Archive for January 4th, 2009

Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you

January 4, 2009

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The Words of Jesus of Nazareth by Lee Cantelon

The Blessings

 

Blessed are you who hear the word of God and follow it where it leads. In doing so, you will be like the servant who, when the master comes, is found doing right.

 

Blessed are you, who put your whole trust in God. Yours is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you, who are acquainted with sorrow, for you will be appointed great comfort and courage. Blessed are you, who with humility recognize your need of God. The whole earth will be yours. Blessed are you, who hunger and thirst after righteousness. You will be satisfied and filled. Blessed are you, who are merciful. You will receive mercy in return. Blessed are you, who are pure in heart. You will see God.

 

Blessed are you peacemakers, for you will be called the children of God. Blessed are you, who pursue salvation. You will become the citizens of the kingdom of God . Blessed are you when you suffer blame and are spoken of evilly for doing my will. Rejoice! Leap for joy! Great is your reward in heaven. In a similar manner, they persecuted the prophets before your time.

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Abba, Father, Lord God, aware and thankful for all your blessings; humbled I rise seeking Your will first, knowing all along it is only in Jesus Christ that I will find what I need to feel Your will and follow it. In the communion of my spirit with the Holy Spirit, I know I can feel oneness with You through Jesus, I seek consciousness of the spirit to discipline and strengthen my faith in the service of others for His name sake and passion. I lift up to You all those who feel poor in spirit, weak and needy praying for them and asking that for the sake of His passion You would have mercy on them and on the whole world. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

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You strayed from the way and did not return because you were ashamed. It would be more logical if you were ashamed not to return.

— St. Josemaria Escriva

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Isaiah 60:1-6

1  Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. 
Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13

12  For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper. 13  He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy. 
Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6

2  assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,  3  how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly.  5  which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;  6  that is, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 
Matthew 2:1-12

1  Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying,  2  "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him."  10  When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy; 

11  and going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 

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Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

When Heaven Invades Earth Unabridged By Bill Johnson Narrated by Tim Lundeen – When Heaven Invades Earth is a powerful statement and testimony on the Kingdom of God. Theologically sound, well supported, and extremely well argued, this message provides a carefully constructed biblical foundation for the average Christian to live and walk in the miraculous power of God. Not only is the supernatural possible, it is our commission. The Great Commission that Christ gave the Church challenges us and makes us responsible to rise up to this supreme supernatural calling. Johnson explains how we are called to dominion in the earth through the divine rule of God.

Soul Communication: Opening Your Spiritual Channels for Success and Fulfillment Unabridged By Zhi Gang Sha Narrated by Marilyn Smith Do you want to communicate with your own soul? Do you want to communicate with your spiritual guides and angels? Do you want to communicate directly with the Divine? You can! In Soul Communication, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha reveals secret Soul Power techniques to develop the four major spiritual communication channels: Soul Language, Direct Soul Communication, Third Eye, and Direct Knowing. While the soul wisdom is profound, Dr. Sha also gives you remarkably simple and practical tools for applying it. This book empowers you to transform every aspect of your life, from health to relationships and finances. Receive guidance from the Divine, your spiritual guides, and your own soul. Empower yourself to fulfill your physical life and your spiritual life.

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Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

January 4, 2009

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The Words of Jesus of Nazareth by Lee Cantelon

Christ’s Prayer for His Disciples

 

Father, the hour is come. Glorify your Son, that he can bring glory to you in return. You have given him authority over every man and woman on earth, that he might impart eternal life to those you have given him.

 

This is life eternal: that all might know the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have glorified you on earth by completing the work that you entrusted to me. Now, Father, reveal my glory as I stand in your presence, the glory I have known with you since before the world began. I have revealed you to those that you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have accepted your eternal words. Now they too know that everything you have given me comes from you. I have faithfully delivered to them the words that you gave me; they have believed them, and know in their hearts that I have come from God, sent by you on their behalf.

 

I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me; for they truly are yours. All who have believed in me are yours; and they do honor me. I am returning to you in heaven; but those that believe in me remain behind. Father, keep them by the power of your name; that they all may be one, as we are one.

