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SACRAM ENTAL INFORMATION:

Anointing of the Sick, Holy Communion to the Sick and Homebound, Funerals: Please call

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Parish Office.

Infant Baptism: Parents are to call the Parish office during business hours to schedule a Baptism meeting,

Sacrament of Matrimony: The proper and required preparation for this Sacrament is extensive. The time frame is at least six [6J months. Couples are asked to attend an Engaged Encounter Weekend in preparation and complete State and Church paperwork. Do not set a date or print invitations for your marriage until after you have spoken with a piiest,

WEEKEND MASSES:

Saturday: fSunday Vigii] 5:0Opm Sunday Morning: 7:00 am 9:00am Sunday Evening: 6;00 pm

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11;00arn [trnterpreted]

WEEKDAY MASSES: COMMUNAL ANNOINTING: RECONCILIATION: EUCHARISTIC ADORATION;

7:00 am & 12:00pm Saturday; 12;00 noon Last Saturday- of the Month at the 12:00 noon mass Friday L0:00 * 11;30 a.m. Saturday 3:3G - 4;30 pm or by appcintment Fridays: After the 7:00 am mass and 1't Fridays: 7:3A - 10:00 pm

PARISH ROSARIES: STATIONS OF THE CROSS:

Monday - Saturday; 11;15am Sunday: 5:15prn Fridays of l,ent: 11:15 a,m. & 6:00pm

I\4onday

- Friday:

ADDRESS: 800 Kaheka St. Honolulu, Hawaii 968t4 OFFICE HOURS: Mon. - Fri. B:30am - 12pm / 1:0CI - 3:30prn PHONE: [808] 941-0675 FAX: [808) q+5-A6Bq OFFICE EIVIAIL: sspeterpautr@hawaii.rr,com I,VEBSITI:

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This W'eek's Mass schedule

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Parishioners of Sts. Peter and Paul

Fr. Danny

Thanksgiving for De Silva

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Fr. Danny

+Padraig Tierney +Luciano Magusara & Philips Aguanta +lrene Arcayna

Fr. Khanh

Wilbert Liu (Sl) +Wiley Yeager

Fr. Khanh

+John Secretaria

Fr. Khanh

We thank Cisero Seisdedos and his tamr13,, Ana Clauclia and Ana Carolina, who received the LIol]' Oils at the Chrism Mass, April 6 tor Sts. Peter and Paul Parishioners and cared ior them until Holv

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Thursday

7am

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Fr. Danny

MAHALO, too to all the r,vonderful volunteers who served in our Tdduum Liturgies. Thel' put counfless

noon

+Felicisima & Justino Aguanta

Fr. Khanh

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hours to make our liturgres so inspiring.

7am CHURCH IS OPEN:

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MONDAY-THIIRSDAY: 6AM-8 AM 1l:00AM-1PM FRIDAY: 6AM-1PM FIRST FRIDAY:

SATURDAY:

7:3(l PM 11:00

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Pastor: Associate Pastor:

Senior Priests: Deacons:

Senior Deacon:

Secretary:

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6:30 PM l:Olt PM & 7:0(l PM

Fr. Danny

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+Chong-Jean Wang +Jesusa Cruz

Fr. Danny

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Fr. Khanh

noon

+Ulysis Laca

Fr. Khanh

7am

+lrene Arcayna

Fr. Khanh

+Chong-Jean Wang

Fr. Danny

7am

+Catherine Vincze

Fr. Danny

noon

Lynette Smith (BD)

Fr. Khanh

noon

PASTORAL TEAM Rev. Khanh Pham-Nguyen Rev. Danny Laeda Rev. Pal Freitas Rev. Mr. Richard Abel Rev. Mr. Angken Xymoon Rev. Mr. Richard Port Yvonne Toma

+ MaU Angelie Fajardo

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+Jesusa Cruz

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Fr. Danny

We are a welcoming Parish. Be a Family Mernber!

Parish Registration forms are localed at the entrance ofthe chu.rch, You may also contact lhe parish office for more iniormation. Flease call 9 41-857 5

or email: sspeterpaul@hawaii.rr.com

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2nd Sunday Of Easter/Divine Mercy Sunday “The Church In Boundary Situations” Sts. Peter and Paul Church

The theme of the readings for this, the first Sunday after Easter, continues to reflect the joy of Easter as it should. We too should not let that joy fade from our lives so easily. It is something to be nourished through prayer and meditation. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the central theme and event of all Christianity; and the more we understand it, the more meaningful our life here on earth will be to us and to others. Just listen to the readings and see how they tune into this concept.

