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1 Intro, 0,1 | it. She knows that Jesus Christ himself is the living, supreme
2 Intro, 0,1 | response to the command of Christ: "Go therefore and make
3 Intro, 0,1 | trust in the promise of Christ who has said: 'Lo, I am
4 Intro, 0,2 | continuation in time of Christ's own work, which the evangelist
5 Intro, 0,3 | which configures them to Christ the head and shepherd, the
6 Intro, 0,4 | lives. We are ambassadors of Christ."( 8)~
7 I, 0,5 | service, imitating Jesus Christ "who in every respect has
8 I, 0,5 | sent for the service of Christ's Gospel.~For this reason
9 I, 0,5 | of today, must resemble Christ. When Jesus lived on this
10 I, 0,5 | permanent priesthood of Christ."( 9) It is equally certain
11 I, 0,6 | proclamation of the Gospel of Christ, there is a rising spread
12 I, 0,9 | the total gift of self to Christ and to the Church in the
13 I, 0,9 | demands of a world far from Christ but in need of him, as well
14 I, 0,9 | fulfillment in following Christ and in embracing the priesthood.~
15 I, 0,10 | living Gospel, which is Jesus Christ, and in virtue of the gift
16 I, 0,10 | trust in the love of Jesus Christ, who always and tirelessly
17 I, 0,10 | generous servants of Jesus Christ and of the human family.
18 I, 0,10 | in the unfailing love of Christ, and our certainty that
19 II, 0,11 | These are the features of Christ upon which the eyes of faith
20 II, 0,11 | very priesthood of Jesus Christ. Knowledge of the nature
21 II, 0,11 | unites the priesthood to Christ the high priest and good
22 II, 0,12 | communicated to people in Christ, establishing, in him and
23 II, 0,12 | the mediatorship of Jesus Christ, to whom he is configured
24 II, 0,12 | Father, the grace of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit's gift
25 II, 0,12 | and to draw all mankind to Christ in accordance with the Lord'
26 II, 0,12 | a sign and instrument of Christ, of communion with God and
27 II, 0,12 | essentially related to Jesus Christ. She is his fullness, his
28 II, 0,12 | participation in and continuation of Christ himself, the one high priest
29 II, 0,12 | and transparent image of Christ the priest. The priesthood
30 II, 0,12 | priest. The priesthood of Christ, the expression of his absolute "
31 II, 0,12 | particular. Reference to Christ is thus the absolutely necessary
32 II, 0,13 | Fundamental Relationship With Christ the Head and Shepherd~13.
33 II, 0,13 | Head and Shepherd~13. Jesus Christ has revealed in himself
34 II, 0,13 | acceptable to God through Jesus Christ" (1 Pt. 2:5). The baptized
35 II, 0,13 | edifice by keeping close to Christ, "that living stone...in
36 II, 0,13 | has its authentic image in Christ, but also receives from
37 II, 0,14 | only with the "gift" of Christ and his Spirit, with the "
38 II, 0,14 | participation in the grace of Christ, prolong throughout history
39 II, 0,15 | it is the same Spirit of Christ who introduces these men
40 II, 0,15 | prolong the presence of Christ, the one high priest, embodying
41 II, 0,15 | witness of the sufferings of Christ as well as a partaker in
42 II, 0,15 | representation of Jesus Christ -- the head and shepherd --
43 II, 0,15 | lead to the Father through Christ and in the Spirit. In a
44 II, 0,15 | in the name and person of Christ the head and shepherd.( 27)~
45 II, 0,15 | in the one priesthood of Christ. By the sacramental anointing
46 II, 0,15 | and special way to Jesus Christ the head and shepherd; he
47 II, 0,15 | God, that is, from Jesus Christ himself and from his constitutive
48 II, 0,15 | continue in the Church. Christ gives the dignity of a royal
49 II, 0,15 | grow in the likeness of Christ and honor you by their courageous
50 II, 0,16 | relationship is to Jesus Christ, head and shepherd. Indeed,
51 II, 0,16 | and in the "mission" of Christ (cf. Lk. 4:18-19). But intimately
52 II, 0,16 | which the priest has to Christ, such that the "sacramental
53 II, 0,16 | sacramental representation" to Christ serves as the basis and