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Lord God, Abba Father, ’in heaven, may all the earth recognize that you are the one and holy God. May your kingdom dwell among us. May your purpose be accomplished on earth, as it is in heaven. Provide us with daily bread to sustain us, and forgive our falling short. Help us to forgive those who have wronged us. Keep us from wandering into faithlessness, and deliver us from the evil one. For to you belongs all power and glory, eternally. Let it be so.’ In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

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It is impossible for a person who prays regularly to remain in serious sin; because the two are incompatible, one or the other will have to be given up.

— St. Teresa of Avila

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Philippians 2:5-11

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,  6  who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,  7  but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.  8  And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.  9  Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name,  10  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,  11  and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 
Psalm 113:1-8
Matthew 1:18-23

18  Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit;  19  and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.  20  But as he considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit;  21  she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."  22  All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:  23  "Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel" (which means, God with us). 

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Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

When Heaven Invades Earth Unabridged By Bill Johnson Narrated by Tim Lundeen – When Heaven Invades Earth is a powerful statement and testimony on the Kingdom of God. Theologically sound, well supported, and extremely well argued, this message provides a carefully constructed biblical foundation for the average Christian to live and walk in the miraculous power of God. Not only is the supernatural possible, it is our commission. The Great Commission that Christ gave the Church challenges us and makes us responsible to rise up to this supreme supernatural calling. Johnson explains how we are called to dominion in the earth through the divine rule of God.

Soul Communication: Opening Your Spiritual Channels for Success and Fulfillment Unabridged By Zhi Gang Sha Narrated by Marilyn Smith Do you want to communicate with your own soul? Do you want to communicate with your spiritual guides and angels? Do you want to communicate directly with the Divine? You can! In Soul Communication, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha reveals secret Soul Power techniques to develop the four major spiritual communication channels: Soul Language, Direct Soul Communication, Third Eye, and Direct Knowing. While the soul wisdom is profound, Dr. Sha also gives you remarkably simple and practical tools for applying it. This book empowers you to transform every aspect of your life, from health to relationships and finances. Receive guidance from the Divine, your spiritual guides, and your own soul. Empower yourself to fulfill your physical life and your spiritual life.

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Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends, He may throw me to strangers, He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide the future from me; still He knows what He is about.

January 4, 2009

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The Words of Jesus of Nazareth by Lee Cantelon

This Generation

 

How can I describe this generation? They are like children sitting in the market place, calling to their friends: "We have played merrily on our flutes; but you would not dance or sing. We have played a dirge; but you have refused to be sad."

 

John, the forerunner, came and lived among you in great austerity. Everyone said: "He must be possessed of a demon."

 

Now the Son of Man has come to you, enjoying life, and you say: "He is a drunkard and a glutton, and the friend of sinners!" With such brilliance, you justify your own inconsistency.

 

Oh generation, who live your lives based on lies: how can you, being without truth, say anything worth hearing? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

 

When it is evening, you say: "It will be fair weather, for the sky is red."

 

In the morning you say: "It will be foul weather today, for the sky is threatening."

 

With accuracy you forecast a change in the weather. How is it that you have failed to discern the signs of the times?

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Lord God, Abba Father, thankful and humble I seek to turn my eyes outward in Your service, accepting I am what I am, in Your hands I place myself for Your use and open myself to Your will. With eyes of faith I know I will prevail and overcome that which I have caused and that which may come, all for Your glory and honor. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

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Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him….He does nothing in vain; He may prolong my life, He may shorten it; He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends, He may throw me to strangers, He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide the future from me; still He knows what He is about.

