Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph

March 29, 2020

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Sunday Masses Confessions Livestreamed via Facebook. By appointment only. 10:00am Sunday Spanish Confessions will be celebrated 11:30am Sunday English maintaining 6 feet of The link can be found on our separation between and website penitent. www.stjosephcathedral.org

Weekday Masses Parish Office Livestreamed via Facebook. Monday through Friday Monday through Friday 9:00am 9:30am – 4:00pm The link can be found on our For essential business only. website www.stjosephcathedral.org

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80 South Market Street, San José, CA 95113-2321 408-283-8100 www.stjosephcathedral.org

Most Rev. Oscar Cantú, D.D., S.T.D. Bishop of San José CATHEDRAL Rev. Joseph M. Benedict, S.T.D. Pastor BASILICA OF Rev. Prosper Molengi, Parochial Vicar  Rev. Victor Trinidad, Parochial Vicar ST. JOSEPH Deacon Greg Ortiz

Parish Staff Cathedral Gift shop Parish Tel. (408) 283-8100 Fax (408) 283-8110 Unique gifts, Business Office Tanis Zuccaro* Faith-sourced Parish Administrative Assistant literature, devotionals, Cathedral Gift Shop (408) 275-6069 rosaries, music, Director of Music Julie Wind Maintenance Joel Gibson-Facilities Manager, holy cards, items of Israel Arellano, Juan Rosales interest for children. Reception Desk (Weekdays) Anaí Torres, Nina Tranchina* Religious Education Nidia Fuentes, Director Linda O. Brisuela, Catechetical Coordinator Shop Hours 408) 275-6090 Sacristans Tim Barrington, Mell Portillo CLOSED FOR THREE WEEKS. San Jose Cathedral Foundation* Weddings, Quinceañeras Anai Torres Social Ministry/Catholic Charities Outreach services: 408-283-8118 Parish Office Schedule The Parish Office will be closed Sundays until READINGS FOR THE WEEK further notice. The office remains open Mon- Monday: Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 day through Friday 9:30am-5:00pm. [41c-62]; Ps 23:1-6; John 8:1-11 Tuesday: Numbers 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; John 8:21-30 Wednesday: Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; MASS INTENTIONS for the Week

Daniel 3:52-56; John 8:31-42 Mar 29 10:00AM Sergio Buenrostro Thursday: Genesis 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: John 8:51-59 11:30AM April Nicholson Friday: Jeremiah 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; John 10:31-42 Mar 30 9:00AM Souls in Purgatory Saturday: Ezekiel 37:21-28; Jeremiah 31:10, 11-13; April/Abril 1 9:00AM Manuel Santana, Jr. John 11:45-56 April/Abril 2 9:00AM Claudia Coffey & Family Sunday: Matthew 21:1-11(procession); Isaiah 50: April/Abril 3 9:00AM Richard Hackworth  4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Philippians 2:6-11; Matthew 26:14 — 27:66 [27:11-54] LAS INTENCIONES de la Semana

All scheduled Mass intentions will be remembered by par- ish in livestreamed Masses. New Mass intentions can be mailed to the parish office. They will be published in the weekly bulletin.

Stewardship March 15, 2020 Weekly Goal $11,200 $607.35 WeShare online donations $1420.00 Total for the week $2027.35

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UNITED IN FAITH IN DIFFICULT TIMES

Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. Joseph Cathedral Parish: Faith and Love in a Time of Crisis

