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	<title>Comments on: 2nd Sun after Pentecost. 3 Necessary Things. Audio Homily 2010</title>
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		<title>By: Deborah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14px&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Father, Bless,&lt;/em&gt;
	
	It is clear that you are speaking from your heart about the most important thing of all&#8212;our salvation.&#160; Your deep love and concern for your flock is very apparent in your voice.&#160; Perhaps the reason that it may come across as rambling and long is that you are trying to convey knowledge that is difficult to explain in words---knowledge that is best revealed in the love and earnestness of the speaker.&#160; 
	
	We don&#8217;t really understand what you mean when you speak of &#039;holiness&#039; and all the words in the world will not really be able to explain it to us.&#160; The concept of holiness sounds so ethereal, unattainable and sometimes even impractical to our sinful ears.&#160; We don&#8217;t even really know why we need to be holy.&#160; Yes we know we must become holy to be saved and it is clear to us that we need salvation from our sins.&#160; But our sins keep us from understanding what these concepts of salvation and holiness really mean.&#160; Our sins keep us from seeing our true sinfulness or our need for holiness.&#160;&#160; So you are trying to explain something to us that is simple but extremely difficult to explain and even more difficult for us to comprehend.&#160; (In fact, apart from the grace of God, these things are &lt;em&gt;impossible&lt;/em&gt; for us to understand.)
	
	I do this all the time with my children.&#160; I have something on my heart I wish to share with them&#8212;the hard won knowledge of experience.&#160; So I begin talking to them.&#160; I know what I am trying to say and I keep trying to find different ways of conveying it.&#160; I go on and on, speaking of things that are important and make sense to me---but I can tell from the glazed look in their eyes that I am not going to be able to inject my knowledge and experience into them like a simple transfusion.&#160; 
	
	So I can&#8217;t really offer any suggestions of improvement on you homilies, but I can assure you that your message is being conveyed to us---although perhaps not as much by your words as by your prayers and&#160; priestly service, and through your dedication, concern and demonstration of God&#8217;s love. 
	
	
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 14px"><em>Father, Bless,</em></p>
<p>	It is clear that you are speaking from your heart about the most important thing of all&mdash;our salvation.&nbsp; Your deep love and concern for your flock is very apparent in your voice.&nbsp; Perhaps the reason that it may come across as rambling and long is that you are trying to convey knowledge that is difficult to explain in words&#8212;knowledge that is best revealed in the love and earnestness of the speaker.&nbsp; </p>
<p>	We don&rsquo;t really understand what you mean when you speak of &#39;holiness&#39; and all the words in the world will not really be able to explain it to us.&nbsp; The concept of holiness sounds so ethereal, unattainable and sometimes even impractical to our sinful ears.&nbsp; We don&rsquo;t even really know why we need to be holy.&nbsp; Yes we know we must become holy to be saved and it is clear to us that we need salvation from our sins.&nbsp; But our sins keep us from understanding what these concepts of salvation and holiness really mean.&nbsp; Our sins keep us from seeing our true sinfulness or our need for holiness.&nbsp;&nbsp; So you are trying to explain something to us that is simple but extremely difficult to explain and even more difficult for us to comprehend.&nbsp; (In fact, apart from the grace of God, these things are <em>impossible</em> for us to understand.)</p>
<p>	I do this all the time with my children.&nbsp; I have something on my heart I wish to share with them&mdash;the hard won knowledge of experience.&nbsp; So I begin talking to them.&nbsp; I know what I am trying to say and I keep trying to find different ways of conveying it.&nbsp; I go on and on, speaking of things that are important and make sense to me&#8212;but I can tell from the glazed look in their eyes that I am not going to be able to inject my knowledge and experience into them like a simple transfusion.&nbsp; </p>
<p>	So I can&rsquo;t really offer any suggestions of improvement on you homilies, but I can assure you that your message is being conveyed to us&#8212;although perhaps not as much by your words as by your prayers and&nbsp; priestly service, and through your dedication, concern and demonstration of God&rsquo;s love. </p>
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