Morning Prayer (Mattins) in Traditional Language
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Morning Prayer from | ||||
The Book of Common Prayer | |||||
Wednesday, 8 May 2024 |
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The introduction to the service is used on Sundays, and may be used on any occasion. If the Introduction is not used, the service begins with the opening responses. | |||||
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Introduction | ||||
The minister may use a seasonal sentence before using one or more of the penitential sentences. | |||||
The minister introduces the service | |||||
Dearly beloved [brethren], | |||||
the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge | |||||
and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; | |||||
[and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before | |||||
the face of almighty God our heavenly Father; | |||||
but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent and | |||||
obedient heart; | |||||
to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same | |||||
by his infinite goodness and mercy. | |||||
And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge | |||||
our sins before God; | |||||
yet ought we most chiefly so to do, | |||||
when we assemble and meet together | |||||
to render thanks for the great benefits that we have | |||||
received at his hands, | |||||
to set forth his most worthy praise, | |||||
to hear his most holy word, | |||||
and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, | |||||
as well for the body as the soul.] | |||||
Wherefore I pray and beseech you, | |||||
as many as are here present, | |||||
to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, | |||||
unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying [after me]: | |||||
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Beloved, we are come together in the presence of almighty God and of the whole company of heaven to offer unto him through our Lord Jesus Christ our worship and praise and thanksgiving; to make confession of our sins; to pray, as well for others as for ourselves, that we may know more truly the greatness of God's love and shew forth in our lives the fruits of his grace; and to ask on behalf of all men such things as their well-being doth require. | |||||
Wherefore let us kneel in silence, and remember God's presence with us now. | |||||
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Almighty and most merciful Father, | ||||
we have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. | |||||
We have followed too much the devices and desires | |||||
of our own hearts. | |||||
We have offended against thy holy laws. | |||||
We have left undone those things | |||||
which we ought to have done; | |||||
and we have done those things | |||||
which we ought not to have done; | |||||
and there is no health in us. | |||||
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. | |||||
Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. | |||||
Restore thou them that are penitent; | |||||
according to thy promises declared unto mankind | |||||
in Christ Jesu our Lord. | |||||
And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, | |||||
that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, | |||||
to the glory of thy holy name. | |||||
Amen. | |||||
A priest says | |||||
Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, | |||||
who desireth not the death of a sinner, | |||||
but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live; | |||||
and hath given power, and commandment, to his ministers | |||||
to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, | |||||
the absolution and remission of their sins: | |||||
he pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent | |||||
and unfeignedly believe his holy gospel. | |||||
Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, | |||||
and his Holy Spirit, | |||||
that those things may please him which we do at this present; | |||||
and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; | |||||
so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; | |||||
through Jesus Christ our Lord. | |||||
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Amen. | ||||
or other ministers may say | |||||
Grant, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, | |||||
to thy faithful people pardon and peace, | |||||
that they may be cleansed from all their sins, | |||||
and serve thee with a quiet mind; | |||||
through Jesus Christ our Lord. | |||||
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Amen. | ||||
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Our Father, which art in heaven, | ||||
hallowed be thy name; | |||||
thy kingdom come; | |||||
thy will be done, | |||||
in earth as it is in heaven. | |||||
Give us this day our daily bread. | |||||
And forgive us our trespasses, | |||||
as we forgive them that trespass against us. | |||||
And lead us not into temptation; | |||||
but deliver us from evil. | |||||
For thine is the kingdom, | |||||
the power and the glory, | |||||
for ever and ever. | |||||
Amen. | |||||
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Morning Prayer | ||||
The introduction to the service is used on Sundays, and may be used on any occasion. If the Introduction is not used, the service begins with the opening responses. | |||||
These responses are used | |||||
O Lord, open thou our lips | |||||
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and our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. | ||||
O God, make speed to save us. | |||||
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O Lord, make haste to help us. | ||||
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, | |||||
and to the Holy Ghost; | |||||
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as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, | ||||
world without end. Amen. | |||||
Praise ye the Lord. | |||||
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The Lord's name be praised. | ||||
Venite, exultemus Domino | |||||
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O come, let us sing unto the Lord : | ||||
let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. | |||||
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Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving : | ||||
and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms. | |||||
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For the Lord is a great God : | ||||
and a great King above all gods. | |||||
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In his hand are all the corners of the earth : | ||||
and the strength of the hills is his also. | |||||
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The sea is his, and he made it : | ||||
and his hands prepared the dry land. | |||||
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O come, let us worship, and fall down : | ||||
and kneel before the Lord our Maker. | |||||
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For he is the Lord our God : | ||||
and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. | |||||
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Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts : | ||||
as in the provocation, | |||||
and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; | |||||
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When your fathers tempted me : | ||||
proved me, and saw my works. | |||||
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Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said : | ||||
It is a people that do err in their hearts, | |||||
for they have not known my ways. | |||||
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Unto whom I sware in my wrath : | ||||
that they should not enter into my rest.] | |||||
Psalm 95
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Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : | |||||
and to the Holy Ghost; | |||||