I want to take this opportunity to reach out to all Our parish remains here for you while we all navi- parishioners and friends during this time of unprecedented gate our way through the challenge that this cur- uncertainty. The Corona Virus pandemic has disrupted rent public health crisis has presented. our lives and the social structures upon which we depend. The parish office will remain open Monday through The disruption has created a sense of apprehension and Friday. Please call for Mass Intentions, Funeral even fear. As a community of faith, we are challenged to Arrangements, the Sacrament of the Sick and other recognize that God remains ever present, even in questions. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is also darkness. available for urgent need only. We welcome your call to the parish office at (408) 283-8100. The Cathedral Parish remains committed to pastoral care, appropriate opportunities for worship, and outreach to Resources for Prayer those who are most affected by this crisis. While pastoral The Conference of Catholic Bishops visits have been suspended, the staff will begin calling www.USCCB.org has provided links to the following each registered parishioner to assure families of our publishers who have generously made their resources presence and concern for all. Sunday Mass will be live- available to support prayer during these difficult days. streamed from the Chancery office http://www.dsj.org at We thank them for their generosity and pastoral con- 10:00 am in English and 11:00 am in Spanish. The cern. Cathedral, beginning Sunday, March 29, will transmit 10:00am and 11:30 Masses. Daily Mass will be live- Liturgical Press: Give Us This Day. . . streamed from the Cathedral at 9:00 am Monday through https://giveusthisday.org/Digital Friday. Links for each can be found on the parish website http://www.stjosephcathedral.org/. Priests are available to Magnificat: https://us.magnificat.net/free celebrate the Sacrament of the Sick if an individual is seriously ill. Bayard: Living with Christ. . . http://www.livingwithchrist.us/#covid The parish office remains open Monday through Friday only with essential staff. If you need assistance, please The Word Among Us: https://wau.org/meditations/ contact us. We will endeavor to assist in any way possible.

On a practical level, we remain dependent on your financial support. With the suspension of Sunday Masses there have been no collections. I am appealing to your Spiritual Communion Prayer generosity to continue your Sunday offerings. We will My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most not be able to maintain critical staff and operations here at Holy Sacrament. the parish without your support. Offerings can be mailed I love you above all things and I desire to receive to the parish office, made online through the parish you in my soul. website through the “WeShare” and “Paypal” links, or Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramen- dropped off in person. tally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there Please know that I continue to pray for all of you and look and unite myself wholly to you. forward to the day when we can again assemble as a Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen. parish community in worship, service, and friendship. ****************** Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by In Christ, prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Rev. Joseph M. Benedict, Pastor -- Philippians 4:6-7

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Readings for the 5th Sunday of Lent

First Reading: Ezekiel 37:12-14

Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the LORD. I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD.

Responsorial Psalm 130

With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to my voice in supplication. R.

If you, O LORD, mark iniquities, LORD, who can stand? But with you is forgiveness, that you may be revered. R.

I trust in the LORD; my soul trusts in his word. More than sentinels wait for the dawn, let Israel wait for the LORD. R.

For with the LORD is kindness and with him is plenteous redemption; And he will redeem Israel from all their iniquities.R.

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Second Reading: Romans 8:8-11

Brothers and sisters: Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you.

Gospel Acclamation: Glory to you, O Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ.

Gospel: John 11:1-45 Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill. So the sisters sent word to him saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” Then Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sis- ter and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. Then after this he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there?” Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if one walks at night, he stumbles, be- cause the light is not in him.” He said this, and then told them, “Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to awaken him.” So the disciples said to him, “Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved.” But Jesus was talking about his death, while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep. So then Jesus said to them clearly, “Lazarus has died. And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may believe. Let us go to him.” So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fel- low disciples, “Let us also go to die with him.” When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away. And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will 5 live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.” When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, “The teacher is here and is asking for you.” As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him. For Jesus had not yet come into the village ,but was still where Martha had met him. So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he became perturbed and deep- ly troubled, and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Sir, come and see.” And Jesus wept. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.” But some of them said, “Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?” So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.” And when he had said this, He cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.” Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him.

