light because wisdom never yields to sleep in darkness and then at the end it says and in doing this all good things came together to me in her countless riches were at my hands wisdom gonna bring me all that have you ever prayed for wisdom try it wisdom helps us to go deeper as the author of the letter to hebrew says wisdom god's spirit it's living it's effective it's sharper than a sword it penetrates between soul and spirit joints marrow and ligature it's able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart nothing is concealed i want to have that kind of a mind that kind of a spirit and soul that kind of a faith don't you don't we want to pass it on to our kids and our grandkids that they can reflect on the deepest levels make the best choices the healthiest choices in life that we can see what's important and what's not how to use what we've been given and worked hard for in the best ways that young man was stuck he was stuck on the surface good teacher what do i have to do to inherit eternal life well you know the first i think jesus had an attitude i i still don't understand how he goes good teacher why you calling me a good teacher i could just see him like with a little attitude you know like nobody's good but god alone you know the commandments like i was and maybe this is just my interpretation or misinterpretation of how jesus looked down because later it says he looked at him with love i i thought i saw the kid as i'm dating myself in this reference as eddie haskell hello mrs cleaver hello mr cleaver right good teacher don't call me good you know the commandments don't do this this this this and this oh i've been doing those my whole you see when we're young we get the rules and the regulations we like you know we we like that it's easy we know what the rules are we know what to do what not to do we follow them jesus wants him and us to go deeper in our relationship and not just be good rule followers don't just follow the commandments there's one thing that you're lacking pal go sell all that you have all that's possessing you give it away to the poor then come and follow me and his face fell because he had many many possessions we like to stay on the surface and keep things transactional but that's from the younger portion of life as we get older we got to go deeper can't just follow the rules we don't throw the rules out but it's not just about that that's when jesus looks at him with love and invites him to go deeper you want eternal life you can't do it on the surface genuine wisdom for what jesus is talking about costs everything that one possesses and as i stand here in the middle aisle saying this i'm telling you right now i am holding back i'm not totally don't let the robes and the roll fool you oh he's a priest he's given up everything ah not even close we don't it's the hot level what possesses you and me what keeps you and me from going deeper with jesus in this invitation of today's gospel what has a strong grip on you and me that keeps us from going deeper and following him in this way as he says that is why it's so hard for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of god and once again it doesn't matter what's in our bank accounts all that kind of we are all wealthy on a lot of different levels we live in america we have stuff even more challenging if we have a lot that's why it's so hard because these things can possess us but what if we use them as tools to help our help others when you and i hold on to power control and security that abundant riches can bring it's antithetical to the vulnerability the receptivity and the risk that abandoning oneself to jesus and to following him requires says sister barbara reid i don't know if i want to make myself that vulnerable we're taught in life don't make your cell phone make sure you don't have financial insecurity make it's challenging is it not is it's challenging it's not impossible she says if we're rich but it can be difficult exceedingly difficult it's really what we do with our possessions our money and our wealth saint ignatius of of loyola founder of what group the jesuits saint ignatius would say be detached he uses the words have a holy indifference that keeps us detached from being consumed by our stuff or a desire for wealth or poverty fame or infamy and be connected with whatever opens us to serve and give greater glory to god so once again how do we use who we are and what we have for the greater glory of god for helping people saint francis you know what he did he went in the middle of the town square in assisi his father was a rich guy he had a big business the kid was going to inherit the business he goes off the hippy frank of assisi right goes off comes back with his his crew stands in the in the middle of the town and starts to strip strip strip buck naked right there in the middle of town his father is beyond because it wasn't just the act of what he did he was basically disowning his inheritance and then he followed jesus in the way that he did it warns us that the desire for more more more lord of the rings my precious be it of goods prestige luxury power it can divert us from our greatest potential and greatest inheritance and then lastly we don't know about this kid in the gospel he might have gone away sad but we don't know what happened afterwards he might have come around at some point said hey it took me a while i really love that stuff i really have to go through all my belongings and go through everything and maybe he came around or maybe he thought to himself jesus is a nice guy but i'm staying on the surface i'm just going to follow the rules he's nuts so this week we might not all be called to be saint ignatius or saint francis but whoever we are let's evaluate what we own everything from our material goods to our money to our desire for more let's even evaluate our good health our sound mind and our independence stuff that i take for granted all the time and does what we have in own free us to live and give and to help others or does it tie us down in fear and loss secondly what's the inheritance from this life that you and i are looking for do we want to go away sad and rich remember there's no u-haul after a hearse usually in a funeral possession or do we want to go happy because we've been generous and then third and last this week whoever we are pray for the gift of wisdom let's not go away sad from this life during it and at the end let's stand and profess what it is that we believe because this is challenging stuff this is stuff that's going to pull us out of our comfort zones so what's the foundation of what we believe that propels us in the direction i believe in one god the father the almighty and the maker of heaven and earth of all things visible and invisible and i believe in one lord jesus christ the only begotten son of god born of the father before all ages god from god light from light true