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THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS
for Monday, October 5th, 2015
Opt. Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos<\/p>\n

Liturgical texts here<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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The Hauler of a Boat, <\/i>by Honor\u00e9 Daumier, (1808-1879)<\/span><\/p>\n

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WE <\/b>are living at an hour when many souls have grown weary, very weary. And though our weariness may be the fruit of a myriad of differing circumstances, there is often a common root: we are weary because we are, in one way or another, running from the Lord.<\/p>\n

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We are living in a culture in which the restrainer has been lifted<\/a>, <\/i>in which there are no limits to sin, no limits to individualism, no limits to conscience except the ones we wantonly deem agreeable. We have become like a child set loose in a candy store, [1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. The Great Vacuum<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span>