<p class="subtitle_brown">Admonition</p>

<p class="normal_text">The reading of Ezekiel, that we are going to read, reveals us the solicitous and merciful face of God, as a pastor who goes, himself, in search of each sheep, in the promise of a festive encounter. This initiative of the mystery of the merciful heart of God becomes hope for anyone who lets himself to be found. It&rsquo;s from the grace of this encounter that Lucia also tells us about, in a short page that we read from the book <em>The Message of Fatima</em>: the encounter with the grace of God becomes food for the path of faith and the promise of friendship with God that gives life in abundance.<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown">Reading from the Book of Ezekiel</p>

<p class="quote">&laquo;For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.&nbsp; &nbsp;And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.<strong>&nbsp;</strong>I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. I, myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I, myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God. &nbsp;I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice. &raquo;&nbsp; (Ez 34,11-12)</p>

<p class="subtitle_brown">Brief silence</p>

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<p class="subtitle_brown">Words of Sisiter Lucia</p>

<p class="quote">&laquo;It was the power of this love that once again drew God&rsquo;s gaze towards us, in order to attract us and raise us up to Him. To drink from this spring of crystal-clear water, well-spring of life, grace, strength and light, which gushes down from Heaven to earth, calling on us to drink of this water and to eat of this bread, so that we shall no longer hunger and thirst. [&hellip;] The Lord did not deceive us, nor did He fail to give us his grace, as Our Lady promised: &ldquo;&rdquo;<em>The grace of God will be your comfort</em>.&rdquo; It is this grace of God that is at work in us, carrying us where God wishes to lead us, [&hellip;] like children relaxed in the arms of their father [&hellip;] placing our feet in the footsteps of Christ. Going ahead of us He left the mark of his steps in the ground for us to follow; it is to climb, with You, the steep rugged hillside of Mount Calvary, to drink with You to the last drop the chalice which the Father present to You; it is to be one with You in the breaking of the bread and the drinking of the chalice; it is, through our intimate union with You, to be the beloved Son in whom the Father is well pleased, seeing in us the face of his Son, o &nbsp;Holy Trinity, whom I adore, whom I trust, whom I love and wish to praise forever. From whom I hope for this grace which will be my hymn of eternal love! (<em>The Message of Fatima</em>, p. 12 and 37-38)</p>

<p class="subtitle_brown">Moment of silence and adoration</p>

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<p class="subtitle_brown">Prayer</p>

<p class="normal_text">O Lord of Mercy, in the dispersion of our days, come to receive us on your pastor&rsquo;s lap and take us back to our truth of loved sons. May the adoration of your presence excavate in us an inner depth that converts us to the image and likeness of your Son. And may your promise of <em>grace and mercy</em>, remembered in Fatima, renew us and strengthen us for the fullness of life.<br />
Amen.<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown"><strong>Psalm 22(23) or Canticle of &nbsp;Zachariah (Lc 1,67-79</strong></p>
