Now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed you from the law of sin and death. For what the law, weakened by the flesh, was powerless to do, this God has done: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for the sake of sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteous decree of the law might be fulfilled in us, who live not according to the flesh but according to the spirit. For those who live according to the flesh are concerned with the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit with the things of the spirit.
Christ came and gave himself up to purify his people, to make of them an acceptable offering, a band of disciples to continue his good work. With fervent devotion, let us call upon him:
Lord, have mercy.
For your holy Church,
- that all her children may be born into a new life.
For the poor, for prisoners and for refugees,
- may they find you, the incarnate Son of God, in our love.
That our joy may be full,
- and that we may marvel at the Father's gift, we he has given us in you.
That your servants who have died with the knowledge of your birth may see your face,
- and that night may fall upon them no more.
All powerful Father,
you sent your Son Jesus Christ
to bring the new light of salvation to the world.
May he enlighten us with his radiance,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
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