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TODAY’S WORD…

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Have mercy on me, O God,
according to Your unfailing love;
according to Your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
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Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
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Against You, You only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in Your sight;
so You are right in Your verdict
and justified when You judge.

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Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me from Your presence
or take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

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– Psalm 51:1-4;10-12 (NIV)

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QUOTE…

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“We also [like Jesus] must learn to listen more to our conscience.

Be careful, however:

this does not mean we ought to follow our ego,

do whatever interests us,

whatever suits us,

whatever pleases us.

That is not conscience.

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Conscience is the interior space

in which we can listen to and hear the truth,

the good,

the voice of God.

It is the inner place of our relationship with Him, who speaks to our heart and helps us to discern,

to understand the path we ought to take,

and once the decision is made, to move forward, to remain faithful.”

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– Pope Francis

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PRAYER…

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Forgive me Father, for so often letting You down.

Forgive my weaknesses and my self-centeredness.

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Heal me, O God, and restore me

and help me to correctly discern the freedom You gave me

and to faithfully persevere in walking the right path that You have laid out before me.

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Amen.

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Restore me, Lord, and sustain me.

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