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Mass Readings: September 3

First:	1 Corinthians 4:1-5
Resp:	Psalm 37:3-6,27-28,39-40
Gospel:	Luke 5:33-39

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Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-590)
Gregory was the well-educated son of a wealthy Roman senator. He was a missionary in England before he was unanimously elected Pope. A Doctor of the Church, he is most well known for collecting the melodies and plain chant now known as Gregorian Chants.

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Life in Christ: Catechism #2390

In a so-called free union, a man and a woman refuse to give juridical and public form to a liaison involving sexual intimacy. The expression covers a number of different situations: concubinage, rejection of marriage as such, or inability to make long-term commitments. All these situations offend against the dignity of marriage; they destroy the very idea of the family; they weaken the sense of fidelity. They are contrary to the moral law. The sexual act must take place exclusively within marriage. Outside of marriage it always constitutes a grave sin and excludes one from sacramental communion.

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