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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: "This World of Sin" from Cleansing Human Frailty, fourth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. *******\\xa0\\xa0 O LORD, help us to abandon sin and all things of this world that we might follow your Son to Heaven. YHWH, help us to turn from our sins that we might find you.\\xa0 Help us to leave this world behind that we might walk with your Son to the kingdom.\\xa0 This world is passing away; let us not pass with it but come to your presence on high. O LORD, you show sinners the way to you.\\xa0 You instruct us in your mercy to repent and believe in the Gospel your Son brings to us.\\xa0 As He calls to our souls, let us be humble and obedient to His Word, that like the Ninevites we shall be spared, that like Peter and Andrew and James and John we shall abandon our moorings to follow Him, and so enter into your kingdom. Heaven awaits us, O LORD, by your grace.\\xa0 You send your Son to call us there.\\xa0 But we are attached to so many things of this earth and need your help to find the strength to leave them all behind.\\xa0 O let our hearts be open to fully receive the goodness you would share with us!'