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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Monday, April 24th, 2020.

Well, we have spent a lot of time, both in Lent and now in the Easter season, talking

about the mass, the most perfect prayer that we are part of each and every week.

And we are going to be wrapping up our discussion of the mass this week with the help of my

spiritual director, Father Kyle Kowalsik.

But before we get there, if you please join me in praying, the conclusion to the divine

mercy chaplet that St. Joan of Arc, our patron for this month's Be a St. Kids Club, is challenging

us to learn. In the name of the Father and the Son, Holy Spirit, amen.

Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion, inexhaustible,

look kindly upon us and increase your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair

nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to your holy will, which is love and

mercy itself. Amen. So we have talked about each and every part of the Mass from the gathering,

the introductory rights, the readings, the homily, petitions, or prayers of the faithful,

the, when we stand and profess our beliefs, the presentation of gifts, the Eucharistic prayer,

the reception of Holy Eucharist. So the only thing that is left to talk about are the concluding

rights. Now, these are the concluding rights.

Now, these are the things that happen at the very end of Mass following Holy Communion.

As you likely know, there is usually a period of silence.

Then there are some concluding prayers and exchange between the people and the priest. And there is a song.

And just as we saw the priest, deacon, servers process into the church, we watch them process out.

Now, you are familiar with a lot of these things, but what I want you to really absorb,

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