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		</div><p><span style="color:#660000;"><big>THE &#8220;GOLDEN ARROW&#8221; PRAYER </big></span></p>
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<p><big>MAY the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most incomprehensible and unutterable Name of God be always praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified, in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Amen. </big></p>
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<p><i><big>by </big><big>Sister Mary of St. Peter</big></i></p>
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<h3><span id="en-NIV-1922" class="text Exod-15-1">The Song of Moses and Miriam</span></h3>
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<p><span class="text Exod-15-1"><span class="chapternum">15 </span>Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>:</span></p>
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<p><span class="text Exod-15-1">“I will sing to the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"><br />
</span><span class="text Exod-15-1">for he is highly exalted.<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-1">Both horse and driver<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"> <span class="text Exod-15-1">he has hurled into the sea.</span></span></p>
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<p><span id="en-NIV-1923" class="text Exod-15-2"><sup class="versenum"><br />
2 </sup>“The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> is my strength and my defense<sup class="footnote">[<a title="See footnote a" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+15#fen-NIV-1923a">a</a>]</sup>;<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"> <span class="text Exod-15-2">he has become my salvation.<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-2">He is my God, and I will praise him,</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"><br />
</span><span class="text Exod-15-2">my father’s God, and I will exalt him.</span></span></p>
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<p><span id="en-NIV-1924" class="text Exod-15-3"><sup class="versenum"><br />
3 </sup>The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> is a warrior;<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-3">the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> is his name.<br />
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4 </sup>Pharaoh’s chariots and his army</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"><br />
</span><span class="text Exod-15-4">he has hurled into the sea.<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-4">The best of Pharaoh’s officers</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"><br />
</span><span class="text Exod-15-4">are drowned in the Red Sea.<sup class="footnote">[<a title="See footnote b" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+15#fen-NIV-1925b">b</a>]</sup></span></span></p>
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<p><span id="en-NIV-1926" class="text Exod-15-5"><sup class="versenum"><br />
5 </sup>The deep waters have covered them;</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"><br />
</span><span class="text Exod-15-5">they sank to the depths like a stone.<br />
</span></span><span id="en-NIV-1927" class="text Exod-15-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>Your right hand, <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"><br />
</span><span class="text Exod-15-6">was majestic in power.<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-6">Your right hand, <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"> <span class="text Exod-15-6">shattered the enemy.</span></span></p>
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<span id="en-NIV-1928" class="text Exod-15-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>“In the greatness of your majesty</span></div>
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<p><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Exod-15-7">you threw down those who opposed you.<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-7">You unleashed your burning anger;<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"> <span class="text Exod-15-7">it consumed them like stubble.<br />
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8 </sup>By the blast of your nostrils<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-8">the waters piled up.<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-8">The surging waters stood up like a wall;</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"><br />
</span><span class="text Exod-15-8">the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.</span></span></p>
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<p><span id="en-NIV-1930" class="text Exod-15-9"><sup class="versenum"><br />
9 </sup>The enemy boasted,<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-9">‘I will pursue, I will overtake them.<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-9">I will divide the spoils;<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-9">I will gorge myself on them.<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-9">I will draw my sword<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-9">and my hand will destroy them.’</p>
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<p><span id="en-NIV-1931" class="text Exod-15-10"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>But you blew with your breath,<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-10">and the sea covered them.<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-10"> They sank like lead</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"><br />
</span><span class="text Exod-15-10"> in the mighty waters.</span></span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-1932" class="text Exod-15-11"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>Who among the gods<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-11">is like you, <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>?<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-11">Who is like you—<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Exod-15-11">majestic in holiness,<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-11">awesome in glory,</span><span class="indent-1"> <span class="text Exod-15-11">working wonders?</span></span></p>
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<p><span id="en-NIV-1933" class="text Exod-15-12"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>“You stretch out your right hand,<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"> <span class="text Exod-15-12">and the earth swallows your enemies.</span></span></p>
<p><span id="en-NIV-1934" class="text Exod-15-13"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>In your unfailing love you will lead<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-13">the people you have redeemed.<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-13">In your strength you will guide them<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-13">to your holy dwelling.</span></span></p>
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<p><span id="en-NIV-1935" class="text Exod-15-14"><sup class="versenum"><br />
14 </sup>The nations will hear and tremble;<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"> <span class="text Exod-15-14">anguish will grip the people of Philistia.</p>
<p></span></span><span id="en-NIV-1936" class="text Exod-15-15"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>The chiefs of Edom will be terrified,<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-15">the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-15">the people<sup class="footnote">[<a title="See footnote c" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+15#fen-NIV-1936c">c</a>]</sup> of Canaan will melt away;</p>
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<p><span class="indent-1"><span id="en-NIV-1937" class="text Exod-15-16"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>terror and dread will fall on them.<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-16">By the power of your arm</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"><br />
</span><span class="text Exod-15-16">they will be as still as a stone—<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-16">until your people pass by, <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"><br />
</span><span class="text Exod-15-16">until the people you bought<sup class="footnote">[<a title="See footnote d" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+15#fen-NIV-1937d">d</a>]</sup> pass by.</p>
<p></span></span><span id="en-NIV-1938" class="text Exod-15-17"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>You will bring them in and plant them</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"><br />
</span><span class="text Exod-15-17">on the mountain of your inheritance—<br />
</span></span><span class="text Exod-15-17">the place, <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, you made for your dwelling,<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"> <span class="text Exod-15-17">the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.</p>
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<p><span id="en-NIV-1939" class="text Exod-15-18"><sup class="versenum"> 18 </sup>“The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> reigns<br />
</span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-18">for ever and ever.”</p>
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<div class="line"> <span id="en-NIV-1940" class="text Exod-15-19"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen<sup class="footnote">[<a title="See footnote e" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+15#fen-NIV-1940e">e</a>]</sup> went into the sea, the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.</span> <span id="en-NIV-1941" class="text Exod-15-20"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.</span> <span id="en-NIV-1942" class="text Exod-15-21"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>Miriam sang to them:</span></div>
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<p><span class="text Exod-15-21">“Sing to the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span></p>
<p><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-21">for he is highly exalted.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="text Exod-15-21">Both horse and driver</span></p>
<p><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Exod-15-21">he has hurled into the sea.”</span></span></p>
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<h3><span id="en-NIV-1943" class="text Exod-15-22">The Waters of Marah and Elim</span></h3>
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<p><span class="text Exod-15-22"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water.</span> <span id="en-NIV-1944" class="text Exod-15-23"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.<sup class="footnote">[<a title="See footnote f" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+15#fen-NIV-1944f">f</a>]</sup>)</span> <span id="en-NIV-1945" class="text Exod-15-24"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”</span></p>
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<p><span id="en-NIV-1946" class="text Exod-15-25"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>Then Moses cried out to the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, and the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.</span></p>
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<p><span class="text Exod-15-25">There the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test.</span> <span id="en-NIV-1947" class="text Exod-15-26"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>He said, “If you listen carefully to the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, who heals you.”</span></p>
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<p><span id="en-NIV-1948" class="text Exod-15-27"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.</span></p>
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