1. 21 st Sunday in Ordinary Time August 22, 2004

3. I come to gather nations of every language; they shall come and see my glory Thus says the Lord: from them I will send fugitives to the nations: to the distant coastlands that have never heard of my fame, or seen my glory they shall proclaim my glory among the nations.

4. They shall bring all your brothers and sisters from all the nations as an offering to the LORD They shall bring all your brothers and sisters from all the nations as an offering to the LORD To Jerusalem, my holy mountain, says the LORD Some of these I will take as priests and Levites, says the LORD. To Jerusalem, my holy mountain, says the LORD Some of these I will take as priests and Levites, says the LORD.

6. Brothers and Sisters: Brothers and Sisters: You have forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as children: "My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by him; for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines; he scourges every son he acknowledges." You have forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as children: "My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by him; for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines; he scourges every son he acknowledges."

7. Endure your trials as "discipline"; God treats you as sons. Endure your trials as "discipline"; God treats you as sons. All discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it. All discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it. So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. Make straight paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be disjointed but healed. So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. Make straight paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be disjointed but healed.

9. Jesus went through towns and villages teaching… Jesus went through towns and villages teaching… Someone asked him, "Lord, is it true that few people will be saved?" Someone asked him, "Lord, is it true that few people will be saved?"

10. Jesus answered: Jesus answered: Do your best to enter by the narrow door… When once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you will stand outside; then you will knock at the door calling: 'Lord, open to us.' But he will say to you: 'I do not know where you come from.' Do your best to enter by the narrow door… When once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you will stand outside; then you will knock at the door calling: 'Lord, open to us.' But he will say to you: 'I do not know where you come from.'

11. Then you will say: Then you will say: We ate and drank with you and you taught in our streets! But he will reply: 'I don't know where you come from. Away from me all you workers of evil.' We ate and drank with you and you taught in our streets! But he will reply: 'I don't know where you come from. Away from me all you workers of evil.' You will weep and grind your teeth when you see Abraham and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves left outside. You will weep and grind your teeth when you see Abraham and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves left outside.

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