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HOMILIES

So, let us keep moving forward as the marathon continues. It is like a marathon. In a mara-
thon – although I’m not a marathon runner, I have seen them in action – the runners find ways
to maintain their strength along the entire way. They adopt a steady, sustainable rhythm. If
they were to begin at full speed, they could not make it to the end! So, they pace themselves.
Let us also find our rhythm, our pace, to furnish what we need to strengthen us, both human
support and spiritual support. Find your rhythm. Move forward. Stay committed to the
mission, the mission to love.

We are going to come out of it. When it is over, it will have been an opportunity to renew our
willingness to love, to give generously, to give freely. It will have been an opportunity to
renew our acceptance of God’s grace, because experiencing our limitations and weaknesses
day after day, week after week, month after month will have been an opportunity to learn how
to rely more fully on the grace of God. Let us pray for each other. Let us pray for the whole
Church. Let us pray for all of humanity, because the Church does not exist for herself but so
that the beauty and breadth of humanity knows the love of God.

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