The Transforming Lives Together Podcast is a ministry of St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church in Tonawanda, NY. St. Bartholomew’s is on mission to see lives powerfully transformed through a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. For more information on the church please visit our website at: www.stbartston.org
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We seek to rightly divide the word of truth between Law and Gospel, so that the people in the city of New York and beyond might know and confess where they end and God begins. We proclaim the historic faith of Christ and Him crucified. "When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified." - 1 Corinthians, 2 Calvary/St. George’s is a community of ...
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The Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Paradosis Pavilion & Generative Sounds which explores the calendar of The Church Episodes are hosted by James John Marks of Chicago, with oversight by Fr Symeon Kees, a priest of the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America, through which he is currently serving St Raphael Orthodox Church in Iowa City. If this podcast is edifying for you, please consider the entire Paradosis Pavilion catalog as well as the music of Generative Sounds https: ...
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The Apostles' Teaching (Job 1:1, 2:1-10)
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In this sermon, the Reverend Jacob Smith shares what the apostles' teaching has to say to us in the midst of suffering.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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Free from Stumbling Blocks (Mark 9:38-50)
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Jesus frees us from the stumbling blocks in our lives through his death and resurrection.Kirjoittanut Rev. Molly Jane Layton
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God's Agenda (James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a)
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In this sermon, the Reverend Jacob Smith explains that while the world may have an agenda for you, so does God, and it is Good News.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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How Can I Begin to Pray?
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How Can I Begin to Pray? Reference materials for this episode: The Art of Prayer The Inner Closet of the Heart St Dimitri of Rostov pg 43, 45 St. Gregory of Sinai, “Instructions to Hesychasts”: Scripture citations for this episode: Psalm 140/141 Matthew 6: 6-15 Matthew 24: 36-44 The Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Generative sound…
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The Key to Eternal Life (Mark 8:27-38)
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On Kickoff Sunday, the Reverend Jacob Smith talked about the good news of taking up one's cross.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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Transformed by the Law of Liberty (James 2:1-17)
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In this sermon, the Reverend Jacob Smith reconciles St. Paul and St. James and reminds the congregation anything done apart from faith, especially works, is indeed dead.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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Religion That is Enough (Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23)
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Tune in this week as the Reverend Jacob talks about the distinction between true religion and false religion.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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The Scandal of Jesus (John 6:56-69)
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There is something scandalous about who Jesus is and what he offers us through his death and resurrection.Kirjoittanut Rev. Molly Jane Layton
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Eating the Body and Blood (John 6:51-58)
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Through his death and resurrection, Jesus Christ offers us his body and blood, to bring us into eternal life. We celebrate this each week in the sacrament of the Eucharist, which is an outward and visible sign of the inward and spiritual grace inside us.Kirjoittanut Rev. Molly Jane Layton
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How Can I Overcome My Blindness?
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How Can I Overcome My Blindness? Reference materials for this episode: St Gregory Palamas The Homilies Homily 34: On the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord & God & Savior Jesus Christ St Symeon The New, Theologian On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, Vol 2 Fifth Discourse Book of Mystical Chapters: Meditations on the Soul’s Ascent St Mark th…
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The Bread of Life (John 6:35, 41-51)
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Jesus is the bread that comes down from heaven, that gives us life eternal. In Christ, God offers us both knowledge and food, sustaining our entire person.Kirjoittanut Rev. Molly Jane Layton
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The Problem With Self-Delusion (1 Samuel 11:26-12:14)
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God loves you as you are, but he loves you too much to leave you that way. Rev. Jacob Smith explores this truth as illustrated in the confrontation between Nathan and David.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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Ordinary Bread (John 6:1-21)
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In this sermon, seminarian Jacob Stewart explores how the Feeding of the 5000 shows us that Jesus can transform whatever bread we bring to him, and he is the bread that he wants to offer to us.Kirjoittanut Jacob Stewart
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Why Can't I Be Still?
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Why Can’t I Be Still? Reference materials for this episode: Lao Tsu - Tao Te Ching - - poem 16 Cai Song Fang - Warriors of Stillness - - author’s intro Philokalia vol 1 - Evagrios the Solitary - - pg 40-41 - - - watchdog passage - St Mark the Ascetic - - pg 128 - - - sayings 29-31 - St John Cassian - - pg 91 - - - first paragraph “On Self Esteem” S…
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What Would Jesus Not Do? (Mark 6:14-29)
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God doesn’t deal with the sin of the world by instituting a program of moral improvement. Nor does God work by micromanaging evil. Rather, from the cross, we observe God drowns evil in a deluge of grace, mercy, and forgiveness. God sends his Son in the flesh to put sin to death once and for all.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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Boasting in Suffering (2 Cor. 12:2-10)
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It is not in our achievements, but in our weaknesses, that God's power is brought to its full, glorious display.Kirjoittanut John Asirvatham
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Hope For The Hopeless (Mark 5:21-43)
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In desperation, the bleeding woman and Jairus come to Christ, knowing that everything else has failed them. Christ is the sure foundation where He continues to be with and for you, no matter what is going on in your life.Kirjoittanut Charlie Ziemann
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How Do I Become a Gardener?
