not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet.

Whatever other commandment there may be are sunned up in this saying, namely,

you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Love does no evil to the neighbor, hence love is the fulfillment of the law.

The word of the Lord.

Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.

Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.

Blessed the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commands,

his posterity shall be mighty upon the earth. The upright generation

shall be blessed. Blessed is the man who is gracious and blends to those in need. He draws,

he dawns through the darkness, a light for the upright. He is gracious and merciful and just.

Well for the man who is gracious and lends who conducts his affairs with justice. Blessed is the man who is gracious and lends to

those in need. Lavishly he gives to the poor. His generosity shall endure forever. His horn shall be exalted in glory.

Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those that need.

My brothers and sisters, may our Lord be with you. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke.

Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them.

If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, his wife and children, brothers and sisters,

and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and

come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down

and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the

foundation and finding himself unable to finish the

work, the onlookers should laugh at him and say, this one began to build but did not have the

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