54 II, 0,16 | Inasmuch as he represents Christ the head, shepherd and spouse
55 II, 0,16 | apostles, act as ambassadors of Christ (cf. 2 Cor. 5:20). This
56 II, 0,16 | relation of the priest to Jesus Christ, and in him to his Church,
57 II, 0,16 | minister is the servant of Christ present in the Church as
58 II, 0,16 | anointing' and 'mission' of Christ, the priest can continue
59 II, 0,16 | the priest can continue Christ's prayer, word, sacrifice
60 II, 0,16 | the presence of the risen Christ. He is a servant of the
61 II, 0,16 | the Church by the risen Christ. Through the ministerial
62 II, 0,16 | herself but from the grace of Christ in the Holy Spirit. The
63 II, 0,16 | which comes to them from Christ, the head and shepherd,
64 II, 0,16 | and sacramental sign of Christ in his own position before
65 II, 0,17 | the priest is united to Christ through sacramental participation
66 II, 0,17 | in the one priesthood of Christ the head and shepherd; "
67 II, 0,17 | building up of the body of Christ, which demands a variety
68 II, 0,17 | from the one priesthood of Christ. Indeed, the ministerial
69 II, 0,17 | the faithful; through it Christ gives to priests, in the
70 II, 0,18 | the mission entrusted by Christ to the apostles."( 36) By
71 II, 0,18 | the truth and charity of Christ, and impelled by the desire
72 II, 0,18 | and imperative to proclaim Christ's salvation to all, the
73 II, 0,18 | truth and the salvation of Christ, in accordance with the
74 II, 0,18 | immersed in the mystery of Christ and capable of embodying
75 II, 0,18 | consecration and mission of Christ -- "The Spirit of the Lord...
76 II, 0,18 | Church, the "fullness" of Christ (cf. Eph. 1:23). In the
77 II, 0,18 | 10). The priest shares in Christ's consecration and mission
78 II, 0,18 | configured in his being to Jesus Christ, head and shepherd, and
79 II, 0,18 | in the name and person of Christ himself.~In their final
80 II, 0,18 | the life and activity of Christ himself. Here lies our identity,
81 III, 0,19 | adopted children through Jesus Christ (cf. Eph. 1:4-5). This is
82 III, 0,19 | 4:6), configures us to Christ Jesus and makes us sharers
83 III, 0,20 | priests are configured to Christ the priest so that as ministers
84 III, 0,20 | become living instruments of Christ the eternal priest, so that
85 III, 0,20 | represents the person of Christ himself, he is endowed with
86 III, 0,20 | pursue the perfection of Christ, whose place he takes. The
87 III, 0,20 | which configures him to Christ the head and shepherd of
88 III, 0,20 | a "living instrument of Christ the eternal priest" and
89 III, 0,20 | name and in the person of Christ himself" and with his entire "
90 III, 0,21 | Configuration to Christ, the Head and Shepherd,
91 III, 0,21 | priest is configured to Jesus Christ as head and shepherd of
92 III, 0,21 | authority with which Jesus Christ guides the Church through
93 III, 0,21 | and acting proper to Jesus Christ, head and shepherd of the
94 III, 0,21 | pastoral charily.~Jesus Christ is head of the Church his
95 III, 0,21 | The authority of Jesus Christ as head coincides then with
96 III, 0,21 | s configuration to Jesus Christ Head and Servant of the
97 III, 0,22 | 22. The figure of Jesus Christ as shepherd of the Church,
98 III, 0,22 | content as that of Jesus Christ as head and servant. Fulfilling
99 III, 0,22 | his own pastoral charity. ~Christ's gift of himself to his
100 III, 0,22 | indeed the body in which Christ the head is present and
101 III, 0,22 | redeemer on the cross.~Hence Christ stands "before" the Church
102 III, 0,22 | the living image of Jesus Christ, the spouse of the Church.( 49)
103 III, 0,22 | of his configuration to Christ, the head and shepherd,
104 III, 0,22 | Inasmuch as he represents Christ, the head, shepherd and
105 III, 0,22 | he is called to live out Christ's spousal love toward the
106 III, 0,22 | that he be a witness to Christ's spousal love and thus
107 III, 0,22 | the pangs of birth" until "Christ be formed" in the faithful (
