Preached December 3, 2017; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon In our opening prayer or ‘collect’ we prayed, “Grant your faithful, Almighty God, the resolve to run forth to meet your Christ with righteous deeds at his coming, so that, gathered at his right hand, they may be made worthy to possess the heavenly Kingdom.” In other words, we asked God that me might be pleasing to him by our righteous deeds. This is the prayer of the Church, which reflects the faith of the Church. The Church believes that it......

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