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    – 1 John 1:5-7 –    
      
   5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that   
   God is light and in him is no darkness[a] at all. 6 If we say we have   
   fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live   
   according to the truth; 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the   
   light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his   
   Son cleanses us from all sin. RSVCE   
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   Just as darkness cannot exist in the presence of light, sin cannot   
   exist in the presence of a Holy God. If we want to have a relationship   
   with God, we must put aside our sinful ways of living. To claim that   
   we belong to him but then go out and live for ourselves is hypocrisy.   
   Christ will expose and judge such deceit.   
      
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   April 21st - Conrad of Parzham   
      
   Born in Parzham (near Passau), Bavaria, Germany, December 12, 1818;   
   died April 21, 1894; beatified in 1930; canonized in 1934. John   
   Birndorfer, as he was known in the world, belonged to those reflective   
   peasant souls who are led by their work with nature almost   
   automatically to preoccupation with the supernatural. For him to be   
   alone in the fields was to be alone with God.   
      
   When at the age of 31, he realized that God was calling him to a   
   monastic life, he left Parzham, renounced his prosperous farm, and   
   joined the Capuchins as a lay brother. After taking his solemn vows he   
   was sent to the monastery of Altötting, Germany. Beside the monastery   
   is a shrine of the Mother of God, annually visited by several hundred   
   thousands of pilgrims. In such a cloister, where the bell never rests,   
   the doorkeeper's job is unusually heavy.   
      
   For 41 years, Brother Conrad attended to the cloister door and   
   performed his duties with perfect tact and care and with imperturbable   
   patience, always humble, pious, helpful, unassuming, and diligent. No   
   one ever saw him irritable or churlish. No one ever heard from his   
   lips malicious gossip or frivolous judgment or even an idle word,   
   although he had dealings with innumerable people in the course of many   
   years. His occupation made such demands on him that he often did not   
   find time to eat with the brothers.   
      
   His self-sacrificing charity towards pilgrims and the poor, children   
   and itinerant journeymen won him the hearts of the people, and the   
   striking answers to his prayer caused people to recommend themselves   
   to his good offices in prayer.   
      
   Three days before his death he recognized that he was no longer able   
   to cope with the throngs at the door and relinquished his office   
   (Attwater, Attwater2, Benedictines, Schamoni).   
      
      
   Readings   
   It was God’s will that I should leave everything that was near and   
   dear to me. I thank him for having called me to religious life where I   
   have found such peace and joy as I could never have found in the   
   world. My plan of life is chiefly this: to love and suffer, always   
   meditating upon, adoring and admiring God’s unspeakable love for his   
   lowliest creatures.   
    – letter of Saint Conrad   
      
      
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   You are the King of All   
      
   We pray to You, O Lord,   
   who are the supreme Truth,   
   and all truth is from You.   
   We beseech You, O Lord,   
   who are the highest Wisdom,   
   and all the wise depend on You   
   for their wisdom.   
   You are the supreme Joy,   
   and all who are happy owe it to You.   
   You are the Light of minds,   
   and all receive their understanding from You.   
   We love, we love You above all.   
   We seek You, we follow You,   
   and we are ready to serve You.   
   We desire to dwell under Your power   
   for You are the King of all.   
   Amen.   
   --St Albert the Great (1200-1280) Universal Doctor   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)