108 III, 0,23 | inasmuch as he is configured to Christ the head and shepherd, is
109 III, 0,23 | a participation in Jesus Christ's own pastoral charity,
110 III, 0,23 | following the example of Christ. "Pastoral charity is the
111 III, 0,23 | virtue by which we imitate Christ in his self - giving and
112 III, 0,23 | of self, which manifests Christ's love for his flock. Pastoral
113 III, 0,23 | Church. This was true of Christ who "loved the Church and
114 III, 0,23 | apostolic and missionary zeal of Christ, the good shepherd, who
115 III, 0,23 | body and the bride of Jesus Christ. In this way the primary
116 III, 0,23 | priest's charity is Jesus Christ himself. Only in loving
117 III, 0,23 | Only in loving and serving Christ the head and spouse will
118 III, 0,23 | the body and spouse of Christ. The apostle Paul had a
119 III, 0,23 | cross, the full gift of Christ to the Church, the gift
120 III, 0,23 | uniting themselves with Christ whose food was to fulfill
121 III, 0,24 | Spirit of the Lord anointed Christ and sent him forth to announce
122 III, 0,24 | long as they are docile to Christ's Spirit, who gives them
123 III, 0,24 | 1) is definitively Jesus Christ himself, who in the Spirit
124 III, 0,24 | saving ministry of Jesus Christ the head and shepherd, cannot
125 III, 0,25 | being a minister of Jesus Christ by virtue of sacramental
126 III, 0,25 | consecration and configuration to Christ the head and shepherd of
127 III, 0,25 | the priest is chosen by Christ not as an "object" but as
128 III, 0,25 | person. The bond with Jesus Christ assured by consecration
129 III, 0,25 | effects from the action of Christ himself who becomes present
130 III, 0,25 | savior" -- always and only in Christ -- God's plan has ordained
131 III, 0,25 | their intimate union with Christ and their holiness of life,
132 III, 0,25 | no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me' (Gal. 2:
133 III, 0,25 | one is a minister of Jesus Christ the head and shepherd also
134 III, 0,25 | and treasure from Jesus Christ: the grace of having been
135 III, 0,25 | choice bears witness to Jesus Christ's love for the priest. This
136 III, 0,25 | However, in reality it was Christ's own love, free and unsolicited,
137 III, 0,25 | love and service of Jesus Christ the head, shepherd and spouse
138 III, 0,25 | unsolicited love of God in Christ. Growth in the love of Jesus
139 III, 0,25 | Growth in the love of Jesus Christ determines in turn the growth
140 III, 0,26 | and communicated to us in Christ. For this reason, the priest
141 III, 0,26 | outlook in him "the mind of Christ" (1 Cor. 2:16) -- such that
142 III, 0,26 | the prophetic authority of Christ and the Church. As a result,
143 III, 0,26 | good of the Church, namely Christ himself our pasch and the
144 III, 0,26 | works and all creation with Christ."( 69) ~From the various
145 III, 0,26 | authority and service of Jesus Christ the head and priest of the
146 III, 0,26 | unity" and by leading it "in Christ through the Spirit to God
147 III, 0,27 | configures the priest to Christ, the head and shepherd of
148 III, 0,27 | in the name and person of Christ, but also because it inspires
149 III, 0,27 | flowing from the call of Christ to follow and imitate him
150 III, 0,27 | as they are configured to Christ, the head and shepherd.
151 III, 0,29 | a personal gift to Jesus Christ and his Church which prefigures
152 III, 0,29 | eschatological marriage of Christ with the Church, giving
153 III, 0,29 | Church in the hope that Christ may give himself to the
154 III, 0,29 | configures the priest to Jesus Christ the head and spouse of the
155 III, 0,29 | as the spouse of Jesus Christ, wishes to be loved by the
156 III, 0,29 | exclusive manner in which Jesus Christ her head and spouse loved
157 III, 0,29 | gift of self in and with Christ to his Church and expresses
158 III, 0,30 | sacramental configuration to Christ, the head and shepherd,
159 III, 0,30 | following the example of Christ, who, rich though he was,
160 III, 0,30 | material security."( 84)~Jesus Christ, who brought his pastoral
