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TWENTY-FIRST OF JUNE
MEMORIAL OF SAINT ALOYSIUS GONZAGA
RELIGIOUS
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ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
The clean of hands
and pure heart
shall climb the mountain
of the Lord
and stand in his holy place.
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COLLECT
O God,
giver of heavenly gifts,
who in Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
joined penitence to a
wonderful innocence of life,
grant, through his merits and intercession,
that, though we have failed to
follow him in innocence,
we may imitate him in penitence.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God,
for ever and ever.
R.) Amen.
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FIRST READING
JOHN 5:1-5
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A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF SAINT JOHN
(THIS IS THE VICTORY OVER THE WORLD – OUR FAITH.)
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ
has been begotten by God;
and whoever loves the Father that begot him
loves the child whom he begets.
We can be sure that we love God’s children
if we love God himself
and do what he has commanded us;
and his commandments are not difficult,
because anyone who has been begotten by God
has already overcome the world;
this is the victory over the world – our faith.
Who can overcome the world?
Only the man who believes that
Jesus is the Son of God.
The word of the Lord.
R.) Thanks be to God.
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