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A message from our Bishop March 25, 2020 SPECIAL ANNOUNNOUNCEMENT

DIOCESE OF SAN JOSE

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

The past few weeks have been tremendously chal- Per the orders from the State and County Health lenging for so many: from fears of infection with the Departments, all gatherings, and events have been corona virus, to anxiety about balancing family and suspended until further notice. work duties from home, to concern for the homeless population in our county! None of us has lived Coronavirus Information through a situation like this, a global pandemic. I share with you that my staff has been working with Our Diocese has a dedicated DSJ Coronavirus pastors and school principals to navigate these un- Webpage. During this pandemic, visit this page for precedented challenges. Our evangelization staff has information and resources. been providing resources to our parents and faith for- https://www.dsj.org/coronavirus/ mation programs so that the faith continues to be practiced at home, during this “Shelter in Place” Or- https://www.dsj.org/resources/ der. I am grateful to our IT department that keeps us connected in these days of social distancing. We lift https://www.dsj.org/evangelization/family-life/ up in prayer those who have been affected directly by resources/ this crisis, those infected with the virus, their families, https://tvc.dsj.org/2020/03/25/zooming-in-on-new- the medical professionals who care for them, and the ways-to-pray/ pastoral ministers who reach out to them. Be assured of my daily prayers for you. Please stay safe, and let Parish Offerings us continue to pray for each other! Please support our parish financial needs. We con- tinue to rely on your contributions more than ever. +Oscar Cantú https://www.dsj.org/ways-to-give/mysundayoffertory/

Livestreaming Masses around our Diocese https://www.dsj.org/vlog/live-stream-video-mass-list/

Support the Cathedral Parish Please refer to page 8 of today’s bulletin for the many ways that you can support the Cathedral Parish. We may not be gathering together in the pews for now but the day-to-day office and maintenance operation as well as ministry are essential needs that we hope to sustain on a continual albeit limited basis.

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WAYS TO SUPPORT ST. JOSEPH CATHEDRAL PARISH

SUNDAY COLLECTION ONLINE GIVING The parish depends on the Sunday collection Online giving is a convenient way of for operational expenses. The Sunday contributing to the parish. It provides collection is not simply a means of financial consistent support on a regular basis. It support, it is an expression of our faith. The streamlines recordkeeping and provides Sunday collection unites our work with the credit card rebates and miles. Online giving mission of the Church. During this time of can be used for one time gifts or sustained upheaval, we continue to rely on your gifts. Our parish uses PayPal and WeShare. support. Donations can be mailed to the (Please see below.) parish office.

BECOME A REGISTERED WILLS AND BEQUESTS PARISHIONER OF THE CATHEDRAL Please consider a legacy gift to St. PARISH Joseph Cathedral Parish. Wills and bequests If you regularly attend Mass at the Cathedral, can be directed to specific parish ministries please consider becoming a registered or to offset operational expenses parishioner. Your contributions will be recorded and acknowledged after the year is done plus there are other benefits as well. Please give our parish office a call so that we may assist you. 408-283-8100

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DIOCESIS OF SAN JOSÉ

Parish Goal  Meta Parroquial Annual Diocesan Appeal $133,000.00 2020 A collaboration in which every parish con- Total Total tributes toward the support of ministries and services rendered by our Diocese of San Jose. Funds will support seminary education, minis- Week 9 Sem. 9 try leadership, ministry to the incarcerated, ministry trainings and workshops, Catholic Week 8 Sem. 8 school education, all that supports ministries and programs to our 53 parishes. The theme is Week 7 Sem. 7 “Encountering Christ, Faith in Action.” The Cathedral goal this year is $133,000. Each household taking part in the campaign Week 6 $69,344 118 Sem. 6 helps the Cathedral parish reach its goal to- ward funding education, training and service Week 5 $68,519 115 Sem. 5 to the faithful of our Diocese. If you have not received an information packet in the mail, we Week 4 $61,129 104 Sem. 4 will have them available in the church. If we achieve 100% participation, we will not only Week 3 $45,784 84 Sem. 3 match but surpass last year’s success! Contri- butions that surpass the goal are rebated to our parish directly. Sustaining pledges for the first Week 2 $32,844 62 Sem. 2 time this year. Rebated funds will update the classrooms we use for Religious Education. Week 1 $14,700 20 Sem. 1 We thank you for continuing to support our Goal # Contributors parish and the Diocesan faith community! Meta $133,000 Contribuidores

