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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>"</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Our faces, our faces, are shining<span style='color:black'>", a sermon based on Mark </span>9<span style='color:black'>:2</span>-<span style='color:black'>9 for </span>Last<span style='color:black'> Epiphany (B), February </span>11<span style='color:black'>, 2018, is the first one at <a href="http://sjnj.com/media_view.php">http://sjnj.com/media_view.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Christians are sealed by the Holy Spirit as Christ’s own forever. Any statement to the contrary is simply false. Even though we are sinful and not perfect, still God’s power working through us is sufficient to work mighty miracles that even Christ could not do during his limited time on Earth. We are not to allow the Ash Wednesday words to deter us from our God given directive to work Christ's miracles of love, justice, and mercy in our world.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Peace and blessings,</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Joe</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>(Preaching at Christ Episcopal Church, East Norwalk, Connecticut)</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>