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : | |||||
world without end. Amen. | |||||
Psalmody | |||||
Psalm 38 | |||||
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1 | Put me not to rebuke, O Lord, in thine anger * neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure. | ||||
2 | For thine arrows stick fast in me * and thy hand presseth me sore. | ||||
3 | There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure * neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin. | ||||
4 | For my wickednesses are gone over my head * and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear. | ||||
5 | My wounds stink, and are corrupt * through my foolishness. | ||||
6 | I am brought into so great trouble and misery * that I go mourning all the day long. | ||||
7 | For my loins are filled with a sore disease * and there is no whole part in my body. | ||||
8 | I am feeble, and sore smitten * I have roared for the very disquietness of my heart. | ||||
9 | Lord, thou knowest all my desire * and my groaning is not hid from thee. | ||||
10 | My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me * and the sight of mine eyes is gone from me. | ||||
11 | My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking upon my trouble * and my kinsmen stood afar off. | ||||
12 | They also that sought after my life laid snares for me * and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long. | ||||
13 | As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard not * and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth. | ||||
14 | I became even as a man that heareth not * and in whose mouth are no reproofs. | ||||
15 | For in thee, O Lord, have I put my trust * thou shalt answer for me, O Lord my God. | ||||
16 | I have required that they, even mine enemies, should not triumph over me * for when my foot slipped, they rejoiced greatly against me. | ||||
17 | And I, truly, am set in the plague * and my heaviness is ever in my sight. | ||||
18 | For I will confess my wickedness * and be sorry for my sin. | ||||
19 | But mine enemies live, and are mighty * and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number. | ||||
20 | They also that reward evil for good are against me * because I follow the thing that good is. | ||||
21 | Forsake me not, O Lord my God * be not thou far from me. | ||||
22 | Haste thee to help me * O Lord God of my salvation. | ||||
Psalm 39 | |||||
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1 | I said, I will take heed to my ways * that I offend not in my tongue. | ||||
2 | I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle * while the ungodly is in my sight. | ||||
3 | I held my tongue, and spake nothing * I kept silence, yea, even from good words; but it was pain and grief to me. | ||||
4 | My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing the fire kindled * and at the last I spake with my tongue; | ||||
5 | Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of my days * that I may be certified how long I have to live. | ||||
6 | Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long * and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. | ||||
7 | For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain * he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. | ||||
8 | And now, Lord, what is my hope * truly my hope is even in thee. | ||||
9 | Deliver me from all mine offences * and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. | ||||
10 | I became dumb, and opened not my mouth * for it was thy doing. | ||||
11 | Take thy plague away from me * I am even consumed by the means of thy heavy hand. | ||||
12 | When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment * every man therefore is but vanity. | ||||
13 | Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine ears consider my calling * hold not thy peace at my tears. | ||||
14 | For I am a stranger with thee * and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. | ||||
15 | O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength * before I go hence, and be no more seen. | ||||
Psalm 40 | |||||
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1 | I waited patiently for the Lord * and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling. | ||||
2 | He brought me also out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay * and set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings. | ||||
3 | And he hath put a new song in my mouth * even a thanksgiving unto our God. | ||||
4 | Many shall see it, and fear * and shall put their trust in the Lord. | ||||
5 | Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord * and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies. | ||||
6 | O Lord my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts which are to us-ward * and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. | ||||
7 | If I should declare them, and speak of them * they should be more than I am able to express. | ||||
8 | Sacrifice, and meat-offering, thou wouldest not * but mine ears hast thou opened. | ||||
9 | Burnt-offerings, and sacrifice for sin, hast thou not required * then said I, Lo, I come, | ||||
10 | In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I should fulfil thy will, O my God * I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart. | ||||
11 | I have declared thy righteousness in the great congregation * lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lord, and that thou knowest. | ||||
12 | I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart * my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation. | ||||
13 | I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth * from the great congregation. | ||||
14 | Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, O Lord * let thy loving-kindness and thy truth alway preserve me. | ||||
15 | For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up * yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me. | ||||
16 | O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me * make haste, O Lord, to help me. | ||||
17 | Let them be ashamed, and confounded together, that seek after my soul to destroy it * let them be driven backward, and put to rebuke, that wish me evil. | ||||
18 | Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame * that say unto me, Fie upon thee, fie upon thee. | ||||
19 | Let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee * and let such as love thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised. | ||||
20 | As for me, I am poor and needy * but the Lord careth for me. | ||||
21 | Thou art my helper and redeemer * make no long tarrying, O my God. | ||||
At the end of each psalm these words are said or sung | |||||
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : | |||||
and to the Holy Ghost; | |||||
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : | |||||
world without end. Amen. | |||||
Old Testament Reading | |||||
First Reading: Numbers 17.1-11
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, |
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Te Deum Laudamus | |||||
Either the Te Deum Laudamus (as follows) or Benedicite, omnia opera is said or sung. | |||||
We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. | |||||
All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. | |||||
To thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens and all the powers therein. | |||||
To thee cherubin and seraphin continually do cry, | |||||
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; | |||||
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory. | |||||
The glorious company of the apostles praise thee. | |||||
The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise thee. | |||||
The noble army of martyrs praise thee. | |||||
The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee: | |||||
the Father of an infinite majesty; | |||||
thine honourable, true and only Son; | |||||
