Daily Thought For July 5, 2020

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Give Us Everlasting Joy

Lord God,
when our world lay in ruins,
you raised it up again on the foundation of your Son’s Passion and Death.
Give us grace to rejoice in the freedom from sin which he gained for us, and bring us to everlasting joy.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen!
Prayer For Morning Prayer (Liturgy of the Hours)

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