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Sacrament of Marriage Preparation for Catholic marriage involves a prayerful journey of relationship building. If you are interested in celebrating the Sacrament of Mar- Pray for people Cook a tradition- Pray for some- riage at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph please in our RCIA al Lenten food. one preparing call Anaí Torres at (408) 283-8100 x 2204 so that she can provide you with a policy and information Program. for 1st Com- you will need to get started. Plan on 6 to 8 months munion or Con- for marriage preparation and please do not set a firmation. wedding date before you speak with us first. You may access an overview of the Cathedral wedding Pray for some- Read a religious Memorize a policy at www.stjosephcathedral.org Sacraments/ one special in book alone or as prayer you don’t Weddings your life. a family. know by heart. Sacrament of Baptism The Sacrament of Baptism for infants and children under the age of 7 years is celebrated at the Cathe- Clear your mind Watch a reli- Do an art project dral monthly. An orientation to this sacrament of and sit quietly gious movie as a that glorifies welcome and the role of parents and sponsors is a with God. family. God. required aspect of the arrangements. Please con- tact the parish office at 408-283-8100 ext. 2200 for scheduling and have your questions answered. Read one book Donate a bag of Do a foot wash- WORLD WIDE of the Holy nice things to ing with your MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Bible. the poor. family.

MARRIED COUPLES: Pope John Paul II said “I place much of my hope for the future in marriage encounter”. Aren’t you anxious to know why? The next Marriage En- counter Weekend includes: Aug 1-2, 2020 in SAN FRANCISCO, CA. For more information and/or to ap- ply for a Weekend, visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken and Claranne at [email protected] or 408-782-1413.

JOB POSITION Cathedral Gift Shop Manager The Quinceañera is a traditional celebration of life and Please visit www.dsj.careers for description and to gratitude to God on the occasion of the 15th birthday of a download an application. young Hispanic woman. You are invited to inquire about the Quinceañera program at the Cathedral. The teen must be baptized and have received the sacrament of First Communion. It is required Please contact the that the teen participate in all Mass parish office. sessions of Catechetical for- Intentions 408-283-8100 mation that will lead to a deeper understanding of what Misas Por favor, it means to have a Quince comuníquese Años celebration. Please con- de Intención con la oficina tact Anai Torres at (408) 283- parroquial. 8100 ext 2204 or email [email protected].

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Children’s Corner The Jewish leaders’ animosity toward Jesus is growing. They accuse him of blasphemy. Into this scene of confron- tation, Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus, send word to Jesus that his

friend is ill. Jesus is said to love Mary, Rincón Juvenil Martha, and Lazarus, but he delays his journey for two days. This heightens the drama, showing Jesus’ obedience to God who is to be glorified through Laz- arus’s resurrection. When Jesus finally declares that he will journey to Bethany, his disciples fear for his life. Thomas declares that he and the other disciples should prepare to die with Jesus. It is a sad scene at Bethany. Martha meets Jesus weeping and saying that if Jesus had been there, Lazarus would not have died. Yet she remains confident that God will do whatever Jesus asks. Martha affirms her belief that there will be a resurrection of the dead in the last days. Then Martha’s sister, Mary, comes to Jesus with the same confidence, saying that Jesus could have cured Lazarus. Jesus asks to be brought to Laza- rus’s tomb where he prays and calls Lazarus out from the tomb. At this sign, many come to believe in Jesus, but others take word of the miracle to the Jewish au- thorities, who begin their plans for Jesus’ death. Set against the backdrop of Jesus’ impending death, many elements of the raising of Lazarus foreshadow the good news of Jesus’ own Resurrection. Jesus, fac- ing the conflict with the Jewish authorities, acts in complete obedience to God. In raising Lazarus, Jesus shows his power over death so that when Jesus dies, those who believe in him might remember and take WORD SEARCH-CAN YOU FIND THE WORDS BELOW hope. We are called to reflect on our Baptism as a FROM TODAY’S GOSPEL IN THE SQUARE ABOVE? dying and rising with Jesus. In Baptism we die to ASLEEP BELIEVE BETHANY CHRIST CROWD DEATH sin’s power over us, rising as children of God. With JESUS LAZARUS LOVED Martha and Mary, we are called to profess our belief RESURRECTION STENCH STONE that Jesus is indeed the Resurrection and the life. TEACHER TOMB VILLAGE Loyola Press

