For GOD is not safely ensconced in the Heavens and we do not need saving from our own depravity by a human sacrifice because there simply is no Hell below us. Leader: How does Christ's resurrection benefit us? How safe? Repent Metanoia let us think new thoughts so that we might ask: What can Jesus teach us? Included here are just a few calls to worship, prayers, Scripture passages, and songs you can use in your Easter worship. As the embodiment of LOVE, LOVE ensures that Jesus never dies. Bunnies remind us of all the animals You made, and all the beautiful things You created. We live a resurrection life. Humans were cast out of the perfection of the garden and alienated for their creator. Im afraid that sacrificing more than just a pittance of my own wealth and privilege wont accomplish much more than landing me among povertys captives. Frame 13: I would rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I am here than a whole truckload when I am gone. Christianitys morbid preoccupation with Jesus violent death will not usher in the Kin-dom of DIVINITY which Jesus lived for. We remember that his disciples met him on the road. Alleluia! . We will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. Do this in remembrance of me. } Hosanna in the highest. Letting go of our carefully crafted and tightly held images of the ONE who IS the SOURCE of ALL BEING is a daunting task. I mean who in the hell believes that billionaires ought to be allowed to engage in a giant pissing contest disguised as a space race? McCourt was a schoolteacher, and he tells this story about a particular class in which he was challenging the assumptions of his young students. There is so much more we can do and offer our readership with your support! <> Bert Polman (bdp5@calvin.edu) is a hymnologist who is a professor and chair of the music department at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. There are heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies. Not all bodies are the same. To feed the hungry? Time for quiet reflection: I am eternally linked with the source of all life, Please respond Amen after each of the following affirmations of our Eucharistic Prayer. Little did I know that in 1977 it would take me almost three days to travel the more than 1,000 km; a trip which included disembarking over and over again to lend a hand to the conductors as we worked together to clear the tracks of snow. Let it be so. It began to seem like the only way to get Crystals hand out was to break the family heirloom. Thank you. As we receive Communion, these words are said: You are the Bread of Life. How dare I flirt with new ways of understanding REALITY, new discoveries about the Cosmos, new theories about the nature of human consciousness? Just when I thought I had God under control the wild wind of the spirit blew me away. You all know this story. My own desire to resist the urge to respond to violence with violence weakens with every report of the injustices perpetrated as innocent lives are lost. Social Justice Lectionary, Bruce Sweet, 2014. The Apostle Paul denies that Jesus resurrection was an actual physical resurrection. To live the mystery is to flesh the idea and to share Resurrection. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. For heavens sake, when you sow a seed into the ground and it bursts forth into new life, that new life doesnt come in the form of a seed, it comes to life as a plant! Although she has never been canonized by the Roman Catholic Church she is venerated in both the Lutheran and Anglican churches. People: Your death, O Christ, we proclaim. With humility, with awareness of the existence of life. Amen. Perhaps a story will help us move beyond what we think were looking for to actual miracle of resurrection. COLLECT PRAYER. Thats the thing with stories, one story, if it is even remotely engaging, that one story will inevitably lead to many more stories. She phoned her own mother and told her to get there as fast as she could. Afterwards, Jesus took the cup. Lent & Holy Week BEYOND Atonement! and of the sufferings that are going on around us, let us pray for the establishment of peace, in our hearts and on earth. DONATE NOW! Here at this table your promise of life is made tangible. This week, I have compiled resources that can help in creatively planning worship services. The basileia ton THEON, the Empire of GOD, the GOD which Jesus knew as ABBA, a LOVING PARENT, the basileia ton THEON, the Reign of the GOD that IS LOVE, where justice and not violence creates the kind of peace in which everyone has enough to live the abundant life Jesus insisted he came to give to the world. When I read the accounts of those early followers of the way who abandoned the tomb of the upper-room to gather together to build communities of compassion it is clear to me who was raised up by images of resurrection. And