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Mark 9:24

First Nations Version

“I do believe!” the father cried out right away. “Help my weak faith!”

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“Wisdomkeeper,” his message bearers said, “help our weak faith!”


This means we must keep our eyes on Creator Sets Free (Jesus), the trailblazer of our spiritual ways, the one who was first to reach the end of the trail. The joy that lay before him gave him the strength to suffer on the cross and willingly bear its shame. He now sits at Creator’s right hand in the place of greatest honor.


It is by trusting in the gift of his great kindness that we have been made whole. It is not because of any good thing we have done, but only by accepting a gift that we could never earn.


This is the reason we never stop sending our voice to the Great Spirit for you. We pray that our Creator will give you what you need to walk with honor on the path he has chosen for you. We pray that, as you trust in his power, he will fulfill every desire you have to walk in a good way.


My sacred family members, it is only right and good that we are always giving thanks to Creator for you. We give thanks for the way your trust in him and your love for each other keeps growing stronger day by day.


For you have been given the honor not only to trust in the Chosen One but also to suffer for him.


My heart was on the ground as I wrote the other letter to you. I wrote each word in pain, sorrow, and many tears. Not to cause you pain, but to let you know how great my love is for all of you.


In the days when Creator Sets Free (Jesus) walked among us as a human being, he sent his voice to the Great Spirit with tears and loud cries to the only one who could rescue him from death. His prayers were heard because of the honor and respect he showed to the One Above Us All.


“‘Little Horn (Cornelius),’ he said to me, ‘your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have risen like sweet-smelling smoke before the Great Spirit. He has remembered what you have done.


Oh how I long to see you! I look back on your tears, which makes me want to see you again so that my heart will dance for joy.


Then he turned to the woman and said to Man Who Listens (Simon), “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not offer me water to wash the dust from my feet, but she washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair.


She came up behind Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and began to weep at his feet. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them with her hair. Then she kissed his feet and rubbed the ointment on them.


For you know that later on, he wanted it back. But even though he begged his father with many tears, it was too late to undo what he had done.


While Stands on the Rock (Peter) was meditating on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Look, three men are searching for you.


“What do you mean ‘If I am able’?” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) answered him. “Nothing is too hard for the one with faith!”


Creator Sets Free (Jesus) saw that the crowd was now pushing in closer to see, so he spoke sharply to the unclean spirit. “Spirit that makes one unable to speak or hear,” he said firmly, “I order you now to leave this boy and never enter him again!”





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