<html><body>I didn't mean to say let us "pay" but pray. Funny. But maybe we could pay forward what God has given us.<br><br><div class="reply-new-signature" contenteditable="false" unselectable="on"></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "Bob Eldan" <eldan@bresnan.net><br>To: "propertalk@stsams.org"<br>Cc: <br>Sent: 01-Jan-2017 18:30:23 +0000<br>Subject: [Propertalk] 1 Epiphany - January 8<br><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Collect for 1 Epiphany - Baptism of the Lord:</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let us pay:</span>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size: large;">God who washes,</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size: large;">and cleans away our un-baptized reluctance,</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size: large;">you call us beloved.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size: large;">So loved, may we love in turn</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size: large;">all your sons and daughters,</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size: large;">and so be in solidarity with Jesus Christ our Lord, </span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size: large;">who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, </span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size: large;">one God for ever and ever. Amen</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size: large;">For reflection and haiku on 1 Epiphany go to > </span><a href="http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a><a href="http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/" target="_blank">http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/</a></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size: large;">Bob Eldan</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size: large;">Lander, Wyoming</span></p>
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