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b'(1Sm.3:3b-10,19;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.40:2,4,7-10;\\xa0\\xa0 1Cor.6:13c-15a,17-20;\\xa0\\xa0 Jn.1:35-42)\\xa0 \\u201cThe Lord came and revealed His presence, calling out as before, \\u2018Samuel, Samuel!\\u2019\\u201d\\xa0 The call of Samuel, the call of Peter and his brother(s), and the call of us all to \\u201cglorify God in [our] body.\\u201d\\xa0 As \\u201cSamuel was sleeping in the temple of the Lord\\u201d when the Lord called to him, so we must all have the Holy Spirit within ourselves, we must each \\u201cknow that our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit,\\u201d if we are to hear and answer the call of God.\\xa0 As the disciples were so set upon finding the Christ, so our hearts, too, must be set upon Him, if we are to hear the words, \\u201cWe have found the Messiah.\\u201d\\xa0 He lives, brothers and sisters, and in His Temple He dwells.\\xa0 And each of us He would make His temple; each of us He calls to be His disciple this day.\\xa0 Listen for His voice, and go as you are led. Samuel was but a boy when he was called, and with the pure obedience of a child he responded to God\\u2019s voice.\\xa0 Blessed was he to live with the high priest in the Lord\\u2019s temple, a forerunner of Christ in his living with the Lord from his youth, in his dedication to God and His will.\\xa0 But now the Temple that is Jesus has come into the world, and makes His home with any so inclined, any who would take their rest at this holy Tabernacle of God.\\xa0 He comes indeed now to make His home with us, even in the Sacrament He offers each day.\\xa0 And do we respond as the boy Samuel? \\u201cJohn was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, \\u2018Behold, the Lamb of God\\u2019\\u201d; and so the two disciples find themselves called, and so they follow the Lord: \\u201cthey went and saw where Jesus was staying, and they stayed with Him that day.\\u201d\\xa0 And one called his brother first to the Lord; and so Peter, the rock of the Church, comes to Christ\\u2026 and so are all gathered unto the Lord.\\xa0 And John still points to Jesus to this day, and Peter is still the rock of His teaching and the minister of His Body \\u2013 and we are all now joined to them. \\u201cDo you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?\\u201d brothers and sisters.\\xa0 Do you not understand that you are called to a holiness that equals His own?\\xa0 This you should know, this you should understand \\u2013 His call you should hear ringing in your ear.\\xa0 And \\u201cwith ears open to obedience\\u201d you should answer, \\u201cHere I am,\\u201d and become one with the Blessed Lamb, pure as the flesh of His sacrifice. Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Calling" from Loving Spirit, third album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, let the Church be as the Body of your Son, the Temple of the Holy Spirit.\\xa0 YHWH, you call us all to enter your Temple, to be as your tabernacles in this world, holy and true to your Word, to your call to our souls.\\xa0 Help us to answer you readily, to become as temples of the Holy Spirit, built firmly into your House, the Church. O LORD, our own bodies you would make temples.\\xa0 As your Son you call us to be.\\xa0 And obedient to your Word we shall indeed become as He; offering our lives in union with His, your Law shall be written upon our hearts and we shall be as your sons. Humble as the child Samuel, simple and pure in our understanding of your presence \\u2013 in perfect innocence let us come to you, LORD, and all we do shall be blessed.\\xa0 And we will grow in holiness before you; and we will rest always with you.\\xa0 Your Son has purchased us at the cost of His life\\u2026\\xa0 Let us glorify you in all we think, say, and do, and we will be a worthy Temple.'