if CHRIST has not been raised, then all of our preaching has been meaninglessand everything youve believed has been just as meaningless. Is the anonymous gospel-storyteller really saying that Jesus taught his followers to risk everything they have in order to find the one thing they have lost? Or better still, let me cling to the promise of a Saviour who will carry us out of this world and into the next, at no cost, free of charge because Jesus paid the ransom for my soul. We are privileged. February 11th, 2013. The week before Easter, known as Holy Week, is very special in the Christian tradition. endobj And each and every time we find what has been lost is a time for celebration. Even our ancient Greek forebearers, they understood that if horses had gods those gods would be horses. Alas, the sun does indeed shine at midnight in the summer months, but in Norway summer does not include the month of August. I only know that they appeared to follow in my footsteps in the snow as they ventured out to the place where the Cosmos had made itself known to me. We are not fallen creatures. I affirm the resurrection each and every time I look into your eyes and see the face of CHRIST.. Life finds a way. and the capacity to give people an experience of God. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of our God. His eyes are too beady. Gig Harbor, WA 98335 Sadly, far too many of us have been conditioned to look for what we have been conditioned to see instead of what is all around us, if we could only see beyond our conditioning. now we cry to our King immortal, who, triumphant, burst the bars of the tomb'sdark portal; "Alleluia!" The moss, the kelp, the zebrafish, the very mice and flies, 3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 2023 ProgressiveChristianity.org, A Joyful Path, Childrens Curriculum Sample Lessons for Years One, Two and Three, Find Faith Communities Using A Joyful Path, The Core Values of Progressive Christianity, Bishop Spong Newsletter Progressing Spirit, Advertising on ProgressiveChristianity.org. Easter is the sky that encloses the broken egg. We have been distracted by violence into compliance with systems which threaten our existence as a species, as we loot our planet of its life-giving resources so that we might increase our abilities to perpetrate violence on grander and grander scales. Easter Communion Liturgy Inspired by A Song of Faith. Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, Mass During the Day: O God, who on this day, through your Only Begotten . Well, as time passed, the situation became more and more serious. While the first century story told by the anonymous gospel-storyteller we call Mark, sees the sons of Zebedee, jockeying for coveted seats at the right and left hand of Jesus, our 21st century story portray the contrasting circumstances of wannabe-astronauts blasting far above our planet with scarcely a thought for the 150 million or so who will slip into the depths of poverty before this year ends. No wonder Jesus took Peter, John, and James up there to pray. your love came also to us in your servant Jesus. If you have not donated yet, please do so today. The apostle Paul who was the first to write about Jesus, portrays Jesus as a doorway into the ultimate. We give thanks for the way he opened our minds and hearts to see and appreciate the intimate and never-ending connection between loving and the spirit of love. Let us metanoia Let us think new thoughts about who Jesus was and why Jesus died. It is long past time for the followers of Jesus Way of being in the world, to repent. If we begin with what is actually happening in these parables, we will have to confess that these parables of the lost and the found are simply outrageous. I mean, like, its common sense. ~ 1 Corinthians 11:26. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. We turn Easter back into Good Friday when we worship ugliness, sterility and unthinking conformity. The followers of Jesus stood up and got on with the business which was begun by Jesus. Shalom dear ones. This knowledge has an impact on how we interpret the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Our very freedom from ancient ways of knowing and being sets of a chain-reaction of freedom which can, if we let it, become Good News for the poor, as we finally begin to understand what Jesus knew all along, when Jesus insisted, I and the ABBA are ONE. For if Jesus and the ABBA are ONE, the Good News is that you and I and our neighbours, we are ONE with ABBA. Imagine trying to understand who Dr. King was and focusing your attention upon his assassination. Posts tagged "progressive Christian Communion liturgy" . One: It is through our neighbors and creation that we see the rising of Christ, O God. The way of the cross and the way of the dance, an earthquake that destroys complacency and, The Risen Christ is the