also the Holy Ghost the Comforter. | |||||
Thou art the King of glory, O Christ. | |||||
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. | |||||
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, | |||||
thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb. | |||||
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, | |||||
thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. | |||||
Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father. | |||||
We believe that thou shalt come to be our judge. | |||||
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, | |||||
whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. | |||||
Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting. | |||||
O Lord, save thy people and bless thine heritage. | |||||
Govern them and lift them up for ever. | |||||
Day by day we magnify thee; | |||||
and we worship thy name, ever world without end. | |||||
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. | |||||
O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. | |||||
O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our trust is in thee. | |||||
O Lord, in thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded. | |||||
New Testament Reading | |||||
Second Reading: Luke 7.1-10
Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. |
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Benedictus | |||||
Either The Benedictus (as follows) or Jubilate Deo (Psalm 100) is said or sung. | |||||
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Blessed be the Lord God of Israel : | ||||
for he hath visited, and redeemed his people; | |||||
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And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us : | ||||
in the house of his servant David; | |||||
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As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets : | ||||
which have been since the world began; | |||||
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That we should be saved from our enemies : | ||||
and from the hands of all that hate us; | |||||
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To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers : | ||||
and to remember his holy covenant; | |||||
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To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham : | ||||
that he would give us, | |||||
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That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies : | ||||
might serve him without fear, | |||||
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In holiness and righteousness before him : | ||||
all the days of our life. | |||||
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And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest : | ||||
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; | |||||
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To give knowledge of salvation unto his people : | ||||
for the remission of their sins; | |||||
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Through the tender mercy of our God : | ||||
whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us; | |||||
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To give light to them that sit in darkness, | ||||
and in the shadow of death : | |||||
and to guide our feet into the way of peace. | |||||
Luke 1.68-79
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Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : | |||||
and to the Holy Ghost; | |||||
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : | |||||
world without end. Amen. | |||||
The Apostles' Creed | |||||
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I believe in God the Father almighty, | ||||
maker of heaven and earth: | |||||
and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, | |||||
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, | |||||
born of the Virgin Mary, | |||||
suffered under Pontius Pilate, | |||||
was crucified, dead, and buried. | |||||
He descended into hell; | |||||
the third day he rose again from the dead; | |||||
he ascended into heaven, | |||||
and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty; | |||||
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. | |||||
I believe in the Holy Ghost; | |||||
the holy catholic Church; | |||||
the communion of saints; | |||||
the forgiveness of sins; | |||||
the resurrection of the body, | |||||
and the life everlasting. | |||||
Amen. | |||||
Prayers | |||||
The Lord be with you. | |||||
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And with thy spirit. | ||||
Let us pray. | |||||
Lord, have mercy upon us. | |||||
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Christ, have mercy upon us. | ||||
Lord, have mercy upon us. | |||||
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Our Father, which art in heaven, | ||||
hallowed be thy name; | |||||
thy kingdom come; | |||||
thy will be done, | |||||
in earth as it is in heaven. | |||||
Give us this day our daily bread. | |||||
And forgive us our trespasses, | |||||
as we forgive them that trespass against us. | |||||
And lead us not into temptation; | |||||
but deliver us from evil. Amen. | |||||
O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. | |||||
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And grant us thy salvation. | ||||
O Lord, save the King. | |||||
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And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. | ||||
Endue thy ministers with righteousness. | |||||
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And make thy chosen people joyful. | ||||
O Lord, save thy people. | |||||
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And bless thine inheritance. | ||||
Give peace in our time, O Lord. | |||||
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Because there is none other that fighteth for us, | ||||
but only thou, O God. | |||||
O God, make clean our hearts within us. | |||||
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And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. | ||||
Three Collects are said. | |||||
The Collect of the Day | |||||
O Lord, from whom all good things do come; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. | |||||
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Amen. | ||||
The Collect for Peace | |||||
O God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, | |||||
in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, | |||||
whose service is perfect freedom; | |||||
defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; | |||||
that we, surely trusting in thy defence, | |||||
may not fear the power of any adversaries; | |||||
through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. | |||||
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Amen. | ||||
The Collect for Grace | |||||
O Lord, our heavenly Father, | |||||
almighty and everlasting God, | |||||
who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; | |||||
defend us in the same with thy mighty power; | |||||
and grant that this day we fall into no sin, | |||||
neither run into any kind of danger, | |||||
but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, | |||||
to do always that is righteous in thy sight; | |||||
through Jesus Christ our Lord. | |||||
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Amen. | ||||
The order for the end of the service may include: | |||||
¶ hymns or anthems | |||||
¶ a sermon | |||||
¶ further prayers (which may include prayers from here) | |||||
This prayer may be used to conclude the service | |||||
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, | |||||
and the love of God, | |||||
and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, | |||||
be with us all evermore. | |||||
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Amen. | ||||
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