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How do I become a gardener? Reference materials for this episode: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Volume 59) - pg 85-86 &125-126 Publisher : Liturgical Press; Revised edition (January 1, 1984) ISBN-10 : 0879079592 ISBN-13 : 978-0879079598 Scripture citations for this episode: Genesis 1:28-31 Ezekiel 37:1-…
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Soundtrack of Your Life (1 Samuel 17)
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The Reverend Andrew Baughen reminded us of the origin story of David who faced Goliath seeing the real problem, relying on God’s power and trusting in the ultimate Savior.Kirjoittanut Rev. Andrew Baughen
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How Can I Know God? (S6-E000)
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A brief discussion on the categories of knowledge, how the life of the way of faithfulness to Christ prioritizes them, how this is in stark distinction to our culture, & why the examination of this question is at the heart of the restructuring of this podcast for Season Six. This is, essentially, episode 000 as our first true conversational episode…
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God Has a Choice (1 Samuel 15:34-16:31)
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What you and I need is not just a makeover, but a complete and total heart transplant. And this is what King Jesus has come to do; to save us from the inside out.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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AA Founder's Day - Rev. John Zahl (Luke 4:40-44)
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On AA Founder's Day, Rev. John Zahl of St. Matthew's Bedford reminded us of the deeply Christian foundations of Alcoholics Anonymous and how God loves us all in spite of our sin.Kirjoittanut Rev. John Zahl
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The Uncontrollable God (Mark 3:20-35)
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Jesus is a very different King than earthly rulers. He does not want to relate to you by way of commandment, but by way of a specific declaration: "I forgive you."Kirjoittanut Charlie Ziemann, Seminarian Intern
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Speak, Lord, For Your Servants are Listening (1 Samuel 3:1-20)
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In this sermon, the Reverend Jacob Smith articulates how God speaks to us clearly through two important yet often muddled words: Law and Gospel.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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A quick note from one of our hosts to let you know about the reboot of the program which will begin publishing in about a month. The Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Generative sounds & Paradosis Pavilion with oversight from Fr Symeon Kees Paradosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555 https://www.instagram.com/chr…
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A Sermon on the Trinity (John 3:1-17)
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In this sermon, the Reverend Jacob Smith articulates that if you can figure God out, you don't want to worship Him.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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What Does the Holy Spirit Actually Do? (Acts 2:1-11)
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In this sermon, the Reverend Jacob Smith breaks down the mighty acts of God and what it is that the Holy Spirit actually does.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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Jesus Prays for You (John 17:6-19)
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In this sermon, the Reverend Jacob Smith highlights three important points from Jesus’ prayer that speak to your life as part of his church.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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Picture of Grace (John 15:1-8)
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In this sermon, Rev. Jim Munroe describes a story of radical grace and forgiveness.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jim Munroe
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Good Shepherd Sunday (John 10:11-18)
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In this sermon, Rev. Jacob Smith reflects on how Jesus is our Good Shepherd.Kirjoittanut Rev. Jacob Smith
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When Seeing is Not Enough (Luke 24:36b-48)
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The disciples struggled with doubt and so do we. By the Holy Spirit, God works in our hearts through the teaching of his Word, the offer of his peace, and the eucharistic meal, to grow our belief in his resurrection.Kirjoittanut Rev. Molly Jane Layton
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The Power of the Word (John 20:19-31)
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Jesus comes to the disciples in order to give them a Word. This Word turns fear into peace and doubt into faith. Christ continues to deliver this same Word to us through proclamation and the sacraments.Kirjoittanut Charlie Ziemann, Seminarian Intern
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Walking Backwards Into a Redeemed Future (Easter Sunday)
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Listen to the Rev. Jacob Smith's sermon on Easter Sunday 2024.Kirjoittanut The Rev. Jacob Smith
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The King of the Cross (Mark 14:1-15:47)
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As humans, we think we can make Jesus a king, but his kingship is actually found in his sacrifice on the cross.Kirjoittanut The Rev. Molly Jane Layton
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Saint Nikolai Velimirović of Žiča
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Saint Nikolai Velimirović of Žiča ( March 18 ) Reference materials for this episode: https://orthochristian.com/46256.html - biography https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/03/18/100825-repose-of-saint-nikolai-of-zhicha - biography http://orthodoxclergy.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-statement-concerning-sin-of-racism.html “Prayers by the Lake” A Treasury …
