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b'(1Pt.5:5-14;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.89:2-3,6-7,16-17;\\xa0\\xa0 Mk.16:15-20)\\xa0 \\u201cGo into the world and proclaim the Good News to all creation.\\u201d Such is the call and accomplishment of our evangelist Mark, whose gospel reflects the song of our psalmist today, \\u201cThe favors of the Lord I will sing forever; through all generations my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness.\\u201d\\xa0 For his inspired Word lives forever to declare the faithfulness of God.\\xa0 And \\u201chappy the people who know the joyful shout,\\u201d who exclaim like Peter in our first reading, \\u201cDominion be His throughout the ages!\\u201d\\xa0 For they \\u201cwalk in the light of [the Lord\\u2019s] countenance,\\u201d and so \\u201cthey rejoice all the day.\\u201d \\u201cThe Eleven went forth and preached everywhere,\\u201d and those who believed in the Good News they proclaimed indeed were saved, as are we today.\\xa0 The promise Peter makes in our first reading is true: \\u201cThe God of all grace, who called you to His everlasting glory in Christ, will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish those who have suffered a little while.\\u201d\\xa0 Though answering the call of the Lord bring suffering in this world, it is but little to endure for the surpassing glory which is ours in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\\xa0 And so to \\u201cbow humbly under God\\u2019s mighty hand, so that in due time He may lift [us] high\\u201d is a joy in itself; the suffering we experience for the sake of the Word is itself laced with great joy, for we know in our souls and have seen that it but leads to exaltation at the right hand of God.\\xa0 \\u201cThrough your justice they are exalted\\u201d \\u2013 so our psalmist praises God for His mercy and His truth.\\xa0 And all souls converted to the Lord will know the Lord\\u2019s justice in full flower. And oh the signs that \\u201cwill accompany those who have professed their faith,\\u201d the strength in the Name and the Spirit of God and the healing graces that are known in them.\\xa0 Every day and in every situation such power is invoked and implemented by those who believe.\\xa0 Be not so forgetful of the wonders Jesus works through those who walk with Him.\\xa0 \\u201cThe heavens proclaim your wonders, O Lord, and your faithfulness, in the assembly of the holy ones.\\u201d\\xa0 The verse is true, my friends.\\xa0 And as \\u201cthe Lord continued to work with [the apostles] throughout and confirm the message [they proclaimed] through the signs which accompanied them,\\u201d so He will not leave alone this day anyone who takes up His cross and even in the humblest fashion proclaims His holy Name.\\xa0 The news is good and the Lord wishes all to hear.\\xa0 Make His message known to the ends of the world: salvation has come to all. Written, read & chanted by James Kurt; produced by Carie Fortney. Music by Annette Meyer; used by permission.\\xa0 ******* O LORD, though we suffer for His Name, your Son is with us all the day, and we walk in the light of His countenance. YHWH, you call your apostles to go out to the whole world and preach the Good News of the coming of Christ.\\xa0 May they be faithful in their mission and may all believe and be baptized, and so be saved.\\xa0 Humbly let all souls come to you, that we might be exalted at your right hand. There is suffering in your call, O LORD; there is even the shedding of blood.\\xa0 But though we might die for the sake of your Name and that of your Son, your peace rests upon us.\\xa0 For it is you who fulfill your work in us, you who go out with all your apostles\\u2026 and you who are with them till the end of time.\\xa0 May they lay their hands on the sick that they might recover, and not be afraid to lose their lives in the process. To every corner of the earth let your Word now come, LORD, to every soul that sits in darkness.\\xa0 Awaken hearts to sing of your glory, you who raise all who bow humbly before you.'