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IN HIM WAS LIFE AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MHN. THE LIGHT SHINES IN

THE DARKNESS, AND THE DARKNESS, AND TH# DARKNESS HAS INOT OVERCOME IT.

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NINETEEN CENTURIES AND SIXTY YEARS AGO A TINY LI

GHT WAS LIT IN THE DARKNESS.

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(\ MYSTERIA, SLAVERY, CONFUSION AND ANXIETY CHARACTERIZE

INDEED MANKIND'S STORY COULD BE LIKENED TO VAST, SHAI
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THIS LIGHT WAS STARTED IN THe SIMPLEST AND TINEQT OF WAYS.

THE DIVINE SERENITY OF A MOTHER, THS HELPLES. CRY OF

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BEGAN IN THE EVERYDAY OCCASION OF HUMAN BIRTH. BUT I

LATER LE.NET IN CONFLICT, THE DARKNESS AROUND IT. A

MAMMOTH FLAMES OF A FOREST FIRE. THERE WAS A CROSS,

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ILLUMINATING RAYS ALONG THE PATH OF HUMAN EXISTENCE,

TONIGHT WE @EEX BELEBRATE THE LIGHTING OF THIS S

BIT OF IT--ALLOW IT TO GLEAM, 5

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PARALING AND SPUTTERIN
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WHAT WE ARE DOING IS SYMBOLIC, BUT LET ITS MEANT

SYMBOLISM. LET THIS TINY LIGHT IN FRONT

OF YOU BE MORE.

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THAT ALL DARKNESS BE DISPELLED. ACCEPT HUMBLY THE GIFT GIVEN US THIS NIGHT.

NURTURE THE TREASURS GIVEN YOU BY GOD ALMIGHTY. LET|JOY AND PRAISE ABOUND, WE

HAVE BEEN GIVEN LIGHT, LIGHT THAT WE M.GHT SKE THE WAY, LIGHT THAT WE MIGHT
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» THE LORD HAS COME. AMEN.

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