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The Mediator of a New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
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In this sermon, the Rev.Jacob Smith talks about covenant and how Jesus mediates the New Covenant.Kirjoittanut The Rev. Jacob Smith
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Saint Symeon the New, Theologian
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Saint Symeon the New, Theologian ( March 12 ) THE ICON FEATURED IN THIS WEEK’S PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL IS NOT BY THE HAND OF NICHOLAS PAPAS & IS NOT THE PROPERTY OF St DEMETRIUS PRESS Reference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/03/12/100790-venerable-simeon-the-new-theologian https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2019/12/on-…
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The Snake and the Cross (John 3:14-21)
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Sin wounds our souls like poison harms our bodies. Our healing is found in Jesus, who takes our sinful humanity to the cross, dying and rising again.Kirjoittanut The Rev. Molly Jane Layton
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Saint Felix, Bishop of Dunwich, Enlightener of East Anglia
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Saint Felix, Bishop of Dunwich, Enlightener East Anglia ( March 8 ) Reference materials for this episode: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2021/03/saint-felix-of-burgundy-bishop-of.html - life of St Felix https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38326/38326-h/38326-h.html - St Bede mentions Bishop Felix (Book II-Chap XV, Book III-Chap XVIII&XX) The Silver C…
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Today we remember priests and reformers of the church, John and Charles Wesley. The short bio on John and Charles is taken from the 2001 edition of the Lesser Feasts and Fasts. The scripture reading for today comes from Isaiah 49:5-6(NKJV). The Collect comes from the Lesser Feasts and Fasts.Kirjoittanut St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church
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Episode 71 - Revelation Made Relevant 3.1
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Life comes with many trials and difficulties, and you find that out the moment you take your first breath on this planet. Most times we may be able to lean on our friends and family to help us get by, but sometimes we’re on our own, or we feel that way. In the moment, we may decide to give up, thinking there’s no end in sight. We may even doubt our…
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He Gets Us (John 2:13-22)
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In this sermon, the Rev. Jacob Smith articulates how Jesus is the cornerstone of the new and living temple.Kirjoittanut The Rev. Jacob Smith
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St John Cassian (Second Look)
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St John Cassian ( Feb 29 ) Reference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/02/29/100623-venerable-john-cassian-the-roman https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/14557292 - first episode on St John Cassian https://www.buzzsprout.com/1443073/6356446 - episode on Desert Fathers https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/350705.htm - The …
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Today we remember Anglican priest and poet, George Herbert. The short bio on George is taken from the 2001 edition of the Lesser Feasts and Fasts. The scripture reading for today comes from 1 Peter 5:1-4(NKJV). The Collect comes from the Lesser Feasts and Fasts.Kirjoittanut St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church
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Episode 70 - Revelation made Relevant Part 2.2
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One of the many things to consider when studying the book of Revelation is how Jesus and the Father are presented. John is giving us a glimpse into heaven, a peek behind the veil to encourage us and confirm what we believe regarding the nature of God the Father and God the Son, Jesus Christ. The churches John was writing to were dealing with variou…
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Reckoned Righteousness (Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16)
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In this sermon, The Reverend Jacob A. Smith looks at how God counts righteous.Kirjoittanut The Rev. Jacob Smith
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Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
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St Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna ( Feb 23 ) Reference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/02/23/100589-hieromartyr-polycarp-bishop-of-smyrna http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ignatius.html - St Ignatius’ letter to St Polycarp https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0136.htm - St Polycarp’s letter to the Phillipians https://…
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Baptism and the Wilderness (Mark 1:9-15)
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Noah’s flood foreshadows baptism; in each sin and evil are washed away in death, and we emerge to new life to hear God’s promises to us. But baptism is only the beginning of our journey, and as we walk through the wilderness, we cling to the promises God made to us in our baptism.Kirjoittanut The Rev. Molly Jane Layton
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St Empress Theodora, Defender of Icons
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St Empress Theodora, Defender of Icons (Feb 11) Reference materials for this episode: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/02/11/100504-righteous-theodora-wife-of-emperor-theophilus-the-iconoclast https://www.oca.org/fs/paschal-cycle https://orthodoxwiki.org/Sunday_of_Orthodoxy https://orthodoxwiki.org/Seventh_Ecumenical_Council https://www.newadv…
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For the Love of Grace (Mark 9:2-9)
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In this sermon, the Rev. Janet Broderick reflects on God's preventing grace in our lives that acts as kindling, igniting love in our hearts.Kirjoittanut The Rev. Janet Broderick
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