liberated Inner Child which is allowed to dance,to skip, to sing for as Jesus said, unless you become as a little child you are unable to enter the Kingdom of God (the commonwealth of God, the dancing space of God), Kingdom of heaven (your heaven. There is one more face of CHRIST which I would like you to see. Living lives of reckless abandon is untenable. The PROMISED ONE has come not to be served, but to serveto give one life in ransom for the many.. A small but secure fortune in hand. May we live in a way which will not deprive other beings. We may watch and study or may shudder and deny, 4810 Pt. Strike-slip fault and overthrust and syn and anticline Our kinship warmed me as I imagined their delight at our Suns sensuous self-giving display as it set. Let us pray for an abundance of health, for prosperity, and for joy. The storyteller writes: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Re-create us too, we pray, by your holy Word. I Do Deny the Resurrection! He offered Divine Life to all people suffering under worldly forces of death. A momentary panic began to surface as my mind questioned the wisdom of standing on ice not knowing what lay below. The Royalists placed their biggest cannon on the wall which surrounded the city of Colchester. They were never meant to be followed in their entirety. But as for our question about an actual physical body, Paul insists that this is simply a stupid question. We are free to seek, to know, and to become this LOVE in which we live, and move, and have our being. Our count was based on the number of spouts that emanated from their blowholes. Peace begins with non-violent resistance. Alleluia! All who are truly sorry for their sins, who sincerely believe in the Lord Jesus as their Savior, and who desire to live in obedience to him, are now invited to come with gladness to the table of the Lord. Through this meal which has stood the test of time, we covenant to love you, God. Today! Read More. Lord Jesus, come in glory. Continue reading . var thisact = jQuery('#submission-action').val(); So, when you catch a glimpse of the REIGN of LOVE, celebrate and as you celebrate remember to invite others into the party. The Apostle Paul wrote: We who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. When followers of Jesus in the first century and in the twenty-first century talk about the resurrection of Christ, we are proclaiming that death did not have the last word in the Jesus story because his followers were raised up to be his body right here, right now. So, I waved and was gifted by their own energetic response. Only a fool Would fret about the loss of a small insignificant coin. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest. Only a fool would rejoice with such extravagance. It is right. As we recall the trusting of impotent rocket ships escaping for mere moments the confines of the empires we thrive in, do we have the courage to see our own hypocrisy? Thats where youre opponent wrenches your arm behind your back and applies just enough pressure to cause pain, but not enough to break anything. Mark 10:35-45, Sermon: BAT KOL, the Daughter of a Sound Welling Up Within, Lent: Letting Go of our Tightly Held Piety to See Our Need of Confession, Wrestling With the Almighty: Locating Our Very Selves in the Sacred Story a sermon on Genesis 32:3-31, What Can We Learn from Jesus? Today, it doesnt matter how CHRIST rose nearly 2000 years ago. Somehow, these long busy days working in my office at home, while we all do our best to cope with what we hope will be the last tidal wave of this pandemic, somehow this created a longing in me, strong enough to push me out on the ice despite the -23 which threatened to rob me of my breath. Gone are the vestments, the prescribed lectionary readings, and the familiar words. They not yet but already here EMPIRE of DIVINITY is here in every stranger who welcomes a refugee, in every aid worker, doctor without borders, in every reckless fool who risks it all for the kind of justice which makes peace. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); *This liturgy is an adaptation of the traditional. The flat earth was supported over the waters on pillars. Frame 11: When life hands you a lemon make lemonade!*. There we stood, we three kindred creatures, waving together as ONE, held in a vast Cosmos touched by the MYSTERY which is the LOVE which permeates ALL that IS, including us, for we are ONE, ONE with DIVINITY. The Earth, the Heavens, and the seas.Now even though the ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras proposed that the Earth was round in the 6th century before the common era. What followed was a long, useless argument about the theories of atonement. I expect people to act. To free the captives? One clear shot and Putin would be gone. Just before my blow connected with its victim, I realized that I was doomed. Please come, the meal is ready. that we may further your reign of peace and justice in every place. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); Yet the story of Jesus Way of being in the world continued to be present among those who sought to live as Jesus lived. Years ago, a good many years ago in fact, when my life as an adult had only just begun, I was backpacking around Europe, and I began to hear people talk about the land of the mid-night sun. Today, thanks to daylight savings time, the earth hasnt quickened its course around the sun. We are not alone! The story I want to tell you comes from the Irish author Frank McCourts autobiography entitled Tis. In the tears of that little Ukrainian family, I began to see yet another face of CHRIST, a face I had refused to see before. It wasnt until the 15th century that the flatness of the Earth was seriously challenged by the likes of Columbus. Resist looking for a saviour in these parables who will find us and put everything back together for us. Send us your: ResourceEventNewsIdeasnow Lectionary Liturgies, Easter B, 2015, Thom M. Shuman, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Why: This is an Evolutionary Moment. Thank you, Divine Crafter of the Table, for fashioning us a holy meal unites us with the Body of Christ. Crystal was very upset and still very stuck. For a mere $450,000 dollars you could join these daring old men in their flying machines. Alleluia! Strip away our biased convictions so that through our selfless giving we can gaze clearly on your vision for our lives. MEDITATION Music: In the Garden Eddie Watkins. I dont have any solutions to offer you. Hosanna in the highest. It is a scary proposition for a pastor to venture out on a journey without the familiar trappings of familiar liturgy. For Paul, Jesus was not God but a human in which God was revealed. I expect that whatever needs to be done will be done quickly, so that I can get back to normal. Resist the empires to which we have lost the justice which has the power to create peace. Michael first walks the reader through the theological shifts that are necessitating changes to liturgical, group, and personal prayer and then demonstrates how these major shifts can be incorporated into a new template for meaningful . Sign up for an account and get your newsletters right away! As we enter this season of Easter, we ask that the warm winds of the Spirit encircle this table and accompany us on our journey. Where, O death is your sting?. It can be deadly. Let us pray: May each of us be aware of the Spirit of God within us today and respond to the Good News, we pray. Blessings on your Holy Week observance and Easter celebrations! I could feel the temptations to violence rising in me. by our unbelief and lack of understanding of Gods presence in us. We remember that the women came, early in the morning, on the third day. In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus. (Romans 3:21-26), Below these passages, Anna wrote: Repent and believe! Perhaps someone will ask, How are the dead to be raised up? Do we have the courage to drink from the cup which Jesus offers to all who profess to follow him? xMk@9JPvvg? Im a child of my times. Anna and Steve were Pentecostals who were convinced that my slack Lutheran ways simply werent serious enough to earn me a coveted spot in the Heaven of their dreams. So, when I was preparing for this worship service, I confess I was tempted to leave out the reading from 1st Corinthians 15 which is prescribed for this particular Sunday by the Revised Common Lectionary. Death is vanquished. jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); So, fellow followers of the Way, if Humpty Dumpty wasnt an egg what was she? Make them the food and drink of everlasting life, [After the Lords Prayer, the ministers and other worship leaders break the bread and place the pieces in baskets or on plates for distribution. 2 0 obj The Bread of Life and the Cup of the Covenant: Gifts to unite the Body of Christ. Thats why, as we explore the meaning of [], John van de Laar2023-02-22T21:50:58+02:00Feb 22nd, 2023|0 Comments, John van de Laar2023-02-22T21:48:30+02:00Feb 22nd, 2023|0 Comments, John van de Laar2023-02-22T21:46:03+02:00Feb 22nd, 2023|0 Comments, By admin|2023-02-06T21:10:20+02:00Feb 6th, 2023|Categories: Lectionary Resources, Year A|, 02 April 2023 And so Holy Week begins! People: It is right for us to give thanks,It is our joy and peaceat all times and in all placesto give thanks to you, almighty, everlasting God,through Christ, our Lord. I failed to capture the sunset. May 23, 2022 | Father's Day, Uncategorized. Today, when science confirms that humans did not rise out of the Earth fully formed, but are continuing to evolve, surely today we can metanoia, think beyond the primitive, childish notions of original sin, and begin to see humanity as an