In the First Reading, from the Acts of the Apostles (2:4247), we read where all the followers of Jesus, not just the apostles, were so enthusiastic about this “new way” of life that they lived in communities in order to share everything, both material and spiritual. This way, they could help in nourishing and sharing their newly found spiritual life in Christ with each other. Because of this joy, many others came to believe and "the Lord added to their number."

The Second Reading is from the First Letter of St. Peter (1:3-9). This portion of Peter's letter is a brief summary of the Christian life then and now. We should not think of Christ's Resurrection as something that happened 2000 plus years ago, but rather, as something that happens daily in every Mass— not just those we attend, but all Masses. They are the greatest prayers of Thanksgiving that one could offer for this sublime act of love.

The Gospel Reading is from the Gospel of John (20:1931). Place yourself into this scene: It is the night of the Resurrection and Jesus appears in all His divine Glory before the apostles. Can you image the joy after the shock subsides? They must have been bouncing all over the room.

Then Thomas, who was not present at the first appearance of Jesus, throws cold water on that event by his refusing to believe that Christ was resurrected. It takes another appearance of Christ to convince Thomas who then utters that great phrase of humility, "My Lord and my God!" Are you somewhat like Thomas, having a difficult time in believing? To doubt, as Thomas did, is not wrong or sinful.

However, to leave it there and do nothing about it is wrong.

Sometimes God puts doubts in our head in order for us to get moving toward finding the truth, through prayer or study or both. Something to think about during your Prayer time this week!

April 23, 2017

READINGS

First Reading – Acts 2:42-47 Peter’s preaching in the first part of Acts was powerful that three thousand people in one day were added to the Christian community. They became active and did many of the things churches do today: worshipping, praying, learning, and sharing.

Two Greek words for “good” are “agathos” and “kalos,” and they described this growing church.

Second Reading – 1 Peter 1:3-9 Peter saw the Christian life as having its source in God alone. He understood it to consist of salvation by grace through faith, and holiness through obedience to God in Christ. Grace was a concept Peter held in common with Paul. The believer is born to a “living hope,” and that hope is founded on the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Gospel – John 20:19-31

In Jesus’ resurrection appearances he was not only fulfilling promises, but was establishing the continuity between the earthly Jesus and the risen Christ. The appearances were intended to provide a transition – from the seen to the unseen, the temporal to the eternal, the limited to the universal, and the former to the latter.

Next Sunday’s Readings (Cycle A) 3rd Sunday of Easter First Reading: Acts 2:14, 22-33 Second Reading: 1 Peter 1:17-21 Gospel: Luke 24:13-35

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STEWARDSHIP

TIME – TALENT – TREASURE This Week’s Events (Apr. 23—29, 2017)

TREASURE

M – Main Church, U–Upstairs Parish Conference Room, R – Reception room, B - Blue room, G - Green Room, C – Courtyard

Mahalo for your generous contributions and faithful stewardship The Collections for April 13-16, 2017 are as follows:

Sunday April 23 6:15 am 6:15 am 8:15 am 5:00 pm 5:15 pm 7:15 pm

Total: $26,723.28

Envelopes & Loose Collections Mass Intentions

$19,297.34 140.00

Electric & Votive Candles

354.69 Total: $ 19,792.03

Monday

ENVELOPES IDENTIFIABLE UNIDENTIFIABLE

68.00 230.00 1,391.84 20.00 131.00 Subtotal: $ 1,840.84

Tuesday

Subtotal:

Wednesday

April 24

April 25

April 26

6:10 am – Rosary (M) 7:30 am – Novena to our Lady of Perpetual Help (M) 11:15 am – Rosary (M) 1:00 pm – Legion of Mary, Queen of Peace (C) 6:00 pm – Scripture Study (R)

1,818.00 1,720.16 20.00 10.00 1,412.25 20.00 50.00 40.00 $ 5,090.41

Thursday

April 27

6:10 am – Rosary (M) 11:15 am – Rosary (M) 6:00 pm – Choir Practice (M) Friday

BUILDING FUND THIS WEEKEND!