161 III, 0,30 | have "the mind which was in Christ Jesus," emptying himself
162 III, 0,31 | of his configuration to Christ the head and shepherd, his
163 III, 0,31 | Church, "in the person" of Christ the head and shepherd, in
164 III, 0,32 | the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles."( 88)~It
165 III, 0,33 | Lk. 4:18). Even today Christ makes these words which
166 III, 0,33 | presence of the spirit of Christ at work in our being, in
167 III, 0,33 | it is the imitation of Christ, who was poor, chaste and
168 III, 0,33 | this is the mission that Christ entrusted to her. Each one
169 III, 0,33 | received the same Spirit of Christ, who makes you like him,
170 III, 0,33 | communion with the Spirit of Christ -- while guaranteeing the
171 IV, 0,34 | the Messiah' (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus.
172 IV, 0,34 | meaning of the call to follow Christ in the priestly ministry
173 IV, 0,34 | in the phases of seeking Christ, finding him and staying
174 IV, 0,35 | Father "who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing
175 IV, 0,35 | be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose
176 IV, 0,35 | calls through his Son Jesus Christ.~The Church, being by her
177 IV, 0,35 | and configuration to Jesus Christ and with the authority of
178 IV, 0,36 | the eternal election in Christ, made "before the foundation
179 IV, 0,36 | and penetrating voice of Christ who says, today as yesterday,
180 IV, 0,36 | free oblation which Jesus Christ, the first of those called,
181 IV, 0,36 | will: "Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he
182 IV, 0,36 | intimate communion with Christ: No one has responded with
183 IV, 0,37 | face of God which Jesus Christ came to reveal to us: God
184 IV, 0,37 | each one of us in Jesus Christ, and to the genuine meaning
185 IV, 0,38 | the Messiah' (which means Christ)" (Jn. 1:41). His account
186 IV, 0,38 | ministry she has received from Christ and his Spirit. The Church,
187 IV, 0,38 | Mt. 9:38). Obedient to Christ's command, the Church first
188 IV, 0,38 | redemptive sacrifice of Christ, which the Church celebrates
189 IV, 0,38 | to God, in the image of Christ, who has consecrated himself
190 IV, 0,40 | and a will to follow Jesus Christ in a total and attractive
191 IV, 0,40 | stature of the fullness of Christ" (Eph. 4:13) under the influence
192 IV, 0,40 | when, imitating and sharing Christ's charity, a person turns
193 V, 0,42 | Following Christ as the Apostles Did~42. "
194 V, 0,42 | draws her inspiration from Christ's example. There have been,
195 V, 0,42 | whole person with Jesus Christ, who calls them to intimacy
196 V, 0,42 | a living image of Jesus Christ, head and shepherd of the
197 V, 0,42 | Gospel, means to follow Christ as the apostles did. You
198 V, 0,42 | apostles did. You are led by Christ into the service of God
199 V, 0,42 | Thus you become more like Christ the good shepherd in order
200 V, 0,42 | respond from the heart to Christ's basic question: 'Do you
201 V, 1,43 | living image" of Jesus Christ, head and shepherd of the
202 V, 1,43 | name and in the person of Christ," but all this he does dealing
203 V, 1,43 | their meeting with Jesus Christ the Redeemer of humanity.
204 V, 1,44 | s love and care to Jesus Christ and to his Church. In view
205 V, 1,44 | personal love for Jesus Christ. As the synod fathers have
206 V, 1,44 | have written, "A love for Christ, which overflows into a
207 V, 1,44 | fraternal affection which Christ himself lived on earth (
208 V, 1,45 | with God and in Search of Christ~45. Human formation, when
209 V, 1,45 | who has been redeemed by Christ's blood, is called to be
210 V, 1,45 | deep communion with Jesus Christ, the good shepherd, and
211 V, 1,45 | is, as new creatures in Christ who walk in the Spirit,
212 V, 1,45 | Father through his Son Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit. Those
213 V, 1,45 | take on the likeness of Christ the priest by sacred ordination
214 V, 1,45 | should be taught to seek Christ in faithful meditation on
