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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Larry Perry <larryperry@performancepress.ccsend.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Larry Perry<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 3, 2021 11:09 AM<br><b>To:</b> mmoore11@kent.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> EXT: Questions and Answers<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='font-size:1.0pt'><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/msv5/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from https://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=7bcc5a92-4aeb-4a0a-a465-7211dff5cab1&a=1103316066373&c=6f49fc70-74b9-11eb-9d75-fa163e24df6a&ch=6f4b0606-74b9-11eb-9d75-fa163e24df6a" /></span><span style='font-size:1.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=610 style='width:457.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:11.25pt 3.75pt 11.25pt 3.75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#869198;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#869198;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#E6E6E6;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Letter from Larry</span></i><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#717A80'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:#EB4C39;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:white'>Friday<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:white'>September 3, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Good Friday Morning Everyone:</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Each day I receive emails from readers of these Letters about various</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>things of interest. Here are some of those letters with their questions</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>and my answers that I think you will enjoy.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Why do Christians divide prayer into four main kinds?</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Christians divide prayer into four main kinds according to the purposes </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>for which they pray:</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>1. To ADORE God as creator and Lord;</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>2. To THANK God for his many favors;</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>3. To ASK God to bestow His blessings;</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>4. To ASK God for forgiveness for sins committed against God.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Why do people not always get what they pray for?</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>People do not always get what they pray for either because they have</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>not prayed with the proper dispositions (which include devotion, </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>humility, resignation, confidence and perseverance) or because they</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>have unwittingly asked for something God sees in not for their good</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>at that moment. In the latter case, their prayer obtains a different </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>benefit for them from Almighty God.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Why do Christians fold their hands when they pray?</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Folded hands in prayer is a relatively new gesture by Christians. It</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>was introduced in Roman Catholic monasteries and in colonial </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>America as a way of avoiding fidgeting during long prayers lead </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>by the worship leaders.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Folded hands may take the form of interlocking fingers or merely </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>placing they palms together while pointing the fingers skyward. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>In the Early Church, Christians seldom if ever, folded hands during</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>prayers. Instead, they turned their palms upward and held up their arms</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>raised as if to "Catch the blessing s from God." (I still see this today in religious services.)</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Why do Christians say "Amen" at the end of their prayers?</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Most Christians end their private and public prayers with the word</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>"Amen." "Amen" is a work adopted by Christians from Jews, and </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>means "Yes" or "So be it!" The word first appears for the first time</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>in the Bible in Numbers 5:22. In some congregations, worshipers </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>interject shouts of "Amen" during the preaching of the sermon as </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>a sign that they agree with what the preacher is saying.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Why is Jesus regarded as the third party at a Christian wedding?</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>The late Fulton J. Sheen used to stress that Jesus was the third party </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>at a wedding---coining the phrase "Three to get married." He did so </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>to indicate the Christian marriage partakes of the mystical marriage </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>of Christ and His Church. In the words of St. Paul:</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>"Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church and gave </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Himself up for her...for no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>and cherishes it , as Christ does the Church." (Ephesians 5:25-29). </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Why are the Beatitudes regarded as the heart of the Gospel?</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> The Beatitudes (Mathew 5:3-10) are "eight words" pronounced by</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Jesus midway up a mountain around June of the year 28. They give</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>in a nutshell the type of life Jesus wants for all human beings and </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>they have been called the most important words in history. They are </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>addressed to all people believers and nonbelievers alike, and twenty </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>one centuries later they still constitute the sole beacon that shines in</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>the darkness of a selfish world.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>The Beatitudes form the core of the Sermon on the Mount which is </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>itself a summary of the teachings of Jesus. You might way that the</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Beatitudes is to the New Testament what the Ten Commandments </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>are to the Old Testament.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Here are the Beatitudes:</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>"Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>they shall be satisfied.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>of God.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>f</span><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#BF3F2F'>or theirs is the kingdom of Heaven</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>." (Matt: 5:3-10</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Why do Christians refer to the last 27 books of the Bible as the</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>"New Testament?</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>"</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>The word "testament" means "covenant" or "promise". Christians </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>believe that God made two covenants or promises with His people.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>The first involved the testament with Israel when God said: "I will be </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>your God; you shall by my people" (Exodus 6:6). The was the</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>"Old Testament." The "New Testament" is the promise that God </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>made between God and those who accept Jesus as Lord. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> *******</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>I hope you learned something this week from these Letters. Sometimes</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>the old professor in me comes out as I want everyone to learn </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>something new every day. Larry </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> *******</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#BF3F2F'>For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#BF3F2F'>whosoever</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#BF3F2F'> </span></i><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#BF3F2F'>believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#BF3F2F'>life.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>(John 3:16) </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>YOU are LOVED !!</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>Larry</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></table></div></td></table></tr><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F'>NOTE: This letter is sent to anyone interested in receiving these inspirational notes. 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