god from true god begotten not made but consubstantial with the father through him all things were made for us for our salvation he came down from heaven and by the holy spirit was incarnate of the virgin mary and became human for our sake he was crucified under pontius pilate he suffered death and was buried and he rose again on the third day in accordance with the scriptures he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the father he will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end i believe in the holy spirit the lord the giver of life who proceeds from the father and the son who with the father and the son is adored and glorified who has spoken through the prophets and i believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church i confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins and i look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come amen as we move through this life we try to emulate the ways of jesus modeled for us it's through our prayer that we stay connected and that we're given the gift of wisdom collectively let's make our needs known now for us as church that god will let us not be sad and will free us from fear and help us to grow in our awareness that with god all things are possible we pray lord hear our prayer for the sinai that pope francis has opened that god will guide the whole church in listening to the holy spirit so that we may deepen our communion and be more faithful to the mission of jesus we pray lord hear our prayer for deeper awareness that we may recognize the limits of power beauty fame health and wealth and learn to trust god who alone fulfills all our needs and wants we pray for a greater reverence and appreciation of human life that we may recognize god's gift of life in each person particularly in the unborn the very young and the elderly and for all who cannot speak for themselves we pray lord hear our prayer for all who have experienced abuse that god will heal and renew them help their voices to be heard and help all in leadership to take effective action to protect the vulnerable and powerless we pray lord hear our prayer for teachers preachers and spiritual directors that god will plant the divine word deep within them and inspire them to share it in dynamic and life-giving ways we pray for the sick and suffering among us fred anzaloni john remy bagel ronnie labreck dale colliver peter walsh kristen erner patty mcneil christy williams bernard klaus john rood anastasia toomey raffaele santoro bill teluska lawless joe shaw igor omochenko william rogerio rick carmen wayne lukowski kathy conroy larry mccarthy little nicholas collins grace luconan bob mcdonald bill lucas eileen boleski kaden boyce bob haas and patricia axmeyer we pray lord hear our prayer for all who have died especially william joseph o'connor paul skiba senior leo rusk mary sue caposa anne-marie collins marilyn montoy joe reviccio and william gibler for their eternal peace we pray for the intentions we hold in the silence of our hearts we pray lord as we come together this morning we pray for the great gift of wisdom it comes from the holy spirit your son may it guide us in all that we're about that help us to be generous in love in all that we do and may it help us to walk away filled with joy we ask this through christ our lord amen you know this parish which means you us all of us i mean our people are so generous and i cannot thank you enough for your generosity on so many levels in this parish what you've done not only for the physical plant but as you keep people going behind the scenes so i want to say thank you and i want to say thank you to all of you who contribute online and all those in the pews your generosity has kept us going throughout the pandemic every october we invite people to join the i give program which is our offertory commitment program because you know just passing the baskets doesn't really do it and last week we had 864 participants in it so we're not asking for any more money we're just asking for more participation and we had over 900 uh so people signed up over the last week and so throughout the month we really invite you you can take your phone put on the flow code on the worship aid but we'd love for you to be joining our i give program you can do it on your screens at home it's really what helps us to have sustained a predictable income so we can budget your money and be good stewards of it so thank you so much check out the flow code on the video or on your worship aid and once again grateful grateful speaking of money we do have a second collection today it's the annual collection for the pope's charitable works it's called peters pence and it helps him uh with his uh charitable works throughout the world we thank you for your generosity [Music] let them come to the water [Music] [Music] without one [Applause] [Music] the price [Music] [Music] let them come to the water [Music] [Music] without my [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] except for the lord [Music] i'm to the water [Music] oh [Music] except for the lord except for the lord [Music] and so would you pray my friends that my sacrifice and yours may be made acceptable to god the loving the generous and gentle father lord we ask you to accept the prayers of this gathering here this morning and these simple gifts of bread and wine that through our acts of devotion are coming together today we may pass over to the promise of inherited eternal life all through christ the risen lord amen will the lord be with you let's lift up our hearts and let's give thanks to the lord our god it's truly right and just yes it's our duty but it's our eternal salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god for in you each one of us lives we move and we have our very being and while in this body we not only experience the daily effects of your love and care but even now we possess the pledge of life eternal by having received the first fruits of the holy spirit at our own baptism the spirit that raised jesus from the dead we hoped for an everlasting share in eternal life all through the paschal mystery so let's join with the angels and saints now as we sing that hymn of glory [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] was [Applause] [Music] the lord god you are holy indeed you lord are the source of all holiness all love all life make holy these gifts of bread and wine send your spirit upon them like the dewfall that they may become for us the body and the blood of our lord jesus christ at the time that he was betrayed and entered willingly into his own suffering his passion he took bread and giving you thanks he broke it and then he gave it to his disciples his friends he said take this all of you and eat of it this is my body which will be given up for you can you imagine what it was like for him to say that to the disciples at the moment knowing what was to come i