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b'(Ex.19:2-6a;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.100:1-3,5;\\xa0\\xa0 Rom.5:6-11;\\xa0\\xa0 Mt.9:36-10:8) \\u201cI bore you up on eagle wings, and brought you here to myself.\\u201d \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0As the Lord rescued the Israelites from slavery to the Egyptians and brought them into His presence in the desert of Sinai, so in the same way, in a full manner, \\u201cGod proves His love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.\\u201d\\xa0 God loves us and draws us to Himself. \\xa0He is \\u201cmoved with pity\\u201d when He sees us \\u201clike sheep without a shepherd.\\u201d\\xa0 And so He sends the Good Shepherd in Jesus His Son; and so Jesus sends out His apostles to us, so that by their hands we might be freed from sin and the grasp of the devil and be reconciled with God through Christ. \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0And once \\u201cwe have\\u2026 received reconciliation,\\u201d the Lord promises us, \\u201cIf you hearken to my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my special possession, dearer to me than all other people, though all the earth is mine.\\u201d\\xa0 These words He speaks to His chosen ones are the same Paul declares to the Romans when he says, \\u201cIf, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, how much more, once reconciled, will we be saved by His life.\\u201d\\xa0 For saved by the crucifixion of Jesus, \\u201cjustified by His blood\\u201d poured upon us, His life is now with us; and remaining in the way He has set before us, obedient to His command of love\\u2026 laying down our lives as He has, we indeed become \\u201ca kingdom of priests, a holy nation.\\u201d\\xa0 And this Jesus Himself confirms when He instructs His apostles, \\u201cWithout cost you have received\\u201d \\u2013 He has saved us through no merit of our own\\u2026 \\u201cwithout cost you are to give\\u201d \\u2013 all our lives are to be sacrificed for Him and for His holy people. \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0Brothers and sisters, we are \\u201cHis people, the flock He tends.\\u201d\\xa0 The Lord first called the sons of Jacob, and so Jesus first sends His apostles to \\u201cthe lost sheep of the house of Israel,\\u201d to know the fulfillment of the promise made to them in ancient times.\\xa0 And now the Catholic Church is become the New Jerusalem, the new house in which the Lord does dwell, and all are called by God\\u2019s love into its secure confines.\\xa0 As He revealed His love when He \\u201cgave [the apostles] authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness,\\u201d so now the power of God rests upon His Church to draw all men unto the Father by the ministry of His anointed ones. \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0The Lord saves us from all sin; let us come now to be with Him. Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Souls at a Carnival" from All One, sixth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. *******'