aint of the Week lar Franciscan Order. Three years later, he founded the Ludovico of Casoria Gray Sisters of St. Elizabeth for the same purpose. Toward S March 11, 1814 – March 30, 1885 the beginning of his final, nine-year illness, Ludovico Born in Casoria, near , Arcangelo Palmentieri was a wrote a spiritual testament which described faith as “light cabinet-maker before entering the Friars Minor in 1832, in the darkness, help in sickness, taking the name Ludovico. After his ordination five years blessing in tribulations, paradise in later, he taught chemistry, physics, and mathematics to the crucifixion, and life amid younger members of his province for several years. In death.” The local work for his beat- 1847, he had a mystical experience which he later de- ification began within five months scribed as a cleansing. After that, he dedicated his life to of Ludovico’s death. He was beati- the poor and the infirm, establishing a dispensary for the fied in 1993 and canonized on No- poor, two schools for African children, an institute for the vember 23, 2014 by . children of nobility, as well as an institution for orphans, the deaf, and the speechless, and other institutes for the Reflection: Saintly people are not blind, elderly, and for travelers. In addition to an infirmary protected from suffering, but with for friars of his province, he began charitable institutes in God’s help they learn how to de- Naples, Florence, and Assisi. He once said, “Christ’s love velop compassion from it. In the has wounded my heart.” This love prompted him to great face of great suffering, we move either toward compassion acts of charity. To help continue these works of mercy, in or indifference. Saintly men and women show us the path 1859 he established the Gray Brothers, a religious commu- toward compassion. nity composed of men who formerly belonged to the Secu-

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THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH  ESTA SEMANA EN NUESTRA PARROQUIA

SUNDAY Due to measures in place for our safety during the Corona Virus crisis, parish programs MONDAY and groups will not meet. Public Mass will be live-streamed Monday-Friday from the TUESDAY Cathedral at 9:00am. visit www.stjosephcathedral.org and on Facebook: search St. WEDNESDAY Joseph Cathedral Basilica Sunday Mass 10:00am English & 11:00am Spanish are THURSDAY livestreamed from www.dsj.org Beginning March 29, 10:00am and 11:30am Sunday

FRIDAY Masses will be live-streamed from the Cathedral. Thank you for your understanding and your continued support of our parish. SATURDAY

WORD WORSHIP WITNESS Read the Sunday readings and Commit to 10 minutes of per- Call or visit a sick or isolated spend 15 minutes reflecting on sonal prayer each day. friend or family member – the readings . share with them that you are Share a family meal together, praying with them.

[Readings for each day can be beginning with a prayer of found on the US Bishop’s thanksgiving for the food and Volunteer at a social service Website www.usccb.org each person present. outlet – individually or as a family.

During Lent consider reading Have a conversation about one of the Gospels as a com- God with a Offer to get groceries or other plete narrative. We are pres- close friend. errands for an elderly or in- ently reading from the Gospel firmed neighbor. of John. Help neighbors deal with the current health crisis. A good

listen makes for an uplifted spirit.

Cathedral Parishioner Registration Hágase Contar como Feligrés Registrado If you regularly worship at the Cathedral Basilica of Por favor acepte nuestra invitación a inscribirse St. Joseph then please accept our invitation to regis- para que sea contado como miembro fijo de nues- ter so that we can know you as a regular member of tra comunidad parroquial. Al inscribirse, su parti- our parish community. By registering, your partici- cipación y ofrenda semanal le servirá de beneficio pation and Sunday offerings either with envelopes or para el reporte de los impuestos o de otras formas. online besides benefiting our parish, can be acknowledged Puede usar los tradicionales sobres o donar en línea. Por for tax purposes as well be beneficial in other ways. favor comuníquese con la oficina parroquial para que le Please contact our parish office so that we may assist you. ayudemos.

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