6:10 am – Rosary (M) 11:15 am – Rosary (M) 6:30 pm – Centering Prayer (M)

Special Collections:

Holy Thursday Good Friday Easter Catholic Relief Fund Holy Land Ash Wednesday AA Group Kitchen Renovation

6:10 am – Rosary (M) 11:15 am – Rosary (M) 6:30 pm – Charismatic Prayer Group (M)

34% 66%

Building Fund Outreach CRS Rice Bowl Catholic Care Veneration of the Cross

– Choir Practice (B) – Rosary (M) – Family Mass Choir practice (B) – Choir Practice (R) – Young Adult Rosary (M) – Young Adult Ministry (R)

April 28

6:10 am – Rosary (M) 7:40 am – Eucharistic Adoration/Sacred Heart Devotion 10:15 – 11:15 am – Confession and Spiritual Direction 10:45 am – Universal Divine Mercy Chaplet 11:15 am – Rosary 2:00 pm – Wedding 4:30 pm – Funeral (+Diane Fernandez) 5:00 pm – Stations of the Cross (M)

(break until after Pentecost)

This Weekend, April 22-23, our 2nd Collection will be for the Building Fund. We greatly appreciate all of your donations for this Collection. We are still improving and renovating things in our parish. Thank you for your generosity!

Saturday

April 29

8:00 – 11:00 am – Cleaning Church (M) 11:15 am – Rosary 3:30 – 4:30 pm – Confessions (M)

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STEWARDSHIP TIME – TALENT – TREASURE Mahalo

to our countless volunteers who served in our Triduum Liturgies. They put countless hours to making them so inspiring.

Love does not measure; it just gives.

STEWARDSHIP: THE VALUE OF A VOLUNTEER We have always known that the many parishioners who volunteer to serve in our various parish ministries, organizations and events are most valuable.

But do you know how valuable?

Based on the average hourly wage given by the National Independent Sector, it is currently estimated that one hour of volunteer time is worth $23.65. However, to us your volunteer time is invaluable. Through the gifts of time and talent that our parishioners so generously share, we are able to not only function better as a parish and keep our overhead costs down, but are truly the hands and feet of Jesus Christ here in Honolulu, as we serve our community in need. Mahalo Nui to all those faithful and generous stewards who volunteer in our parish!

Your time is worth everything to us!

Please see our brochure at the back of the church for more information on how you can help.

OPERATION RICE BOWL Our community changed lives this Lent, and CRS Rice Bowl wants to say thank you! Don’t forget to turn in your CRS Rice Bowl in the box in the courtyard on Sunday, April 23, 2017

Mahalo for your sacrifices this Lenten season!

St. Teresa of Calcutta

Supporting our Catholic Care Project and relieving hunger pains in our community just got easier!

Try Our New Parish

VIRTUAL FOOD BASKET

A new and easy way to donate to our monthly food collection for our Catholic Care Projects

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You pick the food items to donate We’ll do the shopping for you No more heavy bags to carry No more stores for you to visit Your donation is tax deductible

Visit our parish website at

www.sspeterpaulhawaii.org

And click on the Virtual Food Basket button

Your donation goes directly to our Catholic Care Project which cares for those who are vulnerable to becoming food insecure.

Do you know someone in our parish who would benefit from receiving a food bag to help them make ends meet?

Please tell them to contact our Catholic Care Helpline

(808) 385- PRAY (7729) All information we receive remains confidential.

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HOLY FATHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S INTERCESSIONS FOR APRIL 2017

Universal: Youth That Young people may respond generously to their vocations and seriously consider offering themselves to God in the priesthood or consecrated life.

PRAYER LIST FOR THE SICK

CCONGRATULATIONS

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY

Please pray for the sick in our Parish, especiallyâ&#x20AC;Ś.

Jane Brown & Handel Zoo (John) Kim who were Baptized, Confirmed and received First Holy Communion at our Easter Vigil and Thomas Storm who was received in to full communion with the Catholic Church and Confirmed.

We thank God for their witness to Jesus and pray for them to live always

Tessie & Shirley Dungo

Wini Chow

Stanley Ho

Teresita M. Custodio

Purita V. Marcaida

Avon Czerwinski

Regina Czerwinski

Betty Ann Nault

Dolores Suredam

Odetta Doublet

Lolita A. Sutton

Edwin Tagura

Vanessa Alcova

Tony Bacani

in the Easter joy of the Risen Lord.