215 V, 1,45 | to the disciple by Jesus Christ as he was dying on the cross."( 137)~
216 V, 1,46 | intimately united" to Jesus Christ. Our union with the Lord
217 V, 1,46 | is the priceless gift of Christ, who said to his apostles, "
218 V, 1,46 | should be taught to seek Christ." This, along with the quaerere
219 V, 1,46 | first two disciples followed Christ, he highlights this "search."
220 V, 1,46 | mystery of the imitation of Christ and the sharing in his life
221 V, 1,46 | the Messiah' (which means Christ)" and brought him to Jesus (
222 V, 1,46 | But what does to seek Christ signify in the spiritual
223 V, 1,47 | brings us into contact with Christ, the Word of God, the truth,
224 V, 1,47 | particularly priests of Christ and others who, as deacons
225 V, 1,47 | to the Hebrews speaks of Christ it presents him as 'merciful
226 V, 1,47 | able to give themselves to Christ and through Christ to the
227 V, 1,47 | themselves to Christ and through Christ to the Father."( 141) ~A
228 V, 1,48 | paschal mystery of Jesus Christ, who died and rose again,
229 V, 1,48 | living is the grace of Jesus Christ, who died and rose again,
230 V, 1,48 | the sacrificial death of Christ and of his glorious resurrection,
231 V, 1,48 | paschal banquet "in which Christ is received, the soul is
232 V, 1,48(144)| of the Body and Blood of Christ. ~
233 V, 1,48 | eucharistic offering of Christ; charity nourished by a
234 V, 1,48 | bow in adoration before Christ, who is really present under
235 V, 1,48 | following the example of Christ the good shepherd, the synod
236 V, 1,48 | this identification with Christ crucified, as a slave, the
237 V, 1,49 | formation also involves seeking Christ in people.~The spiritual
238 V, 1,49 | the love and affection of Christ the priest and good shepherd:
239 V, 1,49 | educate others according to Christ's example and the new commandment
240 V, 1,49 | Spirit in the charity of Christ. In this sense preparation
241 V, 1,49 | conformity with the crucified Christ and to, give up willingly
242 V, 1,50 | of sacrifice, following Christ's example, a love for all
243 V, 1,50 | on the likeness of Jesus Christ, the good shepherd and spouse
244 V, 1,50 | greater and undivided love for Christ and his Church, as a full
245 V, 1,50 | sacrament" of the love of Christ the bridegroom for his spouse
246 V, 1,51 | the changeless Gospel of Christ and to make it credible
247 V, 1,52 | revealed to us fully in Jesus Christ. Nor must one underestimate
248 V, 1,52 | contemporaneousness" of Christ. As Paul VI once said, "
249 V, 1,52 | As Paul VI once said, "Christ became the contemporary
250 V, 1,53 | between the believer and Jesus Christ in the Church, theology
251 V, 1,53 | of the believer to Jesus Christ, who is the full and definitive
252 V, 1,53 | centered on adherence to Jesus Christ, the wisdom of God: Mature
253 V, 1,53 | sharing in the "thinking" of Christ (cf. 1 Cor. 2:16) in the
254 V, 1,53 | and living love for Jesus Christ and for his Church. This
255 V, 1,53 | increasing clarity the mystery of Christ, which affects the whole
256 V, 1,54 | God has revealed in Jesus Christ and of the Church's experience
257 V, 1,55 | authority received from Jesus Christ, new and deeper comprehension,
258 V, 1,55 | inculturation seeks to obey Christ's command to preach the
259 V, 1,55 | salvation which comes from Christ.( 176) The problem of inculturation
260 V, 1,56 | reply in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.~
261 V, 1,57 | With the Charity of Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd~57. The
262 V, 1,57 | communion with the charity of Christ the good shepherd. Hence
263 V, 1,57 | example of our Lord Jesus Christ, teacher, priest and shepherd.
264 V, 1,57 | may know how to represent Christ to humanity, Christ who '
265 V, 1,57 | represent Christ to humanity, Christ who 'did not come to have
266 V, 1,57 | the salvation wrought by Christ through the word, the sacraments
267 V, 1,57 | sentiments and behavior of Christ the good shepherd: "Have
