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b'(Is.66:10-14c;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.66:1-7,16,20;\\xa0\\xa0 Gal.6:14-18;\\xa0\\xa0 Lk.10:1-12,17-20)\\xa0 \\u201cThe Lord\\u2019s power shall be known to His servants.\\u201d Paul states: \\u201cMay I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.\\u201d\\xa0 Jesus instructs: \\u201cRejoice because your names are written in heaven.\\u201d\\xa0 The bottom line is that \\u201cthe laborer deserves his payment.\\u201d The prosperity of Jerusalem shall flow \\u201clike a river\\u201d over those who work as laborers in the field of the Word of God: \\u201cpeace and mercy\\u201d shall be to the \\u201cIsrael of God.\\u201d\\xa0 All \\u201cwho were mourning over her,\\u201d all who have suffered the indignity of the cross in this exile of ours, shall indeed rejoice as they \\u201csuck fully of the milk of her comfort\\u201d in the heavenly kingdom which the Lord brings to us this day.\\xa0 Indeed, \\u201clet us rejoice in Him.\\xa0 He rules by His might forever.\\u201d\\xa0 And we share in His reign who serve Him now beneath the shadow of the cross. Satan falls now \\u201clike lightning from the sky\\u201d; we \\u201ctread upon serpents and scorpions,\\u201d crushing them underfoot by the power the Lord gives us as we tread this earth in His Name.\\xa0 Sent forth with nothing, we have everything, for He is with us who provides from the throne of heaven.\\xa0 \\u201cAs nurslings\\u201d we are carried in the arms of the New Jerusalem \\u201cand fondled in her lap.\\u201d\\xa0 \\u201cAs a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you,\\u201d the Lord assures us; and indeed in the cross we bear, \\u201cthe marks of Jesus\\u201d on our bodies, we find the open gate that leads to the house of peace: the wounds themselves are the doorway. \\u201cThe kingdom of God is at hand for you,\\u201d my brothers and sisters.\\xa0 I proclaim it in your hearing this day.\\xa0 \\u201cPeace\\u201d and the \\u201cgrace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters.\\u201d\\xa0 Peace be to your house.\\xa0 You shall know His peace and find His healing as you accept His sweet cross upon your backs.\\xa0 \\u201cWhen you see this, your heart shall rejoice and your bodies flourish like the grass\\u201d; for in that day you shall be a \\u201cnew creation.\\u201d\\xa0 You will say with Paul, \\u201cThe world has been crucified to me, and I to the world,\\u201d and you will make your abode in heaven.\\xa0 That day is upon you now, brothers and sisters.\\xa0 Heed the Lord\\u2019s call to go forth as lambs in the midst of wolves, and you shall find His incomparable blessing of the peace which passes all understanding \\u2013 you shall come into His kingdom. \\u201cHear now, all you who fear God, while I declare what He has done for me.\\u201d\\xa0 For me \\u201cHe has changed the sea into dry land\\u201d and by the blood of His cross cleansed these feet to which the dust did once cling, that I might enter heaven.\\xa0 Walk now in His power, I beg you, children of the Lord.\\xa0 \\u201cThe harvest is abundant.\\u201d\\xa0 Let us go forth laboring and eating of this Bread. Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder" from Listening to the Lamp, ninth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, may your Spirit guide us on the road to the Cross. YHWH, how shall we be fit for your kingdom?\\xa0 How shall we give ourselves as we must to your will?\\xa0 Help us to leave all behind and never turn back to it.\\xa0 Help us to follow your Son even to the Cross.\\xa0 For if you do not help us, we shall falter on the way.\\xa0 Without your grace we shall not have the light and strength we need. O LORD, our spirit is willing to follow you, but how weak is our flesh.\\xa0 How concerned we are about the things of this earth!\\xa0 And so your Son must be severe with us, for how else shall we break the yoke of slavery to sin?\\xa0 Without His sharp Word we would linger in complacency all our days. O let the ties that bind us to this world be cut and we be free to walk with Jesus in utter service and love!\\xa0 May the fire of your Spirit be upon us to burn away all attachment to sin.\\xa0 Be our sole refuge, dear God, that no corruption we shall know but remain at your right hand forever.'