Larry Cabrinha

MAY 2017 BIRTHDAY and/or ANNIVERSARY CELEBRANTS!

Please complete this form with your pertinent information, so that we may remember you at Mass and with prayers and blessings on your special day in MAY. Fill in and complete this form (please print clearly!) and put it in the collection basket or return it to the Office no later than April 30, 2017.

NAME:________________________________

PHONE#:____________________________

BIRTHDAY:_______ (please check)

DATE:_________________________________

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY:___(please check)

PRAYER LIST FOR THE SICK

Prayers bring our parish community together and this is true especially when we pray for those parishioners who are ill among us.

We would like to update the list on the right side of this page for the month of April. We will remove the names at the end of every month and have a new list for the following month. If you wish to have your name or the names of your loved ones included on the list, please fill up the form below. The prayer list will be published for the whole month and will be updated at the end of each month. (Because of privacy laws, only person themselves or immediate family member may submit a request.)

Mahalo for your cooperation.

Please complete below so that we may remember you in prayers for the whole month of MAY. (Please print clearly!) and put it in the collection basket or return it to the office no later than April 30, 2017.

NAME: _____________________________________

PH #: _______________________ (relationship to person) _________________

DATE: _________________________

NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED: __________ 4

Today April 22 & 24 on Divine Mercy Sunday the Divine Mercy Chaplet will be recited before each Mass.

Saturday Sunday

4:30 pm 6:30 am 8:30 am 10:30 am 5:30 pm

Origin of Divine Mercy Sunday

Saint Faustina: Mankind’s need for the message of Divine Mercy took on dire urgency in the 20th Century, when civilization began to experience an “eclipse of the sense of God” and, therefore to lose the understanding of the sanctity and inherent dignity of human life. In the 1930s, Jesus chose a humble Polish nun, St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, to receive private revelations concerning Divine Mercy that were recorded in her Diary. St. John Paul explains: This was precisely the time when those ideologies of evil, nazism and communism, were taking shape. Sister Faustina became the herald of the one message capable of off-setting the evil of those ideologies, that fact that God is mercy—the truth of the merciful Christ. And for this reason, when I was called to the See of Peter, I felt impelled to pass on those experiences of a fellow Pole that deserve a place in the treasury of the universal Church. ~ Pope Saint John Paul II, Memory and Identity (2005) On May 5, 2000, five days after the canonization of St. Faustina, the Vatican decreed that the Second Sunday of Easter would henceforth be known as Divine Mercy Sunday.

How to Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy: (using rosary with 5 decades) 1. M ake the Si gn o f the C ross In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

2. Opti ona l O peni ng Praye rs -You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth

for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.

-(Repeat three times) O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You! 3. Our Fath er Our Father, Who art in heaven, . .

4. Hai l Ma ry Hail Mary, full of grace. . .

5. T he A p ostle's C reed I believe in God, the Father almighty, . .

6. T he E tern al Fathe r (on the Our Father Beads)

Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

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Image: Jesus appeared to St. Faustina in a vision, with his right hand raised in a blessing and his left touching his garment above his heart. Red and white rays emanate from his heart, symbolizing the blood and water that was poured out for our salvation and our sanctification. The Lord requested that “Jesus, I trust in You” be inscribed under his image. Jesus asked that his image be painted and venerated throughout the world: “I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish” (Diary, no. 48) and “By means of this image I will grant many graces to souls” (D. 742).

7. On the Te n S mal l B ea ds

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

8. R epe at for the re mai ning de cade s

Saying the "Eternal Father" (6) on the "Our Father" bead and then 10 "For the sake of His sorrowful Passion" (7) on the following "Hail Mary" beads.

9. C onc lud e w ith Hol y Go d (Repea t three time s)

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

10 . Op tion al Cl osin g P rayer

Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion — inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself. Amen.

Faith Formation Children and Parents Remembering the Passion of the Lord Children, parents and catechists create tableaux representing successive incidents during Jesus’s passage from Pilate’s house to his crucifixion at Calvary.

