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““By participating in the liturgy, we’re doing more than “attending a service.” We are entering a story—a story in which we also play a role. We are the people who have indeed been gathered. We are the people who share in God’s very life. We are the people sent forth to proclaim God’s story and to invite people into the grand story.””

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