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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost<\/p>\n

O\u00a0God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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