incomplete, ever- evolving species which runs the very real risk of extinction if we dont move beyond the myth of redemptive violence. Join Us over Zoom, Tuesdays beginning February 21st at 7pm! Well, I deny the resurrection in the very same way as I suspect you deny the resurrection. Leader: For he is the true Lamb who has taken awaythe sins of the world.By his death he has destroyed death for us.By his rising again, he has restored life to us.Therefore, with the whole company of saintsin heaven and on earthWe worship and glorify you, God most holy,and we sing with joy: People sing: ("Good Christians, All Rejoice andSing," stanza 4)Your name we bless, O risen Lord,And sing today with one accordThe life laid down, the life restored.Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body.". Risen as he said! What and Where to use this ritual: Altar-building. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); Ready: Perhaps some will ask, How are the dead to be raised up? accept our lives as holy offerings to you, I like the Apostle Paul, do not believe in the resuscitation of a corpse. When we focus upon the life of Jesus of Nazareth rather than the death of Jesus, we can begin to hear some of the things that Jesus was passionate about. Lift up your hearts. You are invited to this table of life as we join with each other and seek communion with God. All glory and honor are yours, eternal God, now and forever. Alleluia! I am tweaking this for this Sunday credit to your site will be given. Evening Prayer Service Bulletin which is to be printed double-sided. Free from misguided struggles to appease the idol god of our design, we are free to see beyond our blind self-centered desire for a life beyond this life, free to see the face of DIVINITY in our neighbours face, free to see DIVINITY in the majesty of the Cosmos, and in the beauty of the Earth. Written by Rev. As tensions escalated and our world held our collective breath, the fragility of the peace we cling to, the peace built through military might, and threats of violence and mutual annihilation, this illusion of peace was threatened by the ambitions of a powerful oligarch obsessed with delusions of restoring tribal supremacy for his once mighty nation. Lent is observed in the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, Moravian, Oriental . God is with you! He conveyed to us the importance of love and compassion. And also with you. To ask the question of whether the resurrection is true, and to mean by this that only a resurrected corpse constitutes such proof, is to impose the standards of the modern mind upon a pre-scientific culture of myth and magic. Dying you destroyed our death, So turn and look where best you think the story is unfurled. }); Faith and EthicsKaren Armstrong is amongst a group of religious scholars who have noted that the essential teaching of each of the major religions usually includes some version of "love your neighbour". var thisact = jQuery('#submission-action').val(); (BL), www.methodist.org.nz/resources/hymns/boundlesslife, http://www.methodist.org.nz/resources/hymns/the_mystery_telling, Singing the Sacred, Vol 1 2011 World Library Publications, Jesus Christ is alive and lives in me. We just knew what we knew. The prayer book revision Facebook group, with more than 4,000 members, was created in 2017 by the Rev. We know that humans are continuing to evolve. Indeed, it can mean freedom to BE in ways which affirm REALITY, the REALITY we long to know, the ONE which IS BEYOND the BEYOND and BEYOND that Also, this LOVE which we call GOD. With open minds and hearts, may the God-in-us find generous and courageous expression in our words and actions as we endeavor to make the presence of God evident in our world. Frame 10: Always remember the compliments that you received. Only a foolWould search and look and scour and puzzle, bend and peer, lift and move everything, to find a single coin. Especially not when the Pastor insisted that there were sinners in need of prayer and headed over to the two of us and gathered us all in a prayer, a like no prayer, Id ever been part of. He suffered and died because of his refusal to participate in the death-dealing violence of the world. There werent many of us who made the effort. In those sepia images of sad, forlorn, frightened faces. There is real wisdom, Lord, in the adage. With visions of a grand and glorious past they were free from the dangers of the violence being wrought upon their world by the forces of the Roman Empire. My reign as world champion would have continued if it werent for the abrupt ending of my amateur status. Breathe forth the goodness that is within you. But I suspect that like the sons of Zebedee, who earned renown by jockeying for privileged positions, the powerful images of an aging Captain James Kirk and his merry band of billionaires will earn far more renown than the 150 million poor souls who are about to slip into poverty as a result of the COVID pandemic. Contact Us. God has sent me to proclaim liberty to those held captive, recovery of sight to those who are blind, and release to those in prison to proclaim the year of Gods favour. Rolling up the scroll, Jesus gave it back to the attendant and sat down. } And the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Theres a story in the Hebrew Scriptures which resonates with me in light of some of my own experiences in Thin Places, in the presence of MYSTERY. