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Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for. Today Teresa and I want to let you in on a little

meditation from our favorite book. Can we call it our favorite book? Collaboratively, it's our favorite book. Yeah, collaboratively, it's our favorite book.

The Count of Monte Cristo.

Now, too many people misunderstand the count of Monte Cristo.

They think it's the ultimate revenge story, but it's not. And I'm going to explain why, without

spoiling the story, because you have to read it. Now Edmund Dantes, who becomes the Count of

Monte Cristo, is a sailor with a promising future, a beautiful fiance, a loving father but out of envy his friends betray him to

ruin him and steal his girl he's falsely accused and thrown into prison losing everything.

His freedom, the girl, his father, his future, everything.

How could God let this happen?

Now, we've all felt this way before. We've all faced some tragedy, something we didn't deserve and we ask why God why why do bad things happen to good people

and isn't it ironic we really live by faith or reliance in ourselves and we try to control everything,

but when things don't go our way, we turn and blame God.

And we do this because we live under the illusion that we are in control and we

don't trust divine providence and when tragedy strikes it shakes our faith but not our faith in God

shakes our faith in ourselves it shakes our illusion our who aren't in heaven, hollow would be your name,

Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us to stay our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses,

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