— St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

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1 John 2:22-28

22  Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.  23  No one who denies the Son has the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.  24  Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.  25  And this is what he has promised us, eternal life.  26  I write this to you about those who would deceive you;  27  but the anointing which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one should teach you; as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him.  28  And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 
Psalm 98:1-4
John 1:19-28

19  And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"  20  He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."  21  And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No."  22  They said to him then, "Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"  23  He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, `Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said."  24  Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.  25  They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"  26  John answered them, "I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know,  27  even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."  28  This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 

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Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

When Heaven Invades Earth Unabridged By Bill Johnson Narrated by Tim Lundeen – When Heaven Invades Earth is a powerful statement and testimony on the Kingdom of God. Theologically sound, well supported, and extremely well argued, this message provides a carefully constructed biblical foundation for the average Christian to live and walk in the miraculous power of God. Not only is the supernatural possible, it is our commission. The Great Commission that Christ gave the Church challenges us and makes us responsible to rise up to this supreme supernatural calling. Johnson explains how we are called to dominion in the earth through the divine rule of God.

Soul Communication: Opening Your Spiritual Channels for Success and Fulfillment Unabridged By Zhi Gang Sha Narrated by Marilyn Smith Do you want to communicate with your own soul? Do you want to communicate with your spiritual guides and angels? Do you want to communicate directly with the Divine? You can! In Soul Communication, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha reveals secret Soul Power techniques to develop the four major spiritual communication channels: Soul Language, Direct Soul Communication, Third Eye, and Direct Knowing. While the soul wisdom is profound, Dr. Sha also gives you remarkably simple and practical tools for applying it. This book empowers you to transform every aspect of your life, from health to relationships and finances. Receive guidance from the Divine, your spiritual guides, and your own soul. Empower yourself to fulfill your physical life and your spiritual life.

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Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends, He may throw me to strangers, He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide the future from me; still He knows what He is about.

January 4, 2009

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The Words of Jesus of Nazareth by Lee Cantelon

This Generation

 

How can I describe this generation? They are like children sitting in the market place, calling to their friends: "We have played merrily on our flutes; but you would not dance or sing. We have played a dirge; but you have refused to be sad."

 

John, the forerunner, came and lived among you in great austerity. Everyone said: "He must be possessed of a demon."

 

Now the Son of Man has come to you, enjoying life, and you say: "He is a drunkard and a glutton, and the friend of sinners!" With such brilliance, you justify your own inconsistency.

 

Oh generation, who live your lives based on lies: how can you, being without truth, say anything worth hearing? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

 

When it is evening, you say: "It will be fair weather, for the sky is red."

 

In the morning you say: "It will be foul weather today, for the sky is threatening."

 

With accuracy you forecast a change in the weather. How is it that you have failed to discern the signs of the times?

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Lord God, Abba Father, thankful and humble I seek to turn my eyes outward in Your service, accepting I am what I am, in Your hands I place myself for Your use and open myself to Your will. With eyes of faith I know I will prevail and overcome that which I have caused and that which may come, all for Your glory and honor. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

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Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him….He does nothing in vain; He may prolong my life, He may shorten it; He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends, He may throw me to strangers, He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide the future from me; still He knows what He is about.

— St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

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1 John 2:22-28

22  Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.  23  No one who denies the Son has the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.  24  Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.  25  And this is what he has promised us, eternal life.  26  I write this to you about those who would deceive you;  27  but the anointing which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one should teach you; as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him.  28  And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 
Psalm 98:1-4
John 1:19-28

19  And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"  20  He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."  21  And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No."  22  They said to him then, "Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"  23  He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, `Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said."  24  Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.  25  They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"  26  John answered them, "I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know,  27  even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."  28  This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 

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Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

When Heaven Invades Earth Unabridged By Bill Johnson Narrated by Tim Lundeen – When Heaven Invades Earth is a powerful statement and testimony on the Kingdom of God. Theologically sound, well supported, and extremely well argued, this message provides a carefully constructed biblical foundation for the average Christian to live and walk in the miraculous power of God. Not only is the supernatural possible, it is our commission. The Great Commission that Christ gave the Church challenges us and makes us responsible to rise up to this supreme supernatural calling. Johnson explains how we are called to dominion in the earth through the divine rule of God.