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, What is sown is ignoble, what is raised is glorious. Practicing resurrection requires that we gather sharing our gifts, talents and treasure for the good of all. Frame 5: God is everywhere, in all of creation. we invite your Spirit to lead us ever more faithfully to be the body of Christ in the world. When the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him, he unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: The Spirit of our God is upon me: because the Most High has anointed me to bring Good News to those who are poor. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Where, O Death is your victory? So, today Im inviting you to stop trying to identify the DIVINE MYSTERY as an individual person in these parables. by our lack of courage to say yes to the Voice within. Before the congregation hears the weekly scripture readings, the Prayer for Illumination turns our attention to God to ask that we hear God's word in order to better know God's will for our lives. with the Source and Sustainer of all that exists. Rile em up! They thought I was in danger of being tormented in the bowels of Hell for all eternity. DONATE NOW! His expression too smug. Springtime is a season of optimism and hope, and the Christian lives a faith centred on hope. The story begins with a familiar nursery rhyme: Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the kings horses and all the kings men Couldnt put Humpty together again. McCourt asks his young students to tell him whats going on in this nursery rhyme. Revealing your love, radiating your life, Jesus taught those who listened to him, One: On this day, we embrace the grace which reaches from the tomb. Only a fool would be such a steward as this. But Jesus did not let them linger for very long. Resurrection is a statement of how reality works. if ( '' != thisact ) { THEME The Connecting Solitude THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION The spiritual desert is not a foe to be conquered but an emptiness to be affirmed: for when we are full, we perceive nothing, but when we are empty we can receive everything. A sacred offering of for the sake of life here on this our one and only planet, a planet capable of nourishing life for all of Earths inhabitants? pour out your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these your gifts of bread and cup. The profoundest act of worship is to try to understand. You see Paul was skilled in the ancient art of rhetoric and would recognize my own rhetoric for what it is. We give thanks for the spirit of new life active in our lives as it was in the life of Jesus. Let me remind you that a generation before our anonymous gospel-storyteller wrote his account of Thomas doubts, somewhere around the years 50 to 53, the Apostle Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthian followers of the Way, that such questions about physical resurrection were in fact stupid. Such a strange dualism to entertain on the surface of a frozen lake, beneath a clear blue sky, staring out at a horizon, I have all too often entertained. I also want you to resist making the story all about you. There are those who name the stars, who watch the sky by night, How solid? Abundant life is the Shalom we long for, for without justice there can be no peace, and without peace there can only be abundance for some and not for all. When humankind struggles, we all struggle together. Jesus knew this. Gig Harbor, WA 98335 This weeping CHRIST plays on an endless loop in my mind unravelling my carefully constructed images of the DIVINE MYSTERY which is the LOVE we have the audacity to call GOD. In the past few weeks, Ive been thinking a great deal about the systems of domination and the pain inflicted by the unjust empires of our world. Petes words remind me over and over, and over again that Jesus lived and died embodying the CHRIST which is the DIVINE LOVE which rises in with through and beyond you and I, again, and again, and again. Sunday between November 27 and December 3. They may not want to hurl me off a cliff, although some have wished me dead, or at the very least judged and punished by their god of eternal torment. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. 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