mean we go through the ritual the mass every sunday but what was that like he's just totally giving of himself and in a similar way when supper was ended he took the chalice and once again giving you thanks he gave it to his disciples he said take this all of you drink from it this is the chalice of my blood it's the blood of the new the eternal covenant and it will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins so do this in memory of me the mystery of faith we proclaim your death [Music] [Applause] [Music] sunday after sunday as we celebrate the memorial of the death and resurrection of jesus we offer you lord god this the bread of life the chalice of salvation we give you thanks that you've held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you humbly we pray the partaking of the body and blood of christ we may be gathered into one by the holy spirit lord remember your church spread throughout the world bring us to the fullness of charity together with francis our pope sean our bishop religious the clergy and all your people and lord remember all of our sisters and brothers fathers and mothers all who have fallen asleep in that hope of resurrection we especially remember mary sue caposa remember william joseph o'connor and paul skiba remember leo rusk anne-marie collins marilyn montouri joe reviccio william geibler and all those you and i love and miss so deeply lord welcome them into the light of your face have mercy on each of us we pray that with the blessed virgin mary the mother of god joseph her spouse with the apostles and all the saints who've pleased you throughout the ages that we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life and may praise and glorify you simply by the way we live on our lives through your son jesus christ our lord for it's through him with him in him o god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit that all glory all honor is yours now and forever [Music] oh [Music] at the savior's word and formed by divine teaching by the spirit of wisdom the holy spirit let's pray as jesus taught us our father what in heaven hallowed be your name your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us deliver us lord we pray from every evil graciously grant peace in our day that by the help of your mercy we may always be free from sin and safe from all distress as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our savior jesus christ for the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever lord jesus you said to your apostles i leave you peace my peace i give to you look not on our sin but on the faith of your church and graciously grant us peace and unity in accordance with your will who live and reign forever and ever and the peace of the lord jesus be with all of you let's offer each other a sign of that peace [Music] [Applause] [Music] of the world mercy on [Music] us is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] behold the lamb of god the one who doesn't want us to go through this life or leave this life sad the one who wants to give us his wisdom one who takes away the sins of this world blessed are those called to the supper of the lamb lord i'm not worthy that you should enter into my roof only say to me for communion we invite um you know please remain seated the people in the side roads you guys can start moving down to the back the ushers are right there and then once they come through you guys should really start right now yeah yeah because otherwise they'll blame it that i talked too long and i really think communion is what takes a long time here um so if you guys in the middle could just uh stay put and then once they've come through then we'll just go communion as normal but please come to the table [Music] he has ready [Applause] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] god [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the lord is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] of love jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] teach us [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] us [Music] so let us pray lord we entreat your majesty most humbly that as you nourish us through this eucharist the body and blood of your son that we may gain wisdom of life so that you may make us sharers of his divine nature he who lives and reigns forever and never amen so i'd like to invite you to be seated but i'd like to all the runners uh in the marathon tomorrow for marathons if you wouldn't remind wouldn't mind remaining standing well first of all i think you should get an applause just for running this thing you know just to run it it's beautiful it's awesome i think it's enough just to uh to be a spectator never mind you know running this it's uh the training that's gone into this i hope it's a good favorable conditions for for you guys tomorrow and be uh watching from the uh the firehouse next door so sending the uh the proverbial blessings around the corner so kate come on you're running this get up there all right so why don't we all raise our hands as we send send the holy spirit upon you guys good and loving god you the source of our strength and our stamina and our perseverance we ask you to bless these runners these are family members and friends who've gathered here today to be nourished at the table in preparation for the marathon bless them keep them safe from all injury all harm may there be no heartbreaks on the hill or anywhere along the 26.2 instill within them that healthy self-respect for the body reward them for their perseverance bless all the spectators the medical teams and staff all those who are first responders and work for public safety and as saint paul says may you compete well may you finish the race and keep the faith and may this blessing of the father the son and the holy spirit come upon all of you guys tomorrow and forever amen congrats all the best it's awesome so normally we run about a buck 15 an hour and 15 minutes i want to say we got a minute to spare so i would like to tell you a few more stories no i'm kidding and that was with a blessing and starting late so we did all right today huh challenging stuff but the go-to's and the takeaways of this pray for the gift of wisdom download these readings today pray for that gift especially if you're young it will lead you and guide you in ways you don't even know and number two not a guilt trip today this is about what we do with what we have and let's not go away sad as we make somebody else happy the lord be with you may the good god bless all of us father son and holy spirit our celebration's over let's go forth to run well in life thanks be to god [Music] oh [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is is [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] join us for coffee come downstairs and join us for coffee [Music] [Music] [Applause] so you

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