Soul Communication: Opening Your Spiritual Channels for Success and Fulfillment Unabridged By Zhi Gang Sha Narrated by Marilyn Smith Do you want to communicate with your own soul? Do you want to communicate with your spiritual guides and angels? Do you want to communicate directly with the Divine? You can! In Soul Communication, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha reveals secret Soul Power techniques to develop the four major spiritual communication channels: Soul Language, Direct Soul Communication, Third Eye, and Direct Knowing. While the soul wisdom is profound, Dr. Sha also gives you remarkably simple and practical tools for applying it. This book empowers you to transform every aspect of your life, from health to relationships and finances. Receive guidance from the Divine, your spiritual guides, and your own soul. Empower yourself to fulfill your physical life and your spiritual life.

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And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"

January 4, 2009

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The Words of Jesus of Nazareth by Lee Cantelon

The Father

 

What do you think of Jesus Christ? Whose Son is he?

 

No one knows who the Son of God is, except the Father in heaven: and no one can know who the Father is, except the Son and those to whom the Son will reveal him. Until now you have not known him as I do; but I have come, sent from him to you.

 

The One who has sent me is present with me now. There is no separation between us, for I always do what pleases him. In fact, in seeing me you have seen the Father. Why then do you keep saying, "Reveal God to us?" Do you not believe that I am one, and equal with my Father?

 

I and my Father are one. Everything that the Father has is mine. I have come from the Father to this world; I will leave this world again, and return to my Father.

 

The Son can do nothing on his own, but does only what he sees the Father do. The Father loves the Son, and has revealed to him his universal plan; and you will witness even greater miracles than those which you have already seen. Even as the Father raises the dead and gives new life, so the son will give new life to whomever he will.

 

And yet, I can do nothing on my own; I judge only as God guides me; my ways are perfect because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who has sent me. As the Father has the power to give life, so the Son has the gift of life, and has been given the authority to execute judgment, because he is the Messiah, the Son of Man.

 

I have said this from the beginning: there is much in your lives that I could condemn, but I have come with another message, given to me by the One who is the truth. This is the message that I speak to the world.

 

When at last you lift up the Son of Man (on the cross), you will know who I am, realizing that I did nothing according to my own plan or authority, but delivered to you the words which my Father instructed me to proclaim.

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Lord God, Abba Father, thankful and humble I lay myself before You through Jesus to do that which You wish, for I know in my heart and in my mind I am nothing and can do nothing without You. Make this the year I walk in oneness with You through Jesus in the Spirit; conscious in each moment, awakened to You presence in everything and every way. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

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Finally the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death.

— Lumen gentium 59

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Numbers 6:22-27

24  The LORD bless you and keep you: 

25  The LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you: 

26  The LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. 
Psalm 67:2-3, 5-6, 8
Galatians 4:4-7

4  But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,  5  to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.  6  And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"  7  So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir. 
Luke 2:16-21

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Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:

When Heaven Invades Earth Unabridged By Bill Johnson Narrated by Tim Lundeen – When Heaven Invades Earth is a powerful statement and testimony on the Kingdom of God. Theologically sound, well supported, and extremely well argued, this message provides a carefully constructed biblical foundation for the average Christian to live and walk in the miraculous power of God. Not only is the supernatural possible, it is our commission. The Great Commission that Christ gave the Church challenges us and makes us responsible to rise up to this supreme supernatural calling. Johnson explains how we are called to dominion in the earth through the divine rule of God.

Soul Communication: Opening Your Spiritual Channels for Success and Fulfillment Unabridged By Zhi Gang Sha Narrated by Marilyn Smith Do you want to communicate with your own soul? Do you want to communicate with your spiritual guides and angels? Do you want to communicate directly with the Divine? You can! In Soul Communication, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha reveals secret Soul Power techniques to develop the four major spiritual communication channels: Soul Language, Direct Soul Communication, Third Eye, and Direct Knowing. While the soul wisdom is profound, Dr. Sha also gives you remarkably simple and practical tools for applying it. This book empowers you to transform every aspect of your life, from health to relationships and finances. Receive guidance from the Divine, your spiritual guides, and your own soul. Empower yourself to fulfill your physical life and your spiritual life.

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