268 V, 1,57 | yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 2:5). ~
269 V, 1,58 | witness of the charity of Christ himself who 'went about
270 V, 1,58 | effected by the cross of Christ."( 183)~These and other
271 V, 1,59 | fruit of the Spirit of Christ, an effective sign of grace,
272 V, 1,59 | entrusts to the members of Christ's body. It demands a living
273 V, 2,60 | that unites the apostles to Christ and to one another: Before
274 V, 2,60 | saving presence of Jesus Christ, the good shepherd. ~The
275 V, 2,60 | shine forth the Spirit of Christ and love for the Church."( 191)
276 V, 2,61 | priest is configured to Jesus Christ head and shepherd and is
277 V, 2,63 | To be prepared to follow Christ the Redeemer with generous
278 V, 3,65 | presence and action of Jesus Christ in our midst and on our
279 V, 3,65 | influence of the Spirit of Christ. Everyone involved in the
280 V, 3,65 | visible representative of Christ? If training for the priesthood
281 V, 3,65 | in the likeness of Jesus Christ the good shepherd, who better
282 V, 3,65 | first representative of Christ in priestly formation is
283 V, 3,69 | and conforms him to Jesus Christ the good shepherd. In this
284 VI, 0,70 | to the likeness of Jesus Christ, head and shepherd of the
285 VI, 0,70 | being. It is love for Jesus Christ and fidelity to oneself.
286 VI, 0,70 | knowledge of the mystery of Christ, which is unfathomable in
287 VI, 0,72 | from the grace of Jesus Christ. The charity of the good
288 VI, 0,72 | among and with men, Jesus Christ offers the most complete,
289 VI, 0,72 | configuring him to Jesus Christ, head and shepherd, creates
290 VI, 0,72 | feelings and attitudes of Jesus Christ. In this bond between the
291 VI, 0,72 | strength to give birth to Christ in ourselves and in others."( 216)~
292 VI, 0,72 | stature of the fullness of Christ" (Eph. 4:13), can be applied
293 VI, 0,72 | reveal to others, in Jesus Christ, the true face of God, and
294 VI, 0,72 | pastoral charity of Jesus Christ granted him by Christ's
295 VI, 0,72 | Jesus Christ granted him by Christ's Spirit in the sacrament
296 VI, 0,73 | being: He is a minister of Christ and steward of the mysteries
297 VI, 0,73 | things through the eyes of Christ.~In this sense it can be
298 VI, 0,73 | things with the eyes of Christ. The priest must safeguard
299 VI, 0,73 | feel himself a minister of Christ, a sacrament of the love
300 VI, 0,74 | it to the Father through Christ in the Holy Spirit.( 219)~
301 VI, 0,74 | member of the one body of Christ (cf. Eph. 4:16). His consciousness
302 VI, 0,74 | present in various places Christ's one universal Church.
303 VI, 0,74 | and indissoluble bond to Christ the one priest. The sacrament
304 VI, 0,74 | inasmuch as it is the care of Christ the priest for the people
305 VI, 0,74 | priests witnesses of Jesus Christ, who prayed to the Father"
306 VI, 0,74 | greater intimacy with Jesus Christ the Lord, solitude can be
307 VI, 0,77 | have performed on behalf of Christ and his Church, and also
308 VI, 0,77 | union with the suffering Christ and with so many other brothers
309 VI, 0,77 | complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake
310 VI, 0,78 | ask of them that for which Christ has sent them and not require
311 Conclu, 0,82 | should deepen their love for Christ the good shepherd, pattern
312 Conclu, 0,82 | proclaim to all mankind Christ the way, the truth and the
313 Conclu, 0,82 | afraid to open your minds to Christ the Lord who is calling.
314 Conclu, 0,82 | us fully in the heart of Christ the good shepherd. Christ'
315 Conclu, 0,82 | Christ the good shepherd. Christ's heart continues today
316 Conclu, 0,82 | completion at the day of Jesus Christ (cf. Phil. 1:6), l turn
317 Conclu, 0,82 | O Mary,~Mother of Jesus Christ and Mother of priests,~accept
318 Conclu, 0,82 | Mother of God.~O Mother of Christ,~to the Messiah - priest
319 Conclu, 0,82 | Apostles.~O Mother of Jesus Christ,~you were with him at the
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