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<p><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">Tonight at 7:30 PM in MIT chapel</span></strong><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">, we will celebrate the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino">Vigil
Mass for the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord</span></strong>—a holy day marking Christ’s return to the Father in glory. As described in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:Palatino">Acts 1:9-11</span></em>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">“He was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight...”</span></em><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">Due to tomorrow’s graduation activities,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino">this evening’s Mass will be the only celebration of the Solemnity held on campus</span></strong>.
We invite all to join us as we honor this pivotal moment in our faith.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino">In the Archdiocese of Boston, Ascension Thursday is a Holy Day of Obligation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">Blessings and peace,</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">Reverend Michael B. Medas, MSW</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">Catholic Chaplain | Director of Catholic Ministry</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">40 Massachusetts Ave.</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">Cambridge, MA 02139</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">“Jesus loves you always, even when you don’t feel worthy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">When not accepted by others, even by yourself sometimes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">He is the one who always accepts you. Only believe, you are precious to Him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">Bring all you are suffering to His feet, only open your heart to be loved by Him as you are.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">He will do the rest.” Saint Mother Teresa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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