Through this creation of a series of tableaux of The Stations of the Cross, also known as the Via Dolorosa, shared by our Faith Formation family we were reminded of the humble manner in which Jesus was willing to set aside any privilege of deity in order to provide a path to salvation through His sacrifice.

The Stations of the Cross is a narration of the final hours in the life of Jesus Christ on earth that continues to provide spiritual meaning for every Christian and application to our everyday lives.

Mahalo to all our ministries who shared their talents in prayer and song this Lent.

YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY Qoh. 3:1-2 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; Easter Sunday was the sixteenth day of this month, and began the sixteenth week of 2017. Although the liturgical calendar began on the first Sunday of Advent... after seven weeks of Lent, our season of reflection, in Easter we celebrate a new beginning. Let's see what we can share throughout this Easter season, both with each other and the community at large.

With whoever can spare an hour or two on Sunday afternoons, we'll be spending time with the kids at the Kakaʻako shelter at four o'clock. And with whoever can stay an hour after the

evening mass, we'll share with each other our experiences, ideas, and make plans for the future.

Of course, you don't have to wait until then - anytime you have any interest, questions, comments, ideas, etc. please e-mail us at trivialFyr@gmail.com or text to 305-8980378. Hope to see everyone soon!

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Peter and Poul Service to our Neighbors in Need

Art With Heart Project Come help us decorate bags for our Brown Bag grocery distribution.

Your artwork will bring smiles to our Kupuna SUNDAY MAY 14 AFTER AtL MASSES Courtyard Area Family Friendly Project-Volunteers All Ages

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Lifebooks Project

Volunteers are needed to help with our Catholic Care Project monthly food sorting and to assemble our Brown Bag Groceries for our friends in need SATURDAY MAY 27

May is National Foster Care Month. Volunteers will make special Lifebooks for children awaiting their "forever family".

These books will allow each foster child to keep track of their special milestones and life history before it is forgotten and lost., SUNDAY MAY 28

9am-11am Courtyard Area Family Friendly Project-Volunteers All Ages

Baby Bags Project Volunteers will assemble emergency baby bags for homeless mothers and children living in shelter WEDNESDAY MAY 31 (10am-Noon) Courtyard Area Family Friendly Project-Volunteers All Ages

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7am,9am & I1am Masses Courtyard Area Family Friendly Project

ln honor of the Month of Mary and our own Mothers Parishioners are asked to donate new packages of baby diapers for our Baby Bags Project. Our Emergency Baby Bags will be distributed to families in need through area shelters.

Donations can be dropped off in our Diaper Bin May 1-28

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Mahalo to aIl our volunteers, mrnrsters, RCIA catechists, sacristans, lectors, choir, MC's who were

instrumental in serving the people of God as we celebrate the Easter Triduum.

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Tuesday April25 St. Mark, Evangelist 1 Pt 5:5b-14 Mk 16:15-20

Wednesday April26 Easter Weekclay Acts 5:17-26

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Thursday April2T Easter Weekday Acts 5:27-33

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Friday April28 Eqster Weekday Acts 5:34-42 Jn 6:1-15

Saturday April29 St. Catherine of Siena,

Virgin and Doctor of the Chto'ch Acts 6:1-7

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union of body and soul. Nlade in God's image and likeness, we cannot separate our physical life from our spiritual life. When our bodies die, our spiritual existence continues. Thus, to believe that we are morally bound to exhaust all possible medical treatments incorrectly overemphasizes the good of our physical life here on earth-r,vhich our faith teaches comprises, in the end, shador,vs and dust-and overlooks the good of our spiritual life as well as the eternal destiny to which we are called by God. There comes a time when medical intervention, beyond that required to keep a person comfortable and to relieve pain, is unnecessary and can excessively burden the patient or the family.

Elderly and imminently dying z a patients are not obligated to undertake unreasonable c or excessively burden some medical procedures or to Llse measures that sustain life beyond basic nursing care such as proper hygiene, food and fluids (when they can be assimilated into the body), comfortable room temperature, turning to avoid bed sores, and other means.

Having conversations with loved ones about this matter is an excellent way to find support during times of suffering and loss. "Do not resuscitate (DNR)" orders can be part of the process of letting go of the life we have knoi,vn while embracing the ner,r, life that awaits us in Jesus Christ.

Source: Li.quarian, March 2